A new review on The Rumpus, and some upcoming readings you shouldn’t miss (but they’re not mine)

I’ve got a new (non-poetry) book review up at The Rumpus, of Jeffrey Skinner’s The 6.5 Habits of Moderately Effective Poets. I hope you enjoy it; I tried to have some fun, and the book itself doesn’t take itself too seriously, either.

Here are a couple of local events you all shouldn’t miss. They aren’t even my events, that’s how serious I am.

One is the debut reading at Open Books of Annette Spaulding-Convy and her new book on November 11, In Broken Latin. Here’s the link for more info: http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/calendar/archives/000546.html but just let it be known that you are in for some great poetry, AND it’s saucy nun poetry, which I don’t think really we have enough of. It’ll put you in a good mood no matter how worried you are about the election!

The other is the November 17 reading, at Redmond Library, of Washington state’s Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken, from Plume. And after I will ask her questions in a nice little Q&A session and you can meet her and buy books and get them signed and ask her questions about Hanford. There will be refreshments. Come out! Did I mention this is the kickoff reading for my ambitious plan as Poet Laureate to get everyone to read one book of poetry a quarter, called “Redmond Reads Poetry?” Well, it is!

The last note is: one more month til my second book, She Returns to the Floating World, is about to go out of print from Kitsune Books, as they are closing at the end of the year. So if you want to buy it in either print or e-book form, get on it! I hear it’s a pretty good book!

And, I may have good news to announce soon about my third book, Unexplained Fevers, which was orphaned after Kitsune Books decided to close. It may be that I’ve found a new publisher. Who might it be? Stay tuned to find out…