Work continues on preparing It Was Never Supposed to Be for publication with Variant Literature. The original art commissioned for the cover is amazing and the design keeps the vibe of the art forward and fresh. Although given recent political developments, I’m beginning to fear the arc of the poems in this book will soon represent a brief respite in the history of humanity’s cruelness to itself.

Anyway.

We’re on our second round on the interior proof. That fun part where the formatting asks us to make some edits to the text, think about placements and punctuation, then ask ourselves one last time, “Does this poem really fit?” We made some changes. Why not? When your name is on the cover, you want it to be the best it can be.

Meanwhile, I’m between projects, writing random “very gay” poems when struck by the feeling, fussing with a couple of chapbooks, sending them out, and conducting research for my next large project. It’s weird to realize a year from now, the two books I’ve been working on FOR A DECADE will be out in a world.

Stay cool kids! Check out some of my recent poems here. The one I’m especially happy/proud to have out in the world, “It was supposed to be,” is available in audio from West Trade Review!