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New Poems in Superstition Review and RHINO
I have poems in the new issues of Superstition Review, the online journal at Arizona State University, and RHINO, a print journal based in Evanston, Illinois. The four poems in Superstition Review...
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Wildacres Residency
I spent last week in the mountains of western North Carolina at a writing residency with Wildacres. Primarily a nonprofit retreat and conference center, Wildacres offers selected artists and writers...
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Online Creative Writing Course
I’ll be teaching my online course on writing in short forms via the Loft Literary Center again this fall. The six-week course covers flash fiction, prose poetry, micro-memoir, and even hint fiction....
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More Than Just One Room (The Great Feminist Novel)
Lingering gender bias in the literary world is an ongoing discussion in some circles (mostly just circles of female writers, unfortunately). Yearly, VIDA publishes The Count, an analysis of major...
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Best New Poets 2013
I’ve learned that one of my poems will be included in the 2013 Best New Poets anthology, published by the University of Virginia! The selected work, “Poem in Which I Play the Runaway,” was originally...
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Double Blogging
I wrote a blog post over at The Writers’ Block, the official blog of the Loft Literary Center. The post covers the rise of flash forms–briefly, of course–including those that I’ll be teaching in my...
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A Notable Essay of 2013
My personal essay, “A Disbeliever in Limbo,” was recently named a Notable Essay of 2013 in the Best American Essays anthology series, edited by Robert Atwan and (this year) Cheryl Strayed. The essay...
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Poetry Review at Coldfront
My review of Hadara Bar-Nadav’s new collection from Saturnalia Books, Lullaby (with Exit Sign), is up at Coldfront today. You can read it here. This collection is so good. It’s composed primarily of...
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The Rusted City on SR Podcast
You can now listen to some poems from The Rusted City through Superstition Review’s weekly podcast series. The poems are available for free on SR’s iTunes channel, and they can be read in issue 11 on...
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Online Poetry Course
This February, I’ll be teaching a new online course through the Loft Literary Center. This one is focused on deriving inspiration from persona, or writing in the voice of someone else. It’s a great way...
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Holiday Time is Anthology Time: A Favorites List
Everybody loves a list, especially at the end of the year. In the spirit of rounding up, collecting, and recommending, I give you a list of poetry anthologies–a collection of collections, if you will....
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(My) Best Books (by Women) of 2013
Ok, so “best” is misleading. I don’t think I read nearly enough books by women this year–that were published this year–to make that call (I’m still catching up on this 2012 list). Also, I read a ton of...
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The Rusted City Now Available!
My book, The Rusted City, is now available to order directly from White Pine Press via this link, as well as through large distributors like Amazon. You can also search for the The Rusted City at local...
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Online Poetry Course for the Loft
This February, I’ll be teaching a new online course through the Loft Literary Center. This one is focused on deriving inspiration from persona, or writing in the voice of someone else. It’s a great way...
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News & Links
Prairie Schooner included The Rusted City in its February edition of Poetry News! A brief interview about flash fiction and an audio recording of my piece “Relentless” is now up at NANO Fiction. I...
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More Than Just One Room (The Great Feminist Novel)
Lingering gender bias in the literary world is an ongoing discussion in some circles (mostly just circles of female writers, unfortunately). Yearly, VIDA publishes The Count, an analysis of major...
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New Prose Poems & Flash Fiction
Poemeleon’s new Unreal Issue (graced by Julie Heffernan’s beautiful artwork) is now live, and it’s both fabulous and fabulist. Five prose poems from The Rusted City are included. Additionally, my...
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Reviews, Interviews, and Audio Poems! Oh my!
Recent News The talented poet Amber Rambharose interviewed me (about epiphanies, voice, and The Rusted City) for Forthcoming Poets. You can read it here–and listen to some audio poems while you’re at...
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Best Thing I’ve Read This Week: The Rusted City
Rochelle Hurt:Vouched Books reviewed The Rusted City! Originally posted on Vouched Books: If Michel Gondry and William Faulkner were to team up and write a book about Cleveland, you might wind up with...
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The Rumpus Reviews The Rusted City
Julie Marie Wade calls The Rusted City “a play in poems” over at The Rumpus. Read the review here. Some of my favorite passages: “The reader not only experiences the events of this book in her own...
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