Transgressions in Transubstantiation: The Mantras of Jameson Bayles

I’ve been working on the logistics for The Mesenchymal Reprisal Poetry Tour for a few months now. I’ve generally taken a back seat when it came to planning the line up or locations to read/perform in during previous tours. The origins of this current tour came about between a combination of conversations with other poets Read more

A few notes on this and that. A few of the dates and locations on the “kodaibito no seishin” tour were rescheduled for a variety of reasons; football schedules (PA loves their pigskin games), hosts availability etc. The Soulfly Tangerines have a limited availability in October, but we are happy that they will be coming Read more

Vincent Becquet had discussed the concept of doing a multi genre event for some time that tackled the realm of mental illness and all of its synapses. I had been in talks with poets Linke De Vries and Berhane Mebratu to collaborate on a project off and on so a couple of months back we Read more

A couple of quick updates. Ghosts For Valhalla Press will publish my next collection of poems entitled “Base Jumping At Taughannock Falls” in early 2024. Originally scheduled to be released this year, I had to delay it so that the book release would be coordinated with a tour next year. Trying to obtain and maintain Read more

Brief note: A few weeks ago, I went on the road a bit with poets Alejandro Guitierrez and Amihan Aquino for a few readings on the East coast. I’ve had correspondence with both poets since 2017 but we weren’t able to coordinate our schedules to get anything organized. We’ve discussed continuing touring together at a Read more

I have a love/hate relationship with the city of Pittsburgh, PA. Well, that isn’t entirely correct. It’s more of a tolerate/hate relationship. I was warned by several friends of mine from NY when I moved to Pittsburgh in 2017 that the citizens of Pittsburgh would get on my nerves. And for the most part, they Read more