My poem “Dolly, When I Met You There Was Peace” was included in the Dolly tribute issue of Limp Wrist that was released today (her 75th birthday)! Check out this whole amazing issue. I’m honored to be in such company!
As if this tribute issue weren’t enough, tonight we brought the pieces to life via Zoom at the Wild & Precious Life Reading Series. What a joyful way to celebrate a wonderful human! Thanks to Dustin and Julie for including me.
My poem “The Same Path” was published in some fantastic company in perhappened mag’s Issue 7: Snowfall. This poem is extra dear to me, so I’m extra grateful to Isaura Ren and company for publishing it.
I’m thrilled that this new poem was chosen for Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY today!
I started drafting this one during a nature writing workshop with Genevieve Kaplan on Poetry Day at PLNU. I’m grateful to Genevieve for inspiring it and to Christine Klocek-Lim for publishing it!
I’ve had trouble sharing this because I get too excited about it, but here goes: Victor Labenske has made a song cycle from poems in my book Tasty Other!
In May, we met via Zoom so we could talk through poems and plans.
In June, we met again so Victor could show me his first complete draft, and he sang through the whole thing for me, which was amusing and wonderful!
This past Friday, Victor recorded the song cycle with two sopranos, Elda Peralta McGinty and Judi Labenske. I can’t wait to hear the final version! Having my poems turned into a song cycle is such a dream for this choir girl for life. 🙂
Thank you, Victor!
Today’s release reading for my new chapbook was such a gift. I got to read alongside students, peers, and mentors in a Zoom room full of friends, family, and former strangers. Most of the reading is available for viewing on YouTube now.
I never expected that such a joyful event would come from my little chapbook of deep grief, but getting to weave my words together with work by each of these wonderful poets was amazing.
Thank you to all who read with me and worked behind the scenes to make this possible. Thank you to the 100+ people who attended too. This poet feels very celebrated and grateful today.
Visit this page to find out more about 28,065 Nights.
Two of my poems are included in the third issue of Madness Muse Press in some incredible company! You can check out “Is This Homeschooling?” (Everglades facts!) and “Star Wish” (erasure!) along with poems by Jessica Covil, Kai Coggin, Darren Demaree, Howie Good, Jeremy Karn, Connie Post, and more.
I’m so thrilled that EcoTheo Review, which is awesome, published my poem “On the Origin.” This was the first piece I wrote about losing my parents-in-law, and this poem set me off on a new project-in-process that explores trauma and grief, faith and science, and probably other things I’ve yet to discover.
I’m so honored to have my “All the Binding I Can Offer” in the new issue of The Maine Review alongside work by Kelli Russell Agodon, Joe Baumann, & more!
My piece is a love note to a friend, and it lives in the space between lyric essay and prose poem. Click the image above to read it in full.
Last night I was one of the featured poets at Wednesday Night Poetry alongside Carolyn Forché, Ken Hada, and Connie Post! I was so thrilled to get to read from my brand new chapbook, 28,065 Nights, which was just released last week from River Glass Books.
Thanks so much to Kai Coggin for expanding this community and being such an incredible host!
Happy release day! My new chapbook, 28,065 Nights, is officially published, and I’m so grateful to River Glass Books. If you’d like to get a copy of these prose poems that explore storytelling, grief, and love, please visit their website!
