I’m honored to be in this issue of Ping Pong!

The Ping•Pong East Coast Launch Party at Happy Ending

The Henry Miller Library is pleased to announce the annual publication of Ping•Pong, a journal of the arts. The editors continue to serve up the best artists from the the global art and literary scene by publishing a vibrant group of poets, writers, artists, and photographers. This issue continues Ping•Pong’s commitment to a cultural dialogue between contemporary artists and the aesthetics set forth by Henry Miller and Anais Nin.

The 2009 issue of Ping•Pong features an international collection from Iraq, Ireland, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Japan. Ping•Pong also offers the finest in American writers including Kim Addonizio, Tony Tost, Matt Hart, Kim Chinquee, Jason Morris, Erica Wright, Kate Greenstreet and performance artist/poet, Cheryl Burke, among many other luminaries.

The Ping•Pong East Coast Launch Party will take place at the Happy Ending Bar on November 7, and will feature readings by contributors Cheryl Burke, Erica Wright, Jennifer Firestone, Whitney Porter, Kate Hall, Erika Lutzner, and Joey Cannizzaro, as well as editors Maria Garcia Teutsch and Christine Hamm Special guests (to be announced) will also perform. Readings will begin at 7:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

YouTube video. My chins and I star in this clip (on the Sunday Salon page). I’m reading my poem “When I Knew Everyone on Avenue A,” which is also the working title of my one-woman show in-progress premiering in February. Video shot after last week’s reading with lots of chatter in the background.

Topped off by a fun reading at Sunday Salon last night. Here’s a pic the girlfriend took of me on stage.

Today is my annual 29th birthday. I woke up early to watch the sunrise with the girlfriend. Low-key festivities tonight with friends may involve pizza and sugar-free Red Bull. There is a rumor of cupcakes. I’m quite pleased.

More cool:

• Check out the September issue of GO Magazine. I’m the mag editor and also did some writing.

• I’m reading this Sunday, 7 pm at Sunday Salon alongside Billy Lombardo, Ru Freeman and Wesley Yang.

• I have two poems in the latest issue of Ping Pong literary journal, for which I’ll be reading on November 7th at Happy Ending in NYC. Details forthcoming.

• Oh, and on February 21, 2010, I’ll be doing a reading of my in-progress one-woman show tentatively titled When I Knew Everyone on Avenue A at Bluestockings. Part memoir/part poetry, a personal, irreverent take on NYC in the 1990′s. More info. soon.

Hey, it may be September 1, but it’s time for the online poetry journal October Babies.  I’m honored to have a poem up on the site.  Many thanks to Susan Scutti for inviting me to submit.