Jake Adam York

Fresh Ink



Campbell Corner
So, I guess it's official, three of my poems (two from A Murmuration of Starlings and one new one) were named as a "distinguished entry" in this year's Campbell Corner poetry contest, and I'll be going to New York...
On Alabama Arts Radio
When back in Montgomery for the Alabama Book Festival, I sat down with Jeanie Thompson for a brief conversation, which just aired on Alabama Arts Radio. You can hear it here.
Thicket
So, there's a new Thicket, a wonderful magazine dedicated to Alabama culture. If that phrase seems like an oxymoron, this may not be for you, but give it a try....
Anti-
The tireless Steve Schroeder continues with Anti-, this month featuring two poems of mine. I, and he, would love it if you would read these.
In Motion
If you live in the Denver area, you may see my drawl on the bus.
Gadsden Public Library Reading at Southern Spaces
The folks at Southern Spaces have done it again, lending their time and bandwidth to present the entirety of the reading I gave at the Gadsden Public Library on January 26, 2008.
A Field Guide to Northeast Alabama at Southern Spaces
The fine folks at Southern Spaces have spent many weekends following me around to put together film versions of four of my poems which you can see here. Want to know more? Click the title above.


 

LATELY (but not late)



  • Vegan Shoe Collection
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  • Ekphrasis Workshop for Lighthouse Writers Lit Fest
    I'll be offering a workshop on ekphrastic writing, entitled "I to Eye: Writing About Photographs, Away from the Self" as part of Lighthouse Writers Workshop's annual Lit Fest. Wednesday, June 18th....
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  • Writing & Politics: A Literary Salon
    I'll join novelist Nick Arvin (Articles of War), novelist Janis Hallowell (She Was) and poet David Rothman (The Elephant's Chiropractor, The Geography of Hope) on Monday, June 16th, at 8pm at Forest Room 5 to discuss the intersections of...
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  • Denver Writing Project Workshops
    I'll be teaching two workshops for the Denver Writing Project on Monday, June 16th, one for young writers and one for secondary education teachers....
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  • Alabama School of Fine Arts
    I'll be reading at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham on Friday, May 9th. More details as I have them....
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  • With Aaron Anstett at Colorado College
    From the Colorado College website: Jake Adam York and Aaron Anstett Two award-winning Colorado poets. Jake’s books include Murder Ballads and A Murmuration of Starlings; Aaron’s include No Accident and Each Place the Body’s. Thursday May 1st at 7PM in...
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  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
    Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Reading by Jake Adam York, author of A MURMURATION OF STARLINGS (published by SIU Press), 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. – SIUC Student Center Video Lounge (Fourth Floor), reception and book signing in Old Main Lounge...
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  • Writer's Place, Kansas City
    I'll be reading with Peggy Shumaker at the Writer's Place in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday, April 23rd at 7pm. The event is sponsored by UMKC. The University of Nebraska Press published Just Breathe Normally, Peggy Shumaker's new book of...
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  • Alabama Book Festival
    As part of the Alabama Book Festival, I'll be reading in the South/West Poetry Tent with Dan Albergotti and Natasha Trethewey on Saturday, April 19, at 11am. The Book Festival is held in Old Alabama Town in Montgomery, Alabama. For...
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  • In the Barn, Something's Murmuring
    "I’ve also been reading Jake Adam York’s new book, A Murmuration of Starlings. Jake’s one of my favorite poets writing today. He does this whole “documentary lyric” thing that I find really cool."
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    • On The Web



    Poems


  • "A Field Guide To Northeast Alabama" (four poems on video) at Southern Spaces
  • "At Liberty" and "Love"at Memorious
  • "At Genesse," "Aubade," "DeSoto, After," and "In Arizona When Howard Finster Dies" at Diode
  • Selections from A Map of the County at RealPoetik
  • "At Liberty," "Substantiation," "For Reverend James Reeb," and "For Lamar Smith" at Blackbird
  • "Bunk Richardson," "Consolation," "On Tallaseehatchee Creek," and "Vigil" at Blackbird
  • "Vigil," "Negatives," and "Elegy for James Knox" at Campbell Corner
  • "Walt Whitman in Alabama," "Hush," "Negatives" and "York" at Colorado Poets Center
  • "Signal" at DIAGRAM
  • "Elegy for James Knox" at DIAGRAM
  • "Interferometry" at Greensboro Review
  • "Aubade," "Doppler," "What You Wish For," "Under," "Fell," "Heat," and "Regret/Egret" at H_NGM_N
  • "Legba Says" in Octopus
  • "Still" and "Bye Bye Blackbird/Blackbird Bye Bye" at Shampoo
  • "Panoramic: Landscape With Repeating Figures," "Double Exposure" and "Elegy for Little Girls" at Terrain.org
  • "Virga," "Radiotherapy," and "Diphthong" at Typo
  • "Radiotherapy" at Poetry 365.


    • Interviews


  • With New South
  • With Blackbird, in text and audio.
  • With Kate Greenstreet (first book interview)
  • With Dislocate's Nate Slawson
  • With Town Creek Poetry


    • Reviews


  • Susan Settlemyre Williams's review of Murder Ballads at Blackbird
  • Simmons Buntin's review of Murder Ballads at Terrain.org.
  • Clay Matthews's review of Murder Ballads at H_NGM_N
  • Jeff Newberry's review of Murder Ballads at Poetry Southeast

    • Essays &c

  • "The Marrow of the Bone of Contention: A Barbecue Journal" at storySouth, a 2003 Arts & Letters Daily Article of Note
  • An introduction to Alabama barbecue, on the Southern BBQ Trail at the Southern Foodways Alliance
  • "Recovery: Learning the Music of History" at Terrain.org
  • Five favorite poems at JMWW


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