WHAT'S HAPPENING IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN Read all about it in "The Continuing Struggle of the Philistines Jr.," my new poem inspired by a refrain from The Philistines Jr.'s masterpiece, If a Band Plays in the Woods . . .?, out in the new issue of Diode. HOW TALKING TO THE SUN HAPPENS Check out my brief interview with Brian Brodeur on the making of "Shopping with Mayakovsky," including the full text of the poem along with links to the Mayakovsky and O'Hara poems the poem is modeled on.  THAT ONE WAS THE ODDEST ONE If only you were weird. You might write, or at least read, better poetry. Click here to read my essay on the weirdness of Dorothea Lasky, Arda Collins and Jason Bredle @ The Missouri Review online. AMERICAN DREAM What's the point of being ridiculous? Read this poem in the new issue of The Journal to find out.  YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A CAT ON YOUR HEAD Andy Warhol says you're not working hard enough, but you're probably working harder than my cat. Find out why in my poem "Work" @ The Missouri Review online. POEMS YOU CAN'T READ New poems out in Copper Nickel and The Pinch, but you'll have to read them the old-fashioned way: on paper (i.e. not at all). CROSSING THE BRIDGE FROM MUSIC TO MAKING My thoughts on writing to jazz. And driving to jazz. In Houston. Long poem form. Hart Crane. With the full text of my old poem "Open Sky" available in pdf portmaneau, with thanks to Brilliant Corners. DESERT ISLAND DISCS Billie Holiday and Lester Young. Richard Strauss, Gundula Janowitz and Herbert von Karajan. Tom Waits. Getz and the Gilbertos. The Philistines Jr. Somehow Kanye gets left behind. MEMBERS' CHOICE AWARD Man on Extremely Small Island has been awarded the Asian American Writers' Workshop Members' Choice Award for the best Asian American book of 2009. Thanks to all the people who voted for my book! EFF YOU, POISON IVY Very difficult to write when you've got poison ivy. You feel, and look, extremely gross. Luckily most people who get poison ivy don't attempt to write poems. I, for one, like to experience multiple types of pain. WE'VE GOTTA HOLD ON TO WHAT WE'VE GOT My karaoked thoughts on Bon Jovi, APC jeans, Roger Federer, William Wordsworth and Gunny Scarfo in the new issue of Vinyl Poetry. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE VS. LEBRON'S ELBOW Guess who wins this bout? If only the Bridge could suit up for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Read my thoughts on the mighty BB and the douchebag formerly known as The Chosen One in these two poems in Diode.