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February 2010
February 23rdNEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS ON TEXAS COUNTRY REPORTER
The awesome guys at Texas Country Reporter uploaded our show from last year to YouTube — it’s a really nice piece.
February 23rdTHE PARENT UNHAPPY
“i believe in God / the parent unhappy at work / who disappears into the bathroom / in an attempt to minimize his rage / at the young”
February 22ndTEDxAUSTIN ON STICKY NOTES
The theme of the day was “Play Big,” so I decided to do something special: I drew the background stage and the studio in my sketchbook, and then drew the speakers on sticky notes.
February 22ndTHE LIFTED BROW #6
My poem, “Summer In Texas,” was recently included in The Lifted Brow, a biannual journal in Australia.
February 19thFATHERS
“A son to lecture / a cycle of permitted rage”
February 18thAUSTIN PECHA KUCHA NIGHT #7
Tonight I’ll be giving a slideshow about Newspaper Blackout as part of Austin Pecha Kucha night #7.
February 18thTHE BEST WIFE IN TOWN
“his approach to love / taught him to appeal to psychology / when attacked with a hammer / he said “you’re a rose / i could not accuse of crime / the best wife in town”
February 17thPHOTOS OF THE OLD MEDIA / OLD NEWS SHOW IN ST. LOUIS
Brea McAnally was kind enough to send me some pictures of my work in the “Old Media/Old News” exhibit at The Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis.
February 16th20 MINUTES IN THE CLOSET
“the result / called for us to spend 20 minutes / in the dark / the fans yowled and taunted / as we turned up / the saturday night sportsmanship”
February 11thMAKE A MESS OF ME
“make a mess of me / this is a romantic comedy, after all, and / even dumb trouble / is trouble sufficient”
February 10th25 QUOTES TO HELP YOU STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST
Next time you’re stuck, think of your work as a collage. Steal two or more ideas from your favorite artists and start juxtaposing them. Voila.
February 10thVIDEO OF MY VISUAL THINKING FOR WRITERS TALK
How to use index cards to brainstorm ideas, using graphs to understand story structure, and the power of adding captions to pictures.
February 9thALL YOU CAN DO
“in love / all you can do / is fail so badly / the rest you don’t mind at all”
February 5thNEW SITE DEDICATED TO NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS
A site where people can go read how-to tips, ask me questions, and then try out their own Newspaper Blackout Poems.
February 4thTHE BIG QUESTION
“the big question is / will you pledge to be good / even if you want to have revenge / for so many years of my candid lip?”
February 3rdTUNE IN TO THE RIGHT STATIONS
I’ll be chatting with my friend John Unger on Blog Talk Radio Thursday night, February 4 at 9PM ET / 8PM CT.
February 2ndTHE WATCHDOGS
“the eager-to-please architect / unveils his design for the watchdogs / who haven’t moved since the Middle Ages”
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