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Good morning from Kearney, Nebraska! About to hit the road again.

Dog barking at an empty apartment. Have slept three hours the past two days. Chicago, here we come!

For the curious, here's our itinerary: Wednesday: to Reno Thursday: Reno to Salt Lake City Friday: Salt Lake to Cheyenne, Wyoming ...

Another sweaty moving day, boxes piled to the ceiling and blocking out the sun. The dog barometer says let's go out all the time and th...

I must admit that I have become a black-binder user at readings as well. I think this may have something to do with choral singing, which ...

Today I too know the pleasures of being a walking tower of sweat .

Silicon Valley or, An Essay on the "New Brutalism" That hooligan crew’s half- off, strong calves and burning down. She’s...

Kasey, is it okay if I didn't pay full price for your book? I was reading it (at home, not in the store) and turned it over, and though...

I look up from packing and find that I am missing Kasey's reading at this very moment . I do wish I could be there. I will have to be ...

Went into Moe's for a valedictory visit and struck gold: my own copy of Deer Head Nation . I am only a few pages in but it is already k...

Wiped out from packing, surrounded by towers of boxes. The last of the books in this room have been packed; remaining forlornly on one shel...

Hey, when's that new Hubert Schma album coming out?

Actually, ever since I found out about the Poetry Espresso list from Cassie I've been a big admirer of it. It's sort of what I im...

...and those espressoistes are even quoting me .

...the whole first name/last name thing. I ran into this in my post on Combo when I found myself having to refer to--er-- K. Silem Mohamm...

...but a new Del poem lifts the gloom...

Want to go to readings ...and parties ...but must pack...it's like being in Chicago already...

James Meetze tells Australia what this New Brutalism business is all about. (Believe it or not, they want to know.)

I'm glad to see that Arnold opposes the toilet-flushing tax .

What cheered me up last night was Stephanie's copy of Combo 12, which Stephanie pulled out of her bag and let me read at dinner and the...