May 2, 2016Backstage — an accidental photoessay.Called backstage to fix an unraveling ribbon rose on a six year old dancer’s tutu, I stumbled into dancemomhood for a couple of hours yesterday. Some photos:Dance2 min readDance2 min read
Apr 23, 2016a poem a day, translated — “day” very loosely defined, this being a (very) occasional seriesa poem a day, translated — “day” very loosely defined, this being a (very) occasional series a few thoughts on poems and quinces.Poetry6 min readPoetry6 min read
Feb 15, 2016In Memoriam. Professor Philip A. Kuhn (1933–2016)So many have been sharing their remembrances of Phil Kuhn over email and FB today, and so I thought I would add a few of my own. My memories of Phil might be slightly different from many of yours, in that I was never strictly his student. …Education4 min readEducation4 min read
May 4, 2015A poem a day.A poem a day:a thicket of words and birds (and lotuses) Most likely not literally; not always a poem, and not always every day. But as another semester crash-ends in a flurry of paper grading and conference attending and fulfilling of academic writing debts — I thought I’d revive this…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read