My poem “Dear Carol,” was published in the new issue of Mom Egg Review, and I’m so excited to be part of the issue’s virtual launch reading on June 2.
You can register for the June 2 free virtual launch reading at this link.
(The second launch reading on June 5 will also be excellent.)
You can also purchase a print edition or PDF edition of the new issue, and you should. This one is especially fantastic!
I had two new poems published this week in the newly re-launched Reformed Journal. I’m glad to have “God in the Chemo Ward” and “Portrait of God as My Hard-Working Grandpa” published in the company of poems by Mark Jarman, Jane Zwart, and other fabulous poets.
Thanks to Rose Postma for inviting me to submit. Please check them out!
I’m spinning too many plates right now. Some plates that should be spinning are actually still packed in the box, but I’m limited, and between the ongoing pandemic and the violence in Ukraine, it’s hard to continue on as usual. Even so, here are some poetry highlights from the past month…
In early March, I got to be a virtual featured poet for Wednesday Night Poetry, the longest running weekly open mic in the country, and it was a joy to share some of the poems for my spouse from How to Play.
Also in March, I received my contributor’s copy of Dear Vaccine, the print anthology created from the global poetry project of the same name. It’s fun to see work by friends in here with me, and I was excited that Naomi Shihab Nye was one of the editors.
At the end of March, I got to release the new spring issue of my journal, Whale Road Review, and it’s amazing. Even when the rest of life is chaotic, I love doing this editing and publishing work.
Yesterday, John Compton hosted me on the jojo show, and it was so fun to talk with him about How to Play, all things poetry, and whatever else we stumbled upon.
To anyone reading this, I hope you’re safe and well.
I am overjoyed to announce that my new chapbook, How to Play, is officially published!
A box of copies is on the way to me from Louisiana right now, so if you’d like to be one of the first to order a signed copy from me or to order a copy from Louisiana Literature Press, we’re officially taking orders! You can find all of the order links on this page.
My short prose piece “Nevermore” was reprinted online in The Lascaux Review before it was in my chapbook 28,065 Nights. Now it’s also included in this beautiful print edition of The Lascaux Review, and I’m honored to have it in such lovely company. Stephanie Vanderslice’s final essay, “Dear Madeleine,” especially wowed me.
My poem “Hiraeth in California” was published by Scrawl Place today! I wrote this for Michael Wells as part of the Ruminate Happenings fundraiser.
My chapbook of game-inspired poems will be published by Louisiana Literature Press in early 2022! 😁🎉 I’m so excited to work with Jack Bedell and staff and to be press mates with Ray Ball, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Chloe Clark, and more!
I’m thrilled to have a poem in the first issue of this brand new magazine alongside so many writers I admire! Who can resist a swampland theme and a magazine called Moss Puppy? I could not.
This poem was prompted by the deck-building game Dominion and by our time living in Louisiana.
Nicelle Davis turned my poem “Enjoying Nature During a Pandemic While the World Burns” into a poetry film! This poem was first published in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily.
Check out Nicelle’s whole Plants, Painting, & Poetry project for more videos and generative workshop opportunities too.
Thanks to Legible for sharing my poem “Con Pane” (first published in Limp Wrist) on their blog.
