Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges
Celebrate with Me! I’m a Poetry Reader for Muzzle Magazine!
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope you're having a wonderful start to your week, because I know I am! Fall is almost here, I've been writing daily, and I just received wonderful news: I'm one of four new Poetry Readers for Muzzle Magazine! I'm so excited. Muzzle's first...
New Poem Tonight: “To the Dark Who Follows Me After My Second Child is Born”
TO THE DARK WHO FOLLOWS MEAFTER MY SECOND CHILD IS BORN:Tell me they’d miss me. Tell me they love me, even on the days when my voice rises higher than the tide. Tell me they believe me when I say I love them to the moon and back—that same moon that pushes and pulls...
“Exit Strategies” featured in great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology!
Hi everyone, and happy Tuesday! I'm very excited to share that great weather for MEDIA has released their annual anthology, this year's titled Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea. I received my contributor's copy yesterday and am even more pleased to share my...
New Poem Tonight: “Nightlight, a celebration”
NIGHTLIGHT, a celebration3:30 am---brother born, & the air in the house shifts like a pedaled drum. I touch his hair, his skin, & remember your similar textures, the softness. How your eyes, like his, looked to mein adoration---looked to me & saw...
New Poem Tonight: “Light in the Field”
LIGHT IN THE FIELDYou can see our mutual cornflower locksacross the field. When she ran before I could braid it, I look to you as you watch our daughter's hair fly high, & I'm relieved you can see it: her hair turning wide like a sail against the great blue sky,...
“Daughter Wild” featured in Young Ravens Literary Review!
Hi all! I'm happy to announce my poem, "Daughter Wild," was featured in Issue 10 of Young Ravens Literary Review, which is live as of today! You can read the issue here, and you'll find my poem on page 22! I also want to give a nod to Wolverine Farm Letterpress and...
New Poem Tonight: “An Accord”
AN ACCORD In the early light, their see-through dress wings show against my shirt, their bodies muted yellow, & I do not mind if they might harm me.The mutual understanding here is simple: let me live. The smallnon-exchange of a sting for the smack of a hand. The...
My Poem, “Bad Omens,” Was a Winner in the Vocal Poets’ 2019 Contest!
Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! I hope you're having a wonderful week. For today, I have a fun announcement! Vocal Poets announced their 2019 "Poetry-in-Motion" contest back at the end of March, in honor of National Poetry Month. My poem, "Bad Omens," was one entry of...
Literary Scene
[Spoilers] It was Awesome!: The First Edition of Playground Ink
I am always so impressed at how talented my friends are. As I mentioned in a previous post, the first edition of WMU’s new student organization of playwrights, actors, directors, and other theatre artists, Playground Ink, has been running its first set of plays...
Mark Your Calendars! Playground, Ink: New to the Theatre & Playwriting Scene
In the two years I have lived in the Kalamazoo area, while attending Western Michigan University’s MFA program in Poetry, I have been impressed with the level of involvement that is available in the arts---from poetry and fiction readings, to playwriting...
Mark your calendars! Opening Reception at the Ober Anderson Gallery
Now, I know it’s only five days away, but if you happen to find yourself in Kirkwood, MO., on August 8, 2014, I have an idea of how to spend your evening: attend the opening reception at the Ober Anderson Gallery, with guest artist Thomas Patrick Hammond! Since...
Insight from a Dreamscape
“One day when I was really pushing through, writing every last word, it occurred to me there is nothing more wholesome than having great knowledge in literature. You are pure, and insightful, and brave in ways you never imagined when you are intelligent in...
KBAC Poets in Print Series: Tyler Mills & Brynn Saito
Tonight, like every other night, I come to the same conclusion: The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, and their Poets in Print series, never disappoint. This evening, beginning at 7pm, the KBAC introduced Tyler Mills and Brynn Saito, both with their first collections...
When Dancers Turn to Writing
Tuesday evening, I planned on attending what looked to be an interesting reading. . . but what it turned out to be was an inspirational, uplifting and hilarious multigenre experience. The event was titled “After Dancing: Dancers Turn to Writing,” and for...
On Taking a Year Off
It’s about that time again---the act of road-tripping across a series of states, taking large sums of money for a range of books, getting those books signed by authors, seeing those authors read, attending a diverse set of panels that delve into various levels...
Jim Daniels at IU South Bend
Tonight, Jim Daniels appeared at the IU South Bend English Department Student Writing Awards and performed a reading. Unfortunately for me, I was unable to attend the reading. Call it an example of how a writer must lead a double-life, split between the artistic edge...
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Reading and Poem of The Day
Poem of the Day: Jennifer Jackson Berry
Late to the game today, but here is Wednesday’s Poem of the Day: “Lost & Found Love Poem with Oranges & Trash” by Jennifer Jackson Berry! Enjoy!
Poem of the Day: Linda Gregg
For today’s Poem of the Day, here is Linda Gregg’s poem, “Hard Season.” Enjoy!
Poem of the Day: Mary Oliver
Happy Monday! And Welcome Back to my Poem of the Day Series. To start us off, here is a lovely one by Mary Oliver, “How I Go to the Woods.” Enjoy!
In Honor of Linda Gregg: One Poem (For Now)
Today I heard of the passing of Linda Gregg, a poet I unfortunately did not know. To honor her, as I honor any poet who has died, I read her work for the first time. It’s heart-wrenching. This is my take on my first experience with Linda Gregg, and a poem of hers I hope will never let me go.
In Honor of Marni Ludwig: Five Poems
In honor of the excellent poet, Marni Ludwig, here are five poems: Four of hers and one of mine. All my love today to Marni, her family, and her friends.
Reading Shaindel Beers
Select, favorite poems from Shaindel Beers’ incredible collection, SECURE YOUR OWN MASK, from White Pine Press (2018) and winner of the White Pine Press Poetry Prize.
Reading David Dodd Lee
Happy Sunday, all! As fellow readers, book lovers, and writers, I know you have authors and books in your back pocket that you find yourself returning to from time to time. Maybe it’s an annual thing, maybe it’s when you’re having a rough time, or are in a creative...
Reading Stephen King & Writing Horror Shovels
Hi friends! Happy Thursday. I hope you had a really wonderful holiday mid-week and are finding yourselves back in the full swing of things. The last few days, since celebrating my birthday, my anniversary, and the 4th of July, I've been doing a lot of reading...
Reviews
The Two (or More?) Sides of Friendship: Reading Rufi Thorpe’s The Girls from Corona del Mar
We all have to grow up someday. And some of us are dealt a better hand than others---some during our childhood, others later in life, and even others not at all. But we find a way to persist, to perceive the world and how to function within its barriers. We...
Counting Down to the New Year: Five of My Favorite Books of 2014
Happy New Year, all! I hope you had a wonderful celebration of the upcoming new year and were able to spend some time recounting the good memories of 2014. Along with going to school and becoming a mom, this was definitely a year for reading and reviewing...
Grief as Meditation, Grief as Art: Reading Meg Day’s Last Psalm at Sea Level
Writing reviews can be extremely difficult. What’s ironic, though, is that I tend to find greater difficulty in writing a review about a book that I loved, rather than one I was unimpressed with. Perhaps this is because I tend to find some angle of merit in...
Moving Forward, Moving Back: Reading Jason Odell Williams’ Personal Statement
We’ve all been there. We reached the final year of high school and discovered the college, the school, the job, the career that we wanted, and we attempted to move forward. We did everything we thought we needed to do---and more---to ensure that we would land...
The Bottom: An Interview with Betsy Andrews
Click here to view my review of The Bottom. Betsy Andrews' book-length poem, The Bottom, was published by 42 Miles Press in 2014 and received the 2013 42 Miles Poetry Prize. Sections of this poem appeared in such places as Kadar Koli, BoogCity, Stone Canoe and...
We Could Do Better, You and I: Ecology, Design and Poetry: Reading Betsy Andrews’ The Bottom
Click here to view my interview with Betsy Andrews. When I first began reading Betsy Andrews’ book-length poem, The Bottom, I was reminded of an incident that occurred nearly two years ago now. In October of 2012, an article appeared on Slate.com regarding a...
Interrobang: An Interview with Jessica Piazza
Click here to view my review of Interrobang. Jessica Piazza's first full-length collection, Interrobang, was published by Red Hen Press in September 2013 and was the recipient of the AROHO 2011 To the Lighthouse Poetry Prize and the 2013 Balcones Poetry Prize....
Transforming Her Power, Her Beauty, Her Image: Reading Rebecca Hains’ The Princess Problem
It’s September, and in a matter of weeks, my first daughter will be born. In a rush of summer cleaning and nesting, reading parenting books and planning-planning-planning, I have also found myself searching for books to begin my daughter’s library, as well as...
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