I'll be updating this site with news concerning my work and readings, as well as including Stone Soup Poetry, where I host almost every week.  For slightly more updated news, more personal material, and occassionally more quirky things, you can visit my regular blog:

chadparenteaupoetforhire.blogspot.com

Since the end of 2011, we've had full houses, new poets coming to the stand and new work from established voices.  I would argue that former Lowell poet (recently relocated to Jamaica Plain) and all around good guy Zeke Russell is one of those established voices.  He'll be heading back to Stone Soup this Monday, and I am excited.  With luck, he'll have at least one new collection ready for us then.  Either way, it's an all to rare appearance at our venue from one of my favorite new(ish) people on the scene.  Let's keep the house full and show Zeke the love.

After an involuntary hiatus, Paul Davis Lyons and I are adding more video to the website.   Check out last weeks' contributions to the site.  Afterwards, visit the show's YouTube page for our past episodes.

After a weekend of writing and uploading, I am now ready to post the first of two or three installments on my recent work-related trip to American Samoa.  Because many of you just might want to look at the pictures, you can find them here and here.  But since there was so much of the trip where photography was either not allowed or not a good idea, I decided to write at length about my experience, hopefully covering the gaps in my photo-journal.  Part One details the inital trip to Hawaii and my touchdown in American Samoa.  Click here to read it.

Update: That's it.  It's put up or shut up.