I read poems from my Mean Game book with Ernest Hilbert on January 16th at Shakespeare and Co., on Walnut Street near Rittenhouse Square. This was a Moonstone event. Thanks to generous Larry Robin for hosting us! Ernie and I will begin a new poetry reading series, called E-Verse Equinox Poetry Series, with me as…

I read poems from my Mean Game book with Vasiliki Katsarou and Bernadette McBride — who were both great! — on Sunday, October 6th, at the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center. It was fun to read in front of all the paintings of churches. Thanks to Peter Krok, our gracious host, for his hospitality!

On Thursday, July 18th, I was invited by artist/curator and director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project, Homer Jackson, to record a few poems in their studio. I read Whitman’s Song of Myself, sections 6 and 7, multiple times — and one (Whitman-connected) poem of my own. It was great fun! I’ve never made a professional recording before.  The…

June 29th was the final day of my Mean Game tour. Day 39! I’d met Kevin Spenst a few years before in Toronto, and we’d stayed in touch. When I told him I was coming to Vancouver he rolled out a kind of poetic red carpet for me: putting me in touch with every writer…

On June 28th I read on Gabriola Island, one of the Gulf Islands, near Nanaimo, BC. PC Vandall invited me two years ago after reading my poem, “The Problem with Love.” She kept in touch with me while I planned my Mean Game tour, and we made it happen! Over 3000 miles from Philadelphia, almost…

On June 28th I had a very fun evening with Victoria Poet Laureate, and friend, John Barton. I’ve known John as the editor of Canadian poetry journals Arc and, for the past fifteen years, The Malahat Review. He recently finished there and has begun a new chapter in his life as the poet laureate of…

On June 26th I was interviewed on co-op radio (100.5 FM)—a show called Wax Poetic—by poet RC Weslowski. I was promoting my book, The Mean Game.  The station is located off East Hastings Street in Vancouver, in a devastated part of the city. In response to my walk to the station, I started by reading…

On June 20th I read poems from The Mean Game at Shelf Life Books in Calgary with Patrick Horner, dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Nikki Reimer and Nikki Sheppy. There was a great crowd, and wine and cheese. Electricity in the air! It was the 23rd event of my Mean Game tour — and one of my favorites…

On June 16th I was the featured reader at Audreys Books in Edmonton. It’s a gorgeous bookstore! I had a blast reading, and catching up with Banff and UNB Poetry Weekend friends I hadn’t seen in years. I’ve only been to Edmonton once before.

On June 13th I read from The Mean Game at the Argo Bookshop in Montreal, with Carolina Echeverria, Ilona Martonfi, H. Nigel Thomas,  Mike Di Sclafani, Geneviève Lacombe,  Shaheen Munir,  Domenic Marinelli,  Sheryl Halpern, and Matthew Murphy. Thank you to Ilona Martonfi for hosting this event.

On June 12 us Palimpsest Press authors—Liz Ross (After Birth), John Barton (We Are Not Avatars), Nadja Lubiw-Hazard (The Nap-Away Motel), and John Wall Barger (The Mean Game)—met again to read, this time in Montreal in the famous Argo Bookshop. It was a very fun reading, which led to long conversations and drinks afterwards. Thanks…

On June 6 I read at Another Story Bookshop in Roncesvalles with Liz Ross (After Birth), John Barton (We Are Not Avatars), and Nadja Lubiw-Hazard (The Nap-Away Motel). We all have books with Palimpsest Press, and this was the Toronto launch. Palimpsest editor Jim Johnstone — who edited my book, The Mean Game — hosted.