This Time I’m the Sucker (The Poet Is A DJ: An Interview With Author Nick Courtright)
Home team Austinist just interviewed me—strange being on the other side of that equation…: For poet Nick Courtright, the notion of the punchline is a painful thing. It’s also a hopeful thing, as it’s a pinhole through which we make sense of existence. “Punchline,” Courtright’s full-length debut (a National Poetry Series Finalist called “nothing short … Read more
To call a fire alive, to call a ghost awake…
My debut full-length, Punchline, a National Poetry Series finalist, is out now from Gold Wake Press. If you’d like, order it from Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. Or you can click that Buy Now button to the right to order a signed copy direct. Here’s what Nicky Beer, author of The Diminishing House and co-editor of … Read more
CultureMap Interviews Me About Punchline
CultureMap Austin, a pretty Texas-based website, recently interviewed me (in advance of running a series of selections from Punchline), and I tried very hard to say non-foolish things. From the CultureMap website: “This month, CultureMap Austin is proud to present an exclusive poetry series from local writer Nick Courtright, featuring excerpts from his forthcoming debut … Read more
