In a few hours, I get to read poetry at Stories Books & Cafe with some awesome poets: Sarah A. Chavez and Wendy Oleson. Join us at 7 p.m. for a reading in celebration of National Women’s History Month.
Update: Here are some photos from this reading. What a fun night!
Here are the images for my poetry trading card! Nicelle Davis created this card as a ticket for my reading at The Poetry Circus. Join us at the Griffith Park carousel on the evening of February 28. More details here.
It’s an exciting thing to get a poem published, but getting two poems published in different places on the same day is a special thrill!
“Parturition” appears online as part of Silver Birch Press’s “I Am Waiting” series, which will later be a print anthology.
“The Book of Moot” appears in the new issue of Cobalt.
I did a photo shoot as Harriet Potter for the Sundress Academy for the Arts 2015 calendar of gender-swapped literary characters. I’m so excited to be part of this project!
Pre-order a calendar here.
I just found a really, really lovely review of The Gospel of the Bleeding Woman online. I do recall that the editor of Quill & Parchment said someone would review the book, but then I never actually saw the review when it went live.
I’m not really good at selling my own poetry, but I’ll go ahead and throw this idea out there: this book is a potentially good gift purchase for Cyber Monday. 😉 If you want to be extra cool and get a signed copy (and actually let me make a few dollars), then you can buy directly from me with a private message to KatMann @ gmail.com.
I’m excited to have one of the strangest poems I’ve ever written published in the new issue of Stirring.
Happy 15th anniversary, Stirring! And many more!
My poem “No Place Like” from The Emerald Issue of the Fairy Tale Review is now available to read online alongside the strangest interview I’ve ever done, which includes my take on a Cyclone Greek Chorus. Take a look!
I got to visit my poet-friend Nicelle’s class yesterday evening at Antelope Valley College, and her students were so wonderfully engaged and thoughtful in their observations and questions about The Gospel of the Bleeding Woman. Then Nicelle took me out to a fantastic Thai dinner with two of her high school poetry club students. For someone who loves poetry, people, and Thai food, this was as close to perfect as an evening gets. 🙂 Thanks, Nicelle!
My guest blog post for Editing Addict is up this morning: “How to Submit Poems for Publication.”
I hope it helps someone!
This has to be the coolest list of poets that has ever included my name…
Thanks for using my “Why I Write Poetry” blog post as an exemplar, Ruben Quesada!
Incidentally, if you are a latin@ poet, you should submit a video and written essay to Ruben’s “Why I Write” project.