My review of Christoph Simon’s new novel, Zbinden’s Progress — just out last month from And Other Stories Press — is now online at the Berlin Review of Books.

Briefly– for anyone in the Liverpool area, the launch of the third Dark Mountain Journal will be taking place this coming Saturday, September 15th, at Mello Mello. I’m honored to have a poem in the anthology, and to have read alongside so many fine contributors at the Uncivilisation festival back in August. Details are available on the Dark Mountain website.

I’m sorry to say that thanks to a storm named Isaac — in Hebrew, a name that means “he will laugh” — my time in Edinburgh has been cut short, and that I’m headed home to the US for the foreseeable future.

On the upside: following the rule that says to cook everything in the flat before you go, this evening saw the emptying of the refrigerator into one of the more memorable omelettes I’ve ever cooked: six eggs, three kinds of cheese (two blue), fat red onion, fresh rosemary, herbes de Provence, spinach, ginger, half a dozen different seasonings, and other ingredients that, thanks to a dash or two of something else, have curiously eluded my memory. In other words: further research is required.

After a brilliant two weeks on the road, spun between the Wilderness Festival on one end and the Uncivilisation festival on the other — thanks to the organisers of both for such spectacular events — it’s good to be back in Edinburgh. Plenty going on: such as the Edinburgh International Book Fair, at which Carlos Gamerro and László Krasznahorkai gave stirring, thought-provoking readings last night, the Festival of Politics all weekend long, and this Friday night, the launch of the new Edinburgh Review at Word Power Books. I’m honored to be reading alongside Patience Agbabi and Brian McCabe; if you’re in the area, do stop by for some new poetry — and failing that, of course, a glass of wine.

Reading starts at 7; details are here.

And– for those in the New Orleans area, UptownMessenger.com reports that a panel discussion will take place tonight at Loyola University on the future of journalism in the city. The details are: