Bloodstream is out, class is over, and reviews are in!
How many joy moments can a heart hold? Several, it turns out.
Introducing Bloodstream: Memory, Roots and Place
The cover of my new book, Bloodstream, is final! This passion flower nods to the collection’s themes of memory, Southern roots, and the fluid boundaries between human and natural worlds.
AWP and LA, here I come…with bells (and books!)
This will be my 4th AWP conference…but my first-ever with a debut book of poems in hand to sell and sign. I’ll also be participating in first off-site reading in years with an incredible group of women poets. I can’t wait!
Big news: A contract for Christmas!
Just when I thought I was closing out the year with as much good news as my heart could carry, came an email from the director of Mercer University Press, with the subject line, “Question.” What could he be asking, I wondered. Did I forget to attach something when I’d sent him my second book […]
What a year! 2024 goes out with a bang!
It is hard to believe that exactly one year ago, I was sending out submission after submission of my first book manuscript, hoping for the right publisher. Despite having been lucky enough to receive a few finalist nods from a few nice competitions, the book was not landing. I wasn’t sure quite what to do […]
Launch party for TGCM is in the books!
Launch party for TGCM is in the books! My book launch party was amazing. Unforgettable. Full stop. And my heart is so full! It’s been a little over two weeks since the event I’d planned for months finally took place, at the beautiful Matheson History Museum here in Gainesville, and I’m still feeling the thrill […]
Book Launch Event is Oct. 26!
I’m so excited to share that my Book Launch Event for The Grief Committee Minutes will be Oct. 26 at the Matheson History Museum in Gainesville, Oct. 26 from 5-6 p.m.! Everyone is invited! I’ll do a short reading, sign books, and hope guests will stay until 7 p.m. or later to mix & mingle […]
Official pub day for TGCM was Sept. 14!
The Grief Committee Minutes is officially in the world, and landing in mailboxes this week! I’ve had several friends tell me they have received their pre-ordered copies; others let me know they’d been notified their copies were on their way. Hooray! On that day, this past Saturday, I was approaching the end of a week’s […]
Special delivery! My author copies of TGCM are here!
My author copies of The Grief Committee Minutes have arrived! I had a vision for how I wanted to capture the moment with an “unboxing” video, and amazingly, I was able to pull it off. Below is the link on my YouTube channel. Because so much of my work deals with loss of various kinds, […]
Update: The Grief Committee Minutes now available for pre-order!
Those of you who’ve followed my news know my new book of poems is forthcoming from Saint Julian Press. The official publication date is Sept. 15…less than two months away! Yesterday, my publisher let me know he had put a press release about the book on his website, and would be populating it with pre-order […]