Another link round-up so I don't forget about the goodness I've encountered this week.

My pal Austin Fleming and I have been translating poems into English by the French poet Lili Chamenade. Here is the first one "I Swear!" up at new world poetry.

A new monkey species has been discovered and it's pretty wicked looking.

After reading this article at Wired about Foxconn, the place that makes Apple products, and after re-reading it once I bought my first iPhone a year ago (not to mention a failed attempt at writing poems the plant/situation), I'm really intrigued by this new situation, 2000 workers going on a rampage, forcing the plant to shut down. 

Chris Johnson has been putting this stellar book about what gives atheists meaning and joy in life. Here is one part about "the poetry of the universe:"



Shaun Gannon--cool writer, rad pal, wacky guy--wrote this two-part story + addendum. Love Symbol Press gives it to you here!

Lynn Emanuel + Shaun Gannon

Yesterday's book was Hotel Fiesta by Lynn Emanuel from this two volume collection. Having read another of Emanuel's books, Then, Suddenly, I knew what I was getting myself into. She is a master of perception, of taking memory or perceived memory and fashioning into these mostly single-page poems. Stark images, a layering in the best way, pure emotional contained in the world of action, the physical. Emanuel often goes from an image in her life, a photograph, a painting, a memory, and delves into its world of possibilities. Out of it, she brings forth the beauty and the emotion and the real-life carnage that she finds. I wish I'd had time to read The Dig as well, but Emanuel's first book packed enough punch to hold me over for a long while.

I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BLURB. THAT'S FUNNY. BUT IT'S A TRUE BLURB.

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I watched this video of my friend, Shaun Gannon, read his EPIC poem I AM SHAUN GANNON while I had breakfast. That's funny too.

GETTIN SPOOKY

I'm super stoked that my poem, "Humble Endings," has found a home in the new issue of Spooky Boyfriend alongside awesome poets like my friend Shaun Gannon.