Song of a Reformed Headhunter

Front: Wayne Koestenbaum, Megan Volpert, Theresa Davis Back: Jee Leong Koh, Pablo Miguel Martinez I was at the Decatur Book Festival this weekend to launch the anthology This Assignment Is So Gay: LGBTIQ Teachers on the Art of Teaching . The launch at Decatur High School, introduced by Georgia State Representative Karla Drenner, and moderated by the school's English Head of Department Cara Cassell, was well-attended. I read with Pablo Miguel Martinez, Theresa Davis and anthology editor Megan Volpert. Ed Madden could not make it to due to a neck problem, but Wayne Koestenbaum kindly stood in, and read two of Ed's poems. The Q&A session after the reading was filled with questions from the audience. How would you motivate homeless LGBTIQ youth to study? What has given you hope recently in your teaching? I was pleased that someone bought a copy of my Seven Studies after just hearing me read one of my poems. Karla Drenner and Megan Volpert The Decatur Book Festiv...

Just received my contributor's copy of This Assignment Is So Gay: LGBTIQ poets on the art of teaching . Proud to be out with Gregory Woods, Cyril Wong, Timothy Liu, Benjamin Grossberg and Garth Greenwell. Megan Volpert edited and Sibling Rivalry Press published this important anthology. It will be launched at the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia, in September. I will be reading and speaking on the panel with Megan, Bryan Broland and other contributors.