Brooklyn Copeland

Anniversary/Poet Clothes

2012-02-25T12:13:00.000-05:00

Candy Kids. Last night, M took me to see The Crystal Method. It was the second anniversary of our second first date (we dated for a summer before breaking up for six months ["we're seeing other people / at least that's what we say we are doing..."]) and last night in Broad Ripple was exactly like the one of our date, which was also in Broad Ripple: freezing-ass cold, late (unwelcomed)

Siphon, Harbor Direct!

2012-02-24T10:23:00.001-05:00

Hey readerlies! I have SIX THREE ONE copy of Siphon, Harbor to sell directly to you for TEN bucks, postage paid. If you are interested, please email brooklyn copeland at g mail (no spaces) for Paypal information. Buyers will receive a bonus item from my home. I'm going to the post office in the next few days, so RSVP ASAP! xo-xo!

Give Emily Wells all your sweet lovin.

2012-02-22T20:17:00.001-05:00

Siphon, Harbor offered at a special "it's my new book, party people!" discount on Barnes and Noble!

2012-02-19T13:48:00.002-05:00

My book is available on B&N for the low, low price of $11.33, plus shipping! (The Sale ended, but the book remains!) You can do that "try it before you buy it" thing on the publisher's website, but don't be a cheapskate- click to the link to purchase! If you're worried about not being able to buy groceries or pay your light bill or whatever because you bought my book, instead, we can work

Kay Rosen, please & thank you.

2012-02-18T12:47:00.001-05:00

Do you know about Kay Rosen? If you're a poet, you probably do. She's an artist who screws with words and letters and puts them up on walls so you're left to your own immediate, logic-making then your own contemplative and, if you have any imagination, imaginative mental devices. ('Bit like this fella, for an easy comparison.) In English, a single letter can be a word. A single letter can also

Morning editor for hire.

2012-02-18T09:56:00.000-05:00

Works for hugs, kisses, and blueberry-flavored biscuits. Just don't ask him to fold your clean laundry.

What poetry readings are like.

2012-02-16T18:05:00.001-05:00

2012-02-16T12:45:00.001-05:00

That poet who drives a waffle truck, Michael Keenan, showed up in the new alice blue review!!Someone needs to give him his own chapbook this year. I would gladly purchase a copy.Michael Keenan, if you're reading, thank you for publishing another clue! See for yourselves!(poems by: alberto abonado maged zaher valerie witte cat jones jerrod e bohn megan kaminski michael keenan

2012-02-15T21:51:00.000-05:00

Nate Klug has a chapbook out on Pressed Wafer and I think you oughtta go'on'an gitcha some: CONSENT, occurring in a photic sneeze reflex near you! NK has a poem in the last issue of Poetry. That's where I'm most familiar with his stuff, so I'm really excited to read the chapbook. His poems seem suspended in this place that is under a gray but pleasant fog... where statues of genius-y

2012-02-15T06:55:00.001-05:00

(Anita via Nifty Fifties) My Valentine's Day was splendid. Real splendid. M made me a card with cut-outs and drawings and glittery bits and a drawing of himself and my dog. And he gave me Marlon Brando films I did not already own. And he gave me dinner that included one pint of Guinness and this banana cream pie I've been craving from one of my favorite local pubs. And we both got super

Weekenders.

2012-02-12T09:13:00.000-05:00

After an all-day training, M takes me to The Local, where he draws my nose too long but remembers my cheekbones. Loki makes a game of finding the sun spots in the apartment. Who wouldn't?

Awp?

2012-02-07T19:58:00.002-05:00

So apparently Thursday, March 1st is going to be ridiculous. But come anyway. I love you. As a friend. Come to keep M company. Come to hear me read poetry that probably won't be my own poetry. That I'll be reading in my own voice, though. At what will likely be the only AWP I attend for the next five years. Come watch me watch you drink alcohol. And talk about being a writer. And hear me talk

Interview at TriQuarterly Online

2012-02-06T12:22:00.001-05:00

The interview is posted. Big thanks to my interviewer, Anthony Opal, for allowing me to spill my guts! Sometimes at the expense of subject-verb agreement (in at least one instance), and at the risk of sounding like a supreme dbag (which I believe fits the Godfatheresque author photo up top, there)! (Seriously, it was a lot of fun. I like when I'm forced to think about what I think about Poetry &

Poetry Crush: Valentine Issue

2012-02-06T07:01:00.001-05:00

Tricky tricky arrows eros. The issue features women of Hyacinth Girl Press sharing their idea of erotic poetry. The results are quite varied, as you might expect! Big thanks to J. Hope Stein for the invitation!

Good work from poets I hadn't known about in new issues of online journals I like.

2012-02-05T10:06:00.000-05:00

Michael Keenan in the new Interrupture. Mike Wall in Jellyfish. Ruth Bavetta in Yew Journal. Anne Shaw in Vinyl Poetry. (No. You caught me in a lie. I know about Anne Shaw.)

The Original Facebook Status Update (circa 1600)

2012-02-04T19:14:00.000-05:00

Accidentally (I) went to [?]; (The rock) appreciates that (it was) viewed and adored by a high official. This rock does not forbid people dancing or frolicking (in front of him), During the evening drinking party it happens [?]. I drank until the seventh night-hour. After becoming drunk, I inscribed this calligraphy. [signed] Zha Yihuang See "Drunken Garden Rock" at the IMA.

Part 2- The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Cool

2012-02-01T21:31:00.000-05:00

1.) The Gloucester, MA cottage of an 89 year-old woman. (So beautiful. Look through the entire tour to appreciate how hard you're going to work in the next 50 years to make yourself as cool as this woman.) 2.) That one Swedish couple/Stockholm episode of House Hunters International. 3.) Lower Dens has a new album and I'm more convinced than ever that Jana Hunter is a musical god. I hope

Niedecked

2012-02-01T20:12:00.002-05:00

As the impulsive marriage testifies, Niedecker was by no means reclusive like Emily Dickinson, to whom she has often been compared. On the contrary, however bookish and intellectual she may have appeared to her friends and neighbours, she also seems to have inherited some of her father’s gregariousness and erotic energy. A loner in high school and later at Beloit, she especially loved being

reposting for niina p!

2012-01-30T07:31:00.001-05:00

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS It's Complicated: Feminists Write About the Misogynist Art We Loveed. Judy Berman and Niina Pollari "Listening to the Sex Pistols, trying to figure out if 'Bodies' was really an antiabortion song, I discovered that it was something even worse. It was an outburst of loathing for human physicality, a loathing projected onto women because they are babies and have abortions

Projective Industries (go'on and gitcha some)

2012-01-29T14:16:00.003-05:00

just checked my mail to find the most amazing little package: G.C. Waldrep's Szent László Hotel. Not only is the book positively FAT with verse, but it's a handsomely made AND it came wrapped like a birthday present. I'm doubly excited because Waldrep's name is one of those I see all over the flippin' place but I don't know much about (pardon my ignorance). So here is a 50+ page

Salt Ballads publication announcement from Hyacinth Girl Press

2012-01-27T17:37:00.001-05:00

may be read right here! Hyacinth Girl publishes some pretty original stuff, and so far no two chaps are alike. I'm excited- I'm pretending Edith would totally approve. The chapbook will not be available for a while, but you can start getting excited for it by reading translations in Poetry Magazine's archives and by ordering the upcoming issue of Burnside Review when it becomes available. <3

Luscious Veg!

2012-01-24T21:05:00.002-05:00

"...that separates them from the small potaters..." We try to eat veggies raw when we can, but there are some you simply cannot eat raw. No matter how much hummus you slather all over them. Some of our favorites to cook around here: turnips, Brussels sprouts, and good ol' brown-variety potatoes. This is how we do it. Where olive oil is called for, I use about third to half less than what's

Scenes from a notebook

2012-01-22T00:33:00.002-05:00

which I rediscovered in a junk drawer earlier this evening. I think the notebook is from late spring to late summer 2010, but it picks up again in December, 2010 when I was making lists of stuff I'd need for my new apartment. Anyway. Misspellings, ill-ogic, and all! What it looks like when I jot down something that's been on my mind (or when I really have been peeling leeches off my legs). You

Alphabetofyourlove.

2012-01-08T10:25:00.003-05:00

Thoughts and news. a.) Happy 2012. b.) My holidays were brilliant- hope yours were, too. c.) What's new with you? d.) These are my items for your agenda: d) I'm working toward veganism. This is difficult (no, really difficult): I am Midwest born-and-bred and dairy is my favorite food group. But it kills my stomach, ravages my complexion, and stuffs me up. Rather than "take a lactose

So perfect I could spit.

2011-11-23T21:37:00.000-05:00

Inspiration Sources: Marimekko, Agnes Martin, Louise Bourgeois, Michigan State Flag, Finnish National Flag and the publisher's own spot-on perceptiveness.

Merry Loki.

2011-11-20T19:08:00.001-05:00

I'm sorry. I'm one of those pet owners who puts her pet in clothing. The difference might be that my dog thinks he's a person, so he really does enjoy wearing accessories and sweaters. When I took his sweater out of the utility closet last week, he danced around in a circle on his hind legs like he would if I were twirling a dog treat over his head. Bless his fool heart.

:)

2011-11-19T12:06:00.000-05:00

Notes on Fees

2011-11-15T00:26:00.007-05:00

I've been reading over this blog post by Gian Lombardo (it's been stuck on my screen all evening- I keep coming back to it, getting upset by it and taking a deep breath and walking away kinda thing- so, GL, if you have a site meter that says I've spent an age at your blog, I promise I've been doing other stuff, too. Eating dinner. Teaching a yoga class. Losing a job. [Really. It's been a long

On Wind 2

2011-11-14T12:10:00.000-05:00

The paper flies up then down as the wind repeats. repeats its birdsong. -Barbara Guest

On Wind 1

2011-11-13T16:32:00.000-05:00

The earth is a place for warriors And for the grace of winds, a steady grace which When it forms, forms only what is still. -Bernadette Mayer * It's very windy this weekend. I'm pretty sure the winds are bringing winter. Late this past week, we had snow. Today's back up to 68 degrees. Makes it difficult to determine what-scarf, if-tights. Everyone's waiting for the first icy blast, but

"We are freshwater people..."

2011-11-11T13:49:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut!

Schweeeet!

2011-11-06T09:11:00.002-05:00

My poem, 11:39AM, Grand Haven, has been nominated for a Pushcart! It's my first nomination. Maybe it will be my only-ever nomination-- I'm honored to be considered and, on more of a personal note, I'm pleased that this particular poem was given this distinction. It's a poem I'm really nuts about. When I first wrote it, I let it sit for a few months and ended up removing maybe half of the parts

recent favorites

2011-11-05T11:03:00.000-04:00

Quickly, adventures in lit journal reading: 1. First I want to say that the November issue of Poetry is so amazing. Seriously, I think it's my favorite issue ever. The poem "If" by John Rybicki was the first one I opened to and it kinda stopped me in my tracks. It was nice to feel stopped. There was a lot of this stopping and re-reading in this issue. Mostly, they were poems that I would

Reading

2011-10-31T19:25:00.001-04:00

Here is a video of my reading at the Cultural Society 'do. I (like basically anyone) dislike seeing myself on film, but since I was so nervous about reading that I barely remember having actually done it, I am happy to have a little memento for sure. Big thanks to ma fellas in the front row (M, Matt and Steven) for being so easygoing and smiley. I remember that much. Everyone else beyond them

We'd like to text you a Happy Halloween.

2011-10-30T18:58:00.000-04:00

Stalling writing.

2011-10-26T12:26:00.000-04:00

You know that thing that happens when you have so many projects "due" in a few days that you actually take a vacation day from your day job to fell them all in one swoop but you end up cleaning your apartment and listening to post-but-pre-neo-psychedelic rock, instead? <3

Hearts are not made up.

2011-10-23T21:14:00.000-04:00

Sink Review 8

2011-10-18T13:23:00.001-04:00

Go see my poem about Grand Haven (last year... but, basically, it was the same Grand Haven this year) at sinkreview.org. See also poets Eric Amling, Nathan Austin, Jason Bredle, Molly Brodak, Francesca Chabrier, Jackie Clark, Marisa Crawford, Ian Dreiblatt, Garth Graeper, Ben Fama, Brian Foley, Kate Greenstreet, Ben Pease, Leigh Stein, and Mathias Svalina. If you see them all right now, you'll

"I like nature that dwarfs me."

2011-10-16T19:33:00.000-04:00

"The Slide" at Shades.

I bought myself a little present

2011-10-14T19:01:00.002-04:00

to celebrate my week. Actually, we're going camping now and that's kind of a celebration, too, ifyouaskme. You should see what I bought, though, in case you get inspired to celebrate your own amazingness. Paige Taggart is having a half-off sale on her jewelry. Of course, I bought the one that reminds me of all my favorite sailors. <3 Go read Paige's work in the latest Interrupture, where she

Best Week Ever kinda thing.

2011-10-13T07:43:00.000-04:00

New York was really lovely. I keep trying to put in a few pictures, but they're showing up sideways. Then I came home and found out I'll be included in Poetry Magazine's centennial anthology. I think the idea is something like 100 years, 100 poems. Which is kind of ridiculous when you consider who has been in that magazine in the past 100 years. So look for that in 2012 from the University of

NYC

2011-10-03T18:12:00.000-04:00

So come see me here, probably in the four o'clock hour (give or take), reading with quite an amazing group of poets in honor of The Cultural Society's birthday. Like, so amazing that I truly wish I could just take a seat in the back and watch the entire thing anonymously because I'll probably be stifling bug-eyes and fangirl squeals. (No, seriously.) I need you there to remind me that it's not

New Interrupture

2011-10-02T11:07:00.000-04:00

w/ work by Dana Oldfather, Sampson Starkweather, John Gallaher, Brooklyn Copeland, Ben Kopel and Matthew Suss, Rob MacDonald, Matthew Gavin Frank, Sarah Bartlett, Eric Lemay, Charmi Keranen, Charlotte Seley, Matthew Johnstone, Dustin Luke Nelson, Adam Tavel and Jon Cone, Iain Britton, Paige Taggart, Phil Estes, and Anna Rosen Guerico. My favorites so far are the pieces by Oldfather and Britton

ES (via SK)

2011-10-01T10:59:00.000-04:00

Nobody can deny that my writing is poetry; I will not claim that it is verse. I have tried to impose a certain rhythm on some poems and in that connection found that I only possess the power of word and image under complete freedom, i.e., at the expense of rhythm. My poems are to be taken as careless sketches. As to the contents, I let my instincts build while my intellect watches. My

At the ripe ol' age of 27.5

2011-09-19T18:40:00.001-04:00

I do not deserve 8 stars at Coldfront, but I will cherish every one of them. Thank you for the kindness and the insight and for spreading the word about what a fine product alice blue turns out in-print. <3 Copeland mixes natural observation with (perhaps) confessional verse about a relationship between the speaker and the “you” that suddenly appears—and then dominates—the experience. This

Love me right & you will never ever starve.

2011-09-18T10:20:00.000-04:00

On a morning I am bombarded, frazzled and considering a drop of Tanqueray in my whey smoothie.

2011-08-24T11:46:00.001-04:00

But some fun things you might-probably already know about: Shira Dentz's interview on The Rumpus: Back to “Patriarch Sky” for a moment—I felt that representations of the female body/sexuality that are all over our media, including billboards, seep into our consciousnesses and become our sky, so to speak, and control women through the conflicting responses these representations provoke in

Lau Nau for you and me.

2011-08-17T20:59:00.000-04:00

his copper arm / made to curve

2011-08-16T22:39:00.001-04:00

To pick up where I left off in the last post (O? Suppose you'll just have to read it, won't you, then?), go read this new online journal (brimming with new perfectly tangible verse), Loaded Bicycle- especially this (and another) by Idra Novey: Across the way, God the Bandit has his copper back to the garden, his copper arm made to curve as if it were escaping into the earth. You'll also find

Stuff to dig when you aren't really hip the New Irreverence but like a little cream in your coffee just the same.

2011-08-13T08:52:00.001-04:00

Jason Morris in Puppyflowers 11 goes something like this: This one went in a little blue book, on the cover I wrote “THE FEELING OF RECOGNIZING A PERFECTLY OBVIOUS EXPLANATION,” Sad examination write it backwards, fit in living & sitKeep your boots tight, clobbered by sunlight. It (The Sun)feels comfortable, going in my ear giving us over to order again Barbara Maloutas at Tarpaulin Sky had

This is how I dance. But usually without shoes and with extra headbands and deodorant.

2011-08-11T21:57:00.002-04:00

So hot.

Life's so peachy when you're keen, jelly bean.

2011-08-10T19:01:00.002-04:00

I want you to go read this great interview with Jennifer Denrow, author of the book that gave me nightmares the first night I read it. I love this interview because Jennifer makes spot-on, intuitive sense, the same way her book makes spot-on, intuitive sense. If you don't know what I mean by that, I mean: "The gloriously roariously human-to-human strand of intelligence that comes out on paper

You sound like a hillbilly / we want folk singers here.

2011-08-09T22:34:00.000-04:00

3 Cheap Gifts (Happy Unbirthday to me!)

2011-08-07T21:27:00.000-04:00

Not everything cool and inexpensive comes with a shipping and handling charge and an Etsy feedback survey (no offense- you know I love my Etsy sprees). I recently in-person purchased these amazing(ly cheap) finds and want to recommend them. Wholeheartedly and openhandedly. Disclaimer: since I am 27.5 years old, "cheap" means less than $20. I only give gifts to people I love or want to thank for

Irresponsible Reviews for the Casual Reader: Joshua Ware

2011-08-07T10:45:00.009-04:00

For an explanation, see this one. I should emphasize that the words "irresponsible" and "casual" aren't meant to bring down the property value of the publishing press or the author of the book. They're more a reflection of my knee-jerk mind-flex heart-strung first-order style of reading and reacting to a book. Personally, I think that's more fun (and helpful) than an overly intellectualized

Vuyelwa Carlin

2011-08-01T21:06:00.003-04:00

I'm having one of my "excuse me, you're amazing" minutes just now. Why aren't more people talking about her?? Did you know about this poet?? I didn't! I can't wait to dig in! Read more Vuyelwa Carlin. Buy her stuff. (From the source. Or if you're poor stick her name in your Amazon search bar the way I did.)

My favorite novelist. Sounding like a tit.

2011-07-23T22:45:00.001-04:00

"Let us sit down, smoke our mariHUAnah- an admirable thing in itself but not the end of anything--" What a sweet old man.

The Monday of my inner 14 year-old. xo

2011-07-18T22:23:00.000-04:00

Brown eyes.

2011-07-16T18:00:00.000-04:00

If you sit on my porch I will offer you a drink and tell you all about it.

2011-07-10T21:26:00.002-04:00

Last night M and I ducked over to his grandmother's cottage on the same lake to get some firewood. She was still up, so we went inside and talked. She's 92 years old and one of the sharpest, kindest people over the age of 60 that I know. I don't really have "grandparents" in my life. I love other peoples'. I don't remember the last time I met one so old who was so with-it. Once she realized she

Cell phone vignettes

2011-06-26T09:13:00.000-04:00

The Ballad of John and Yoko

2011-06-23T12:09:00.001-04:00

I'm posting this here, too, because some people who read this aren'tfollowing/friendly on the other social networking timesucks! Theschedule's filling up for the Chicago stay, but I would still love tosee you! We're there for the Printers' Ball, but we're getting inFriday night and will be in the city through Sunday late afternoon.That's July 29th and 30th.And we just booked our fall trip- which

Irresponsible Reviewing for the Casual Reader

2011-06-19T10:37:00.000-04:00

I've received some meaty stuff in the mail recently. And I've received some of it not-so recently and I've received some of it lately but it's not new stuff. It's been a busy reading season. I think it's important to "review" stuff even if it isn't brand new. These days, if a book from 2007 stands up quality-of-content-wise in 2011, it's pretty amazing. I know the just-published period is the

Look at this amazing thing someone said about my poems.

2011-06-16T21:45:00.000-04:00

Freke Räihä wrote an incredibly nice review of Laked, Fielded, Blanked for Tidningen Kulturen. I was, like, OMG, really?!I'm a fan of the little pink chit he's got posing on the cover! ---Don't neglect to order a copy, my dears. It's a sweet little book. It will bring couples closer together. The stars and the moon and continents, too. And that's before you've even read any of the poetry.

Did you know about Anne Shaw?

2011-06-06T22:21:00.000-04:00

Until this week, I did not know about Anne Shaw. Now I'm all, like, "Holy Anne Shaw!" I'm so late to these parties. But I'm glad I found out about Anne Shaw. I just ordered her book from 2007. I wish I could twitch my nose and make it appear two minutes ago. In the meantime, if you did not know about Anne Shaw, you need to read these poems. Don't worry, there won't be a quiz. Night in the

Horse Less Review #9

2011-06-03T08:28:00.001-04:00

I got to peek at this to check my proofs, and OMG. It's MASSIVE. And so full of A-Game. The whole thing flows so beautifully and is so dense with high-level grounded in real-level and so much space on the page and so much mot juste-ing and bothering-to-articulate-precisely and self-seriousness without the hangover. Even poets who I usually gloss over absolutely captivated me (I don't feel bad

Laked, Fielded, Blanked is NOW available from Alice Blue Books!

2011-06-02T12:57:00.001-04:00

I got copies last night and MAN are they lovely! If you go here:http://www.alicebluereview.org/books/copelandchap.html :you can order one for your very own. So please do. Amber Nelson worked long and hard on those suckers. No lie. And I slaved over the poems contained therein. For years. YEARS. Mmmhmm. I don't know how to tell you about my excitement about all this. I'm so happy with this work

Translatin'

2011-06-01T15:17:00.001-04:00

The June (translation) issue of Poetry went live today. In it, you can find some short translations (by me) of Edith Sodergran. You can also listen to the Podcast of the issue (as you can every other recent issue), and you can hear me reading the poems. And in between reading the poems, and the editors' smart commentary (they're so lovely! omg!) you can hear me elaborate-- again (as in, compared

One method.

2011-05-31T22:33:00.002-04:00

"Say you or I better to filter sand through voice and grit crunch" -Mark Dickinson

Yes You May

2011-05-25T15:35:00.000-04:00

Are you the spring / are you the mess. Are you the concerned neighbor with the pretty way with words. Were you drunk. Are you the box that makes me laugh every time I go to buy cereal. Are you the peanut butter batter. Are you the dog recovering nicely. Are you an accessory to my navy-blue-shirt-dress obsession. Are you the view over the first cup of coffee. Are you one of

Filters Subconscious and Intentional

2011-05-15T10:37:00.008-04:00

Last week, I received three very different publications which, upon lining them in my pile, made me realize just how overriding (?) my "place" filter is when buying and reading new poetry. Even in my from-the-hip reviews, I tend to remark upon the setting (or the sense of setting, with which I sometimes have to grapple or even invent for myself if the poet has been negligent). The "where" is how

Something's on your mind.

2011-05-08T22:57:00.000-04:00

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Big Mamas everywhere, happy day to you! (& some news!)

2011-05-08T10:23:00.001-04:00

I have a cake in the oven for mine. She wanted a peanut butter cake this year-- I have never made a peanut butter cake (icing, sure), and didn't have much time this weekend to find a good recipe. So I swallowed some snobbery and went with a recipe that got reviews that describe a cake like my mother would flip out over- it happens to be a doctored box mix cake. Ugh. (Just recently, I was at M's

TAIGA A Five Dolla Holla!

2011-05-07T12:10:00.001-04:00

As mentioned, in honor of springtime and in TAIGA going out to Brooklyn to be among some really lovely books in Farrah Field and Jared White's Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop, Issue A is on sale for FIVE buck$ pp. Get yourself one while the sale/supplies last... You can go to taigajournal.com to find out more about the issue. Unsolicited submissions will be invited from poets who order a copy.

A sincerely satirical note upon watching my bf avoid my rainbowgasmic Anthropologie salt cellar at dinner.

2011-05-07T09:03:00.000-04:00