My poems “Lessons in Mining” and “The Stone Age” will be reprinted in the upcoming Women of Appalachia Project’s Women Speak 15th Anniversary anthology. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Women of Appalachia 15th Anniversary Anthology
I’m thrilled to announce that my second full-length poetry collection, Ophelia, will be published by Femme Salvé Books in October, 2023. Continue reading Poetry Book Forthcoming
My poem “The Carving Block” will be published in Black Spot Books’ upcoming print anthology, Under Her Eye. The book will be released in November 2023. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Black Spot Books Anthology
I’m grateful to literary journal Rogue Agent for nominating my poem, “Papier-mâché” for the Pushcart Prize. This is my 2nd Pushcart nomination this year. Continue reading Pushcart Prize Nomination by Rogue Agent
The Shoutflower nominated my poem, “Sentinel Species” for the Pushcart Prize! This is my second Pushcart nomination and for what may be my most Appalachian poem, so I’m especially happy for this one. Continue reading Pushcart Prize Nomination by The Shoutflower
If you missed our superpoets Marvelous Verses reading last night, you can now watch/listen/read it on YouTube w/ closed captioning available. My backwoods The Phoenix poem, layered over the artwork commissioned for to accompany it in the anthology, starts at the 1:05:30 mark… Continue reading Poetry Reading for Marvelous Verses Anthology YouTube Video
I’m honored to have been invited to read with some of my favorite poets at Ankh Spice’s Book Launch on November 20th. I’ll add the Zoom link once it becomes available. Continue reading Poetry Reading at Ankh Spice’s Book Launch
I’ll be reading my The Phoenix-inspired poem along with many other amazing superpoets at the Marvelous Verses Anthology Reading November 16, 2021. You can register to attend for free at EventBrite. Continue reading Poetry Reading for Marvelous Verses Anthology
A poem from Ophelia, my erasure project of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, has been published in Feral, the literary journal of Animal Heart Press. This is my third appearance in Feral, which is one of my very favorite journals. Continue reading Poetry in Feral
I’m so honored and happy to join Ice Floe Press as Assistant Editor for their New International Voices poetry series. Ice Floe has become my favorite poetry journal and I think the New International Voices series is the most exciting thing happening in modern poetry. You can read poems from this phenomenal series, which is … Continue reading Assistant Editor at Ice Floe Press
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