Honors, chapbook & more

Congrats to poet pal Kelli Russell Agodon, whose collection Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room was named Foreward Magazine's Poetry Collection of the Year. Woot!

I was thrilled to discover last week that cultural blog Flavorwire had put me on its list of 10 Contemporary Southern and Midwestern Poets You Should Know. I'm in fantastic company with such fine poets as Terrance Hayes and Beth Ann Fennelly.

The tentative release date for the reissue of Slow To Burn from Seven Kitchens Press is Aug. 1. More details and how to order soon.

Nearly 500 people have registered to win the free copies of Conquering Venus I'm giving away at Goodreads. Wow! There's only two days left to enter, so check out the widget in the sidebar.

As of this posting, nearly 400 people have read the sample chapters of Remain in Light at Scribd. You can still check them out at this link.