Up in Chicago last month for a memorial of a friend of mine, Eric Markowitz. I met Eric way back in the day, when I was getting my undergraduate degree at DePaul; we were both English majors and musicians. Excellent guitar player and songwriter, he wound up contributing mightily to my second record, as wellContinueContinue reading “Eric Markowitz Tribute”
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Unopened / Pennyblack Music Review
Really nice review of Unopened, from Pennyblack Music U.K., which came out on the day of its release and says among other things, that… “Unopened is a reminder of how good a writer Doug Hoekstra is. As heartbreaking as it is often hilarious, it chronicles life, as Hoekstra’s songs also have done, with matter-of-fact honestyContinueContinue reading “Unopened / Pennyblack Music Review”
Red-Tailed Hawk
Chuffed to have a flash fiction of mine, “Red-Tailed Hawk,” in the latest edition of Ambush Review, a fine San Francisco based literary zine. It arrived in the post today, looks/reads great, and makes me think of City Lights and so much great literary history from the city by the bay. Enjoy the read (reprintedContinueContinue reading “Red-Tailed Hawk”
Carry Me
My son Jude turns 16 this Sunday (November 4). Here’s a new one I wrote for him, after a stroll at Radnor Lake. Happy Birthday, Jude – with all my love – always. Dad. Carry Me Rambling autumn walk, burnt colors turn to sounds woodpecker clouds hammer the trees like claves in an orchestraContinueContinue reading “Carry Me”
Blade Runner Love
New poem (“Blade Runner Love””) up at Feminine Collective, a journal in which “powerful women” (and a few good men) share their inspiring stories of daily life….humanity, raw, and unfiltered. This is a repeat performance at FC for me, and am very chuffed to be one of these “few good men,” at this fine zine. ContinueContinue reading “Blade Runner Love”
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