Verse Daily, Three Cheers for Kelli, Power Outages and the top five low-res MFA programs

Okay, Verse Daily has my poem “The Husband Tries to Write to the Disappearing Wife” up today! (And by today, I mean Friday…please ignore the blogger timestamp.)
It’s from Redactions. Thanks guys! I’m honored. This is one of the few persona poems where I tried to write in a male voice, so it was a little risky for me. I hope you like it!

Immediately pick up the Summer Fiction issue of The Atlantic, which has a terrific poem by Kelli that won their student poetry contest! Hooray!

In this same issue, the Atlantic has an article that rates various graduate writing programs. I’d like to say my recent Alma Mater, Pacific University, made it onto the Top 5 Low-Res MFA Programs. Pretty good for a West-Coast newcomer to the scene, right?

It seems my power only goes out when the temps are below 30 or above 90. In that tradition, I’ve been hiding in an air-conditioned hotel room. Has this been a crazy week or what?