The latest Potomac Review has arrived, and it’s beautiful

My new poem, “Personal Effects,” in this issue, deals with the aftermath of loss and questions of belonging (and belongings) that ensue.
AWP Event: Two supercool journals, one reading and all the feels! (invited & excited…)

I’m humbled to be among the poets reading at an off-site event cosponsored by Rise Up Review and SWWIM during AWP March 8.
Am I writing the same poem over and over? Does it matter?

Is there a time to every poem, just as there is to every season? Time is ephemeral, and I believe writing takes what it takes, so, yes.
Podcast for Superstition Review offers opportunity for reflection

In this podcast for the journal’s Authors Talk series, I talk about my poem, “Exotic Taste.”
No compass for navigating loss

Moving ahead since my father’s death in March has happened one foot in front of the other. Specific types of writing and reading have been lifelines.
Online class helps focus difficult emotions in tumultuous times

As valuable as the actual class prompts was the insight I gained into some of my own mechanisms for coping.
Paddiwhack Gallery hosts book party for The Heart Contracts

Paddiwhack Gallery’s book-launch party for The Heart Contracts on August 21 was a huge success, in so many ways.
Book has landed…now let’s talk

Can we talk? One phase ends, another begins after books land in mailboxes.
Books have arrived!

Books have arrived! Orders will begin shipping any day now and should arrive in mailboxes by mid-July.