It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Deborah-Zenha Adams for her 3 Questions & a Poem interview series via substack. She recently launched this substack to provide “[t]ips, tales, and tons of advice from professional writers and editors to help you on your writing journey.” […]
There are many literary magazines and journals that promote and lift underrepresented voices traditionally not published or recognized. Whether you are a lover of literature, a professor, or poet, writer, or artist yourself, the publications listed below can broaden your perspective and help you discover new and amazing […]
Tremendous thanks to the editors at Does It Have Pockets for publishing four of my poems in their May issue from my most recent book A Godless Ascends, including: “Aftermath: ~48 Hours,” “Intensive Care,” “To My Unconscious Son,” and ” “Back to Life.” These four poems are from […]
Vita & the Woolf is a literary and arts journal based in the UK, publishing under Elsker Publishing House. They publish fiction, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and art from creatives worldwide. They publish as an e-book on Etsy and Amazon, and as a print edition on Amazon. They […]
I’m so grateful for the beautiful insights and thoughtful words from fellow poet Kristiane Weeks-Rogers in her review of my most recent poetry book A Godless Ascends published by Lithic Press in March. As always, tremendous thanks to Tinderbox Poetry Journal for their generous support over the years and […]
Chicken Soup for the Soul was founded in 1993, “sharing happiness, inspiration and hope through our books, we still publish a new title every month. But we also have a podcast, educational programs, dog and cat food, and our entertainment business, which creates and distributes TV, film and […]
I’m pleased to announce I’ll be teaching a generative poetry workshop for Ziggies Open Mic on Tuesday, April 23 from 6 – 8:30pm MT, followed by a reading and open mic on Thursday, May 2 at 6pm. In this virtual workshop, we’ll read and learn about epistolary poems […]
We can use persona poetry techniques to write memoires. Technically, memoir poetry is not persona poetry, because in persona poetry, the poet and the speaker are different people. It is a bit like ghostwriting. We want to preserve the feeling that it’s true to the person’s voice, even […]
A Godless Ascends Book Launch will be at Lithic Bookstore & Gallery in Fruita, CO on March 21 at 7pm. If you’re in the area, please come celebrate with us! I’m excited to be reading with special guest Alysse Kathleen McCanna, whose book Fish Wife was also released […]
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 […]
