our little adopted corner of oxford

This is Sean’s wonderful map of our neighborhood. You can even see the little breakfast nook extension off of the kitchen where I write when I’m not writing in bed. And there’s the little river pathway to Folly Bridge where we pick blackberries for Sean’s muesli. 

anatomy of a parchment heart, c. 1550

  I’m in love with this little missal from 1550’s Denmark. It seems like an embroidery sampler, trying out different ‘stitches’ or styles of calligraphy on the page, a stream-of-consciousness bricolage of inks, writing styles, and embellishments…I dream of rotating the heart in my hands and reading every last passage, from the hurricane of verse on…

ekphrastic poetry readings at the ashmolean museum

  Happy news! I’ll be the next Coordinator of “Poetry and Pictures” at Oxford University’s Ashmolean Museum! I’ll be co-hosting the March reading with Nick Owen, then in April I’ll assume full responsibility for the “Poetry and Pictures” program, under the name of EKPHRASIS Poetry, with the help of talented and enthusiastic poets who have been an integral part of…