Birthday Resolutions

It's my birthday month, so here are some links and goals.

• First of all, here is the video of my Loft Mentor Series reading on January 23rd. This is what I look like while reading poems.
• Secondly, I'm pleased to share that the first and last poems I read here will appear in the Fall issue of the minnesota review.
• The next Mentor Series Reading is on February 20th, featuring Matt Rasmussesn, Karlyn Coleman, and Jennifer Krueger.
  

• Latest review: If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?  which made me say, more than once, "I want to be Matthea Harvey when I grow up."
• My friend Carl Atiya Swanson wrote this great piece about why you should always pay artists.
  
• Which is why I'm so excited by Jessica Piazza's new project, Poetry Has Value, which features a list of poetry journals that pay.
• You can pay me for my poems: my chapbook, Blues for Jocasta is available for $5.

As I mentioned, my birthday is this month. Here are some resolutions for my next year:

1. Publish new poems
2. Submit poems to non-U.S. English-language journals
3. Get paid for poems (minimum 50% submissions to paying journals)
4. Finish FEATHERMUCKER
5. Write a new poem a week
6. Find a new favorite poem a week
7. Read the books on my shelves that I haven't gotten to yet