Squadron,
Hope you been well. It’s me, Mr Dissapeared.
I would say I’ve been busy, but I’ve just been avoiding you.
By you I mean this blog, not you, the person reading it.
Or maybe I have been avoiding you, but I avoid everyone.
I’m autistic now. Well, I’ve always been, but I found out recently.
I didn’t really make an announcement here cuz… you know… ppl be having questions. And if you know anything about me, you know I hate questions. Or explaining myself. Or justifying my existence. Right. Okay.
Got two new prose poems in prestigious publication Pithead Chapel.
The first one is called James Baldwin Smoking Cocoa Puffs With Larry Levis At The End of The Universe, High On Stolen Fish.
You can read that here: https://pitheadchapel.com/james-baldwin-smoking/
The second one is called Black Muslim Autistic Man Walks Thru Airport.docx.
You can read that here: https://pitheadchapel.com/black-muslim-autistic/
As for the performances. Well, I should preface the first one by saying it was in promotion of an anthology that just came out. WE ARE MEANT TO RISE: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. I have an essay in there called DIDION DREAMS. Grab your copy here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/we-are-meant-to-rise
My essay was too traumatic to read or revisit, so I performed some new poetry at the book launch. Grateful to David Mura & Carolyn Holbrook for accommodating my performance request, and for their generosity in curating this necessary collection.
The second performance was a few weeks earlier at the same bookstore, Next Chapter Books. Out in St Paul. Good place, go buy a book there. Actually, you can buy my book ARE YOU BORG NOW there. It’s in the poetry section. And I signed them all.
Alright. That’s it. What are you still doing here? Show’s over. Go home.
Signed,
Said AKA The Electric Guitar W/ Synth Pedals That Mike Dean Played Over Kanye’s Live Performance of I WONDER at the Free Larry Hoover Concert Last Night