// a season of good news

Portland, Oregon, offers the most dazzling spring of any I’ve experienced. It’s particularly welcome after the coldest February on record Continue reading →

// progress vs. despair

  As the year draws to a close, I’m struck by the marked—and somewhat encouraging—disconnect between top-down and grassroots forces Continue reading →

// reading & records

I’m reading on Friday 6/3 in San Francisco, and 20 Minute Loop is putting out a new LP.

// north! & a reading

  In a month we will pack everything we own into a big yellow truck and drive north. North! I Continue reading →

// queen mob’s teahouse

      Today on Queen Mob’s Teahouse, a conversation with Russell Bennetts about aggressive earnestness and, well, you be Continue reading →

// today in phenome

  Today Poor Claudia’s Phenome published four excerpts from my new manuscript, other sections of which have appeared in Berfrois Continue reading →

// people’s climate march & the green arcade

  Food Sovereignty & Climate Justice In anticipation of the People’s Climate March in New York City on 9/21, I Continue reading →

// spring in berfrois

    When I started teaching community college, my mentor teacher said, “You don’t know what seeds you are planting, Continue reading →