I'm thrilled to share that #RungbyRung is available to preorder from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social! What's more, if you use discount code COMEBACK and order by January 17, you get a whopping 25 percent off! cavankerrypress.org/products/run...

Penn State's NPR Station WPSU and Marjorie Maddox featured on of my poems from my forthcoming poetry collection #RungbyRung (@cavankerrypress.bsky.social ) on #PoetryMoment. I hope you'll give it a listen! I am deeply #grateful for Marjorie's powerful reading. radio.wpsu.org/2026-10-11/p...

Poetry Moment: 'Fishing All Evening at Raccoon Creek Park After the Rain' by Mike Good

Today's poem is set at Raccoon Creek, a 7,752-acre, Pennsylvania State Park in Beaver County.

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I enjoyed talking about some of what makes @autumnhouse.org unique with Fred Shaw who did a great write-up on the Press for Pittsburgh Review of Books. pghrev.com/autumn-house... #literarypittsburgh #indiepress

Autumn House Press Remains Indispensable - Pittsburgh Review of Books

PRoB media partner Autumn House Press will be hosting its first annual fall fundraiser "Tales and Tarot" at White Whale Bookstore on Friday October 9th, 2026

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It's here! It's here. I'm thrilled to reveal the cover of #RungbyRung, f/c from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social in May 2027! Big thanks to Mike Corrao, for the incredible design. PREORDER TODAY w/ the exclusive discount code COMEBACK to save 25 percent! cavankerrypress.org/products/run...

Tomorrow, @cavankerrypress.bsky.social and I will reveal the cover and preorders begin! Today, I am super happy to share Eduardo C. Corral's insightful praise for Rung by Rung. #rungbyrung #rungbyrungpoems #indieauthor #debutpoet #literarypittsburgh

At the Aspen Summer Words Conference in 2024, I had the opportunity to work with Mahogany Browne, who led a powerful workshop on writing through grief. I am so grateful for Mahogany's generosity. She said this of #RungbyRung, which @cavankerrypress.bsky.social will publish May 2027:

I am deeply honored grateful that one of my long-time poetry heroes Li-Young Lee wrote this very incredible blurb for Rung By Rung--here's an excerpt. Thank you, Li-Young. #RungbyRung is forthcoming in May 2027. Cover reveal on Thursday! @cavankerrypress.bsky.social

My debut poetry collection #RUNGBYRUNG has a foreword! I get to reveal its cover this week. In the meantime, I wanted to thank Cathy Hankla for her generous introduction and share a taste. #debutpoet @cavankerrypress.bsky.social

NOT ANNIE TOO

Like many others, I also am saddened by the loss of Annie Dillard. She was a giant at my alma mater at Hollins and in my view deserves more love in her hometown #Pittsburgh. She will continue to be taught, loved, and read.

As Rung by Rung inches closer to its May 2027 publication with @cavankerrypress , I'm delighted to share this new series of author headshots by my incredibly talented wife Emily Maust! I'm collecting emails for preorders. Drop me a line of you'd like an invite!

I'm delighted to have reviewed three indie books for the latest edition of Foreword Magazine. www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/revi...

Xochiquetzal Candelaria on Philip Levine, from "Coming Close, 40 Essays on Philip Levine"

I had the delight of interviewing Varun Ravindran at @adroitjournal.bsky.social. We talked about Zen, music, and his experience publishing his debut, BETWEENNESS. theadroitjournal.org/2025/11/17/a...

A Conversation with Varun Ravindran

This interview took place in a courtyard outside of Varun’s Pittsburgh apartment on a summer evening in July. The sound of cicadas, crows, and blue jays called out during our conversation. Varun an…

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This coming Thursday (online)! Come celebrate the release of Varun Ravindran's debut poetry collection, Betweenness. A reading with Varun Ravindran, Mike Good, Jane Huffmann & friends. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I'll be reading some poems this afternoon at @cityofasylum.bsky.social to celebrate the release of KEYSTONE POETRY from PSU Press. cityofasylum.org/program/pghw...

PGHwrites: "Keystone Poetry" (Book Launch) - City of Asylum

Nine local contributors from the Keystone Poetry anthology come to City of Asylum to read their newly published poems.

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www.pittsburghbookfestival.org/2025schedule The full schedule of the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of the Books is live! Join me for a publishing panel at 10 AM and I'll be reading at 330 PM!

2025 Schedule — Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

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I have a new, starred book review up at Foreword Reviews. Eternal Summer, translated from German by Imogen Taylor and written by Franziska Gänsler, was a powerful and subtle read. www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/eter...

Submit to our lit mag, we're open for the first time in forever, we pay $150 for Art that references Taco Bell. We're more prestigious than the Paris Review which no one has even heard of.

I'm elated to share that my debut poetry collection, RUNG BY RUNG, has been accepted by @cavankerrypress.bsky.social! It will be released in Spring 2027, and I couldn't be happier.

TBQ is open! Y'all are bringing it so far. We've received around 200 pieces overnight and I've read about 20 of them so far and already marked five as intrigued! Live más. Send us something. We now pay $150. I'm certain it will slow down but try to get your piece in by the next two weeks lol

Our spring issue is live: sixthfinch.com Featuring @meganalpert.bsky.social @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social @timothyliupoet.bsky.social @thatjanemorton.bsky.social @katnuernberger.bsky.social @lisaallenortiz.bsky.social @dustinkpearson.bsky.social @dia-roth.bsky.social @pagestar.bsky.social and more

Sixth Finch

Sixth Finch: a quarterly online journal of poetry and art. The current issue features poems by Megan Alpert, Michael Bazzett, Matt Daly, Chris Haven, Rebecca Hawkes, David Dodd Lee, Timothy Liu, Malia...

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I had a wonderful time celebrating one my writing mentors, the great Cathy Hankla at the Appalachian Studies Conference in Cookeville last weekend.

Apparently I've helped train AI and all I have to show for it is one contributor copy of Pleiades.

I’m honored to be a featured poet at the 2025 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! ✨📝 Join me at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main in Oakland on May 31 for a celebration of Pittsburgh’s vibrant literary scene. Learn more at pittsburghbookfestival.org. #GPFB2025

Colorado Review is hoping to replenish our nonfiction queue with a few more of your submissions this week 📝

I'm sharing a new poetry publication from RADAR poetry to start out this new profile/platform 🍄 www.radarpoetry.com/morels