On Tuesday, March 12th, I launched Florida Man: Poems, Revisited (Burrow Press) with Chad Mize and Gloria Muñoz at Tombolo Books. The bookstore set up its glorious courtyard for the… Read More
Florida Man: Poems in the Courtyard
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From Poetry Prints to Greeting Cards
At the book launch Q&A for Florida Man: Poems, Revisited, Gloria Muñoz asked Chad Mize and me about our multiple artistic pursuits. Chad creates work from murals to merch, and,… Read More
Old Box #7: Fleeced by Repetition, The Love Song of Photo Op Prude Frock
You are my candy kitchen not my sweet and low religion, not my cold cut keeper. I kid you not. I’m here for the sundae, homemade in dairy heaven, not… Read More
Overcoming Challenges
There are a gazillion platitudes out there about how to stay positive, rise above the noise and push on to ultimate victory. It’s at your fingertips, they say. It’s all… Read More
The Naked Truth About Art
By Margo Hammond. This past year two remarkable shows in St. Pete added to the long, illustrious history of arts and nudity. Both creatively confronted the naked truth about art – it’s supposed to be provocative…. Read More
Chamber Players pay tribute to often-ignored instrument
By Kurt Loft. If Rodney Dangerfield played the viola, he’d still use the same comic line – “I don’t get no respect.’’ Well, we say to hell with all that. And so did two famous composers, Mozart and Dvořák… Read More
Dalí & The Impressionists
By Tony Wong Palms. “Dali & The Impressionists” fills another gap in the ever-expanding library of exhibitions the Dalí Museum has developed, telling Dalí stories – from those who influenced him, to his own practice… Read More
Motherhood and the Pursuit of Self
So far I’ve briefly mentioned three chapters in my past; beginnings in Barbados, education in different states, and cultural studies in Newcastle upon Tyne. After these sojourns I… Read More
Old Box #6: Operating in the Impossible Comparative to Purposely Fail
Give or take a few of the sentences that include nothing but dialogue, the “he say she say” that frequently displaces imagery preventing a writer from inserting a picture into… Read More
Completing the Third and Last Painting
First, I have to say that I’ve learned a valuable lesson regarding the subject of stress. For the past several weeks, I’ve been thoroughly stressed out about completing the third… Read More
