Author Archives: snavejc

I’m wicked excited that A Penance got a (albeit fleeting) mention in Elissa Schappell’s wonderful “Just My Type” column for Vanity Fair last week. Even better is the company it’s keeping in the column, with Brenda Shaughnessy and Craig Teicher’s … Continue reading →

I’m incredibly happy to announce that my first full-length book, A Penance, was released today by New Issues Press. Please check out the Poems page for more information about the book, along with direct links to buy it from all … Continue reading →

I’m reading as part of Litquake’s Lit Crawl this year with Cheston Knapp and Matthew Dickman of Tin House magazine. We’re editors and we’re going to have some revenge: The details

Teju Cole’s Open City is, in some ways, virtuosic—I have no double that Cole can write, he can set a scene like few other contemporary writers I’ve come across and has incredible patience letting the place unfold—but ultimately, I’m not … Continue reading →

Sure, Amazon is a jerk, but why should I support bookstores that don’t support poetry? Continue reading →

When you start with a person getting arrested and possibly being jailed for 8 days and arrive at the Arab Spring in one sentence you have gone too far. Way too far. Those aren’t even…you can’t…just, don’t. Continue reading →

I admit to being one of those following the Occupy Wall Street movement from afar. And it’s, sadly, that there are so many like me that I think will doom the long-term prospects of the movement. It’s still the case … Continue reading →

As part of Litquake’s LitCrawl I’m reading this Saturday night at 7:15 with: Jericho Brown Stacie Cassarino Keith Ekiss Judy Halebsky Jeff Hoffman All wonderful New Issues Press poets. Swing on by…more details here: http://litcrawl.org/sf/events/event/new-issues-poetry-prose/

I love that they don’t have a list of demands. If they were to have demands they would necessarily be too small. How do you wedge the loss of hope in the advancement of a generation into a list of demands? Continue reading →