Category: poetry

  • “In the Third Cycle” published

    Today, Strange Horizons published my epic poem In the Third Cycle. This is the poem I wrote during the very strange “Ten Days in December,” that resulted in two queer epic fantasy pieces (the other piece is my forthcoming novelette, Held Close in Syllables of Light.) In many ways, everything creative I’m doing this year…

  • Dreams come true (a note from Ursula)

    Dreams come true (a note from Ursula)

    Where did we leave off? After much agonizing, I inscribed the artist’s book of Stone Telling 1 and tenderly sent it off to Ursula in Oregon. On August 28, an email arrived in my mailbox. Ever since I’ve read Rocannon’s World and Left Hand of Darkness at age 13 (in Russian translation, back in the…

  • Beautiful Books from Papaveria Press

    This post is about two small gods: Amal El-Mohtar’s The Honey Month, and a limited edition hardcover of Stone Telling 1 for Ursula Le Guin. 1. Amal el-Mohtar’s The Honey Month began as an  experiment to taste and write about 28 different honeys during the month of February 2010.  The entries first appeared in Amal’s…

  • Poetry news

    My epic poem “In the Third Cycle” (the one that recently won the Rannu competition) has sold to Strange Horizons. And here’s a short prose poem of mine, “ If I had reb Yoel’s violin,” at the first issue of inkscrawl.

  • Rannu fund win

    You guys!! I won the Rannu Fund competition with my epic poem “In the Third Cycle” (which is currently on submission). Yes, this helps on so many levels.