Poems to come!
Look for new Alan Michael Parker poems in American Poetry Review and Barrow Street, among other journals.
“Best Book of 2016”
The Ladder has been awarded the Brockman-Campbell Book Award for the best book of 2016 in the state of North Carolina by the NC Poetry Society. Illustrious previous winners include A.R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, and Kathryn Stripling Byer. It’s an honor!
On ZERO K, writes AMP
Here’s AMP’s latest review of Don Delillo’s latest novel, Zero K, with all sorts of humbled bowing to the greatness of the greatest, and gratitude for a life that lets a person read such books (and talk about them in public. And …
Piccolo Spoleto is going to rock!
Tuesday, May 30… you’ll need to be in Charleston, S.C., with the cool kids. That’s where AMP will be, in the beautiful outdoor courtyard of the historic Dock Street Theatre on Church Street, at 6:30 p.m. on the opening night of …
AMP at UCONN
Here’s a link to a story on AMP’s reading at UCONN. With thanks to Bruce Cohen–and Ben Grossberg at the U of Hartford too–for hosting.
AMP with a Top Ten Post of 2016
The Best American Poetry blog had named Alan Michael Parker’s “Bad Workshops” one of its top-10 blog posts of 2016, as determined by readers. Check out the cheeky little article here.
Georgetown U, here I come
Heading out to Georgetown University on February 1? So am I! Let’s meet at 3:30 in the McGhee Library of the ICC Building at 3:30 for a poetry reading. I’ll read–you can just sit right back and enjoy the words and their …
Was he at WVU? He was.
Here’s some coverage of a recent AMP appearance at West Virginia University (in November, 2016).
AMP blogs for BAP
Alan Michael Parker’s a guest author for the Best American Poetry blog for the last two weeks of September. Check out his posts–beginning with “Eleven Questions for Eleven Poets,” Part I–and soon to include articles such as “Bad Workshops,” “Bad Poems,” and “Poems …
The Ladder – NYC launch
Come on downtown, family, friends, and poet-fiends: AMP will be reading on September 25 at 5 p.m. at The Slipper Room on Orchard Street, along with Lucas Mann, Sarah McElwain, and Clint Smith (whose own book is just out). Yes, it’s a …
Where were you in 2004?
An AMP interview with the SUNY-Brockport Writers Forum has been digitized here, from October of 2004. Look how young everyone looks. That’s even Ralph Black pretending to be a much younger Ralph Black; here’s a Ralph Black poem I love.
AMP turns 105.
Here’s a new interview with Cade Scott–who asks some dandy questions–at “Writers on Record.”
A Poem for Sally
A new AMP poem drops at Subtropics, thanks to editor Sidney Wade and the intrepid staff. To go with, a little interview conducted by Olga Rukovets and Tara Tatum, featuring a cameo by Ghandi’s father and a dog named Issa.
Ethics! A panel discussion…
Here’s a panel discussion from November at Davidson College, featuring Amy Bagwell, Jeff Jackson, and L. Lamar Wilson. AMP moderated, Carmine Starnino published the proceedings at Partisan.
Loving in The Sun
Here’s a new poem, courtesy of The Sun. Thanks to Sy and Carol Ann and the intrepid folks who all helped to make the poem better. Thanks to Asta, the Wonder Dog.
New poems in APR, THE SUN, TUESDAY…
It’s the run-up to the moment when in the world there comes a new book, and then it’s here. New poems of AMP’s are in current issues of American Poetry Review, and in the astonishingly beautiful Tuesday: An Art Project, and elsewhere. Then… …
Sanibel Island Writers Conference
Come work with an astonishing line-up of literary stars and assiduous peers at the Sanibel Island Writers Conference from November 5-8. AMP will be there in full regalia — teaching a fiction workshop and leading a poetry session on WILD POEMS! That’s …
Damn Franzen
If only I didn’t like Franzen’s writing, I could be happier. Maybe we all could. Here’s my review of Purity in the current Pleiades.
Literary Ethics Panel at Davidson
Join Amy Bagwell, Jeff Jackson, Alan Michael Parker (moderator), and L. Lamar Wilson on October 19 at 7 p.m. in Hance Auditorium on the Davidson College campus, for a panel discussion: “The Good Writer: Literary Ethics and the Literary Artist.” …
Tonight! Tonight! CWC and AMP
AMP will be doing the do tonight, September 15, with the Charlotte Writers’ Club at 7 p.m. Poems, novels, publishing, politics, and the most interesting people in the Carolinas… Come play too!