HERE'S a link to a lovely video Hannah Stephenson made for a poem of mine (that I had very nearly neglected) in Ghost of Fashion. Many thanks to her.

Also, you can preorder the new Anthony Hecht Prize Anthology by Waywiser Press wherein you'll find a selection of poems from my manuscript "Genius of the Place." It's pretty exciting to be included with such poetry heroes as Erica Dawson, Craig Arnold, Lisa Williams, Matt Donovan, Carrie Jarrell, Dora Malech--on and on.

It's been a hectic past few weeks. Josh and I drove down to Charlotte for my nephew's bar mitzvah (really fun and what a drive! The trees were all aglow) and Josh has taken on his SIXTH class. Somehow I managed to birth a second manuscript from the rubble of, well, rubble. It's a mixed bag, for sure, and now the question is: should I revise toward unity, or should I revel in the mixed-bagged-edness? It's funny, I think both manuscripts are about fathers and daughters, only "Genius" is more rhetorical and "How We Came Ashore" more personal. Both are about patrimony and patriarchal legacy. So Prospero shows up, of course. And Jefferson. These collections are twins, I think, and I think I know which is the runt.

In other news, Kate Bush will be releasing her new studio album 50 Words for Snow next Tuesday. What joy! I grew up adoring her--her theatricality, her intelligence, her high, flexible soprano, her melodies. But at one point (back in, well, 1996) I just assumed we'd never hear from her again--that she'd disappear into her own genius. But she came back. And the music is just stunning. I'm looking forward to most of next week off, this album on the stereo, and maybe a crown of sonnets on the screen.