Blanket Sea is a magazine and small press dedicated to showcasing work by chronically ill, mentally ill, and disabled creators. They are currently open for microchapbooks (10-13 pages) of poetry, creative nonfiction, or hybrid of both for their Awareness & Advocacy Series. “Our press has a focus and […]
When I was in art school, I once had a poetry professor who, on the first day of class, introduced himself as a failed painter. Immediately, that proclamation (and others) rubbed me the wrong way and I ended up dropping the class in favor of a film course […]
I’m pleased to announce I’ll be teaching a poetry workshop for the International Women’s Writing Guild for their Digital Village series! In this workshop, participants learn how to create poems using writing prompts focused on expression of the self, then revise and prepare the poems for submitting to […]
Second Chance Lit is an online literary magazine and a place solely for previously rejected poetry and short prose, founded in 2020 by editor-in-chief David Wasserman. “Your work was good – is good. It just wasn’t the right fit or at the right time or at the right […]
It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Katie Askar for Tell Tell Poetry. Click the link below to watch the full interview and/or read a summary with tips on: Scheduling Accountability Patience, and Self-care. One of the coolest offerings on the Tell Tell site is the […]
It might be self-defeating to say this, but you should know it going in: My poet friend Jesse Parent has a list poem about why he doesn’t like List Poems. That’s pretty funny, and it shows you that not everyone is into this form. But I am, and […]
I. Who is Diane? Are you Diane? I channeled Diane—I don’t know from where. I’ve had Diane in me since I was a child. When I was six, I sat on the top bunk and ripped a twenty dollar bill in half (just like Diane would later […]
Greatest City Collective is an new online literary and art “diary of the artistic process: rough drafts, works in progress, unfinishable works, and ‘complete’ works. They are open year-round for submissions of non-traditional forms of art as well as traditional forms of short stories, poetry, play excerpts, portraits, […]
. I’m honored and excited to be part of The Cobalt Poets reading series lineup! I’ll be reading mostly all new work and for each of their featured readers they publish a broadside featuring one of their poems. “We do this to compensate our featured readers for their […]
OyeDrum is “an online magazine and intersectional feminist collective. We are a community dedicated to women’s creative and intellectual work.” You can read more about the name OyeDrum here. They feature a quarterly themed issue from a selection of curated work, and a weekly section open to all […]
