Poetry and Memoir writing are traditionally thought of as different kinds of writing but a mash-up can be very successful. One way to use poetry in memoir writing is to think like a memoirist but write like a poet. Organize the poems with a theme, paying attention to […]
The listings below are literary magazines and journals I found which do not charge submission fees and accept unsolicited submission of book reviews and author interviews. A few are paying, some are print publications, some require a query before you send a review to make sure it’s not […]
It’s gay pride month, and here I’m publishing a love story between a transgender person and I. It never crossed my mind that I would write an LGBTQ oriented POETRY collection, just like it never crossed my mind I would ever be in a relationship with a transgender […]
This post was adapted from four essays in the author’s monthly poetry craft newsletter, lullabies & alarms. After sketching out a poem, the next steps can feel daunting. In this post I’ll share 6 steps I usually take when revising my poems, with hopes they will help make […]
It feels a bit surreal to be publishing my first full length collection of poetry, Flame Nebula, Bright Nova, at 45, after 20 years of being active in the poetry field—and 15 years after the publication of my poetry chapbook. It can be easy, on a journey like […]
All books have a cover story. What’s yours? Let me start this guest blog post with a confession: I am someone who does judge a book by its cover. Not all books, but with books of poetry, I certainly do. I believe what happens on the cover […]
Zoë Fay-Stindt: I just wanted to start by saying that Already Knew You Were Coming is such a gift. It makes so much space in such a small book—space for different selves and different identities to take up more room. I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you. Thank […]
This article was excerpted and adapted from a 3-part series on writing from the liminal mind, published through the author’s monthly poetry craft newsletter, lullabies & alarms. In 2017 I launched a collaborative performance practice called the Improv Poetry Orchestra (IPO). It’s a simple enough set-up – a […]
When it comes to making submissions to magazine and journals, there’s a ton of good advice on the web about how to choose magazines, how many to send to, and how to keep track of your submissions. But there’s another side to this process that doesn’t get written […]
I can’t even remember the first time my mom mentioned Frida Kahlo to me. It was probably somewhere around middle school age, when I was wildly unsure about myself, my likes, and where I was going to go with my life. Being a chronically ill, anxious young girl […]
