Personal Mythologies II: Postscript

The Personal Mythologies II reading at the Kelly Writers House, took place, as is documented on PennSound, on September 20, 2003. One of the poems I read that day, What Needs No Myth, was meant as both homage and a challenge to William Butler Yeats and The Second Coming, one of his signature pieces. The Personal Mythologies II mp3 was placed on my PennSound Author Page in 2018. It took until this summer to really look closely at the entire reading. What Needs No Myth, I felt, is the strongest of the pieces I read, and also one I'd forgotten about. Providentially, it fits in with the Apparition Poems series and with all the writing I've done around philosophy. So, I sent the piece to Eratio. It was released on August 17. Many thanks to Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino and also to PennSound for keeping me awake!

Postscript to a postscript. The This Charming Lab reading at the Kelly Writers House, took place, as is documented on PennSound, on March 27, 2004. Two pieces I read that day, Dominique and Stoning the Devil, both of which could be characterized under the aegis flash fiction, were standouts. This Charming Lab was placed on my PennSound Author Page in 2018. The pieces were sent this summer to Synchronized Chaos in Berkeley, California, and came out together on September 1. Many thanks to Cristina Deptula and to PennSound again.