In the 2019 Shadow Award from The Molotov Cocktail, one of my entries landed me on the short list.
Tag: Poetry
Review: The Low Passions by Anders Carlson-Wee
With stuff I didn’t want to know about the world and reminders of things I don’t want to remember, Anders Carlson-Wee’s poems in The Low Passions feel like they have exactly the right words, the perfect, accessible, blunt, beautiful, challenging, and surprising words.
New Writing Instructor at the Writers Studio Tucson
I’m now a writing instructor at the Writers Studio in Tucson, Arizona and I’ll be teaching an 8-week introductory workshop in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction beginning Saturday, April 20th!
New Poem: “Nervous Bambi” in Impossible Archetype #3
My latest poem was published today in Impossible Archetype issue 3, a free PDF download. I’m so happy to be included. Impossible Archetype, edited by Mark Ward, is one of my absolute favorite publications and has developed nicely over these three issues. The other poems in this issue are incredible.
Recommended: “Leave” By Katie Predick
Adelaide Literary Magazine magazine cover, Year III, Number 10, November 2017 There aren’t many poets in the workshops I take at the Writers Studio Tucson, sometimes only two or three of us in a class of ten writers. I’ve been fortunate, however, to have been in several workshops with Katie Predick, a poet I regard […]
Book Review: Lace & Pyrite by Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens by Aimee Nezhukumatathil My rating: 5 of 5 stars A short chapbook of beautiful epistolary poems between Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay. Ostensibly about their individual gardens, the scope of these poets’ poems frequently expands in breathtaking ways. Nezhukamatathil is reading at the University of Arizona Poetry Center […]
Book Review: Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil My rating: 5 of 5 stars Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s most recent collection of poems (I think) concerns itself with autobiography, genealogy, geography, relationships, motherhood, and nature, among other topics. I love her sense of humor; poems like “Dear Amy Nehzooukammyatootill” and “The Mascot of Beavercreek High Breaks Her Silence” include unexpected […]
Book Review: Shard Atlas by Wren Awry
Shard Atlas by Wren Awry My rating: 5 of 5 stars A micro-chapbook of impactful poems concerned with what needs to be preserved, what needs to be acknowledged, and what needs to be torn down. Beautiful and timely. View all my reviews
Review: The Machinery Second Edition
The Machinery Second Edition by Himanshu Goel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Like the previous issue, I love the art that illustrates each poem and prose piece. Standouts include Mawia Hunter illustrations for the poems “Clarity” by Jason Alford and “Pathetic Fallacy” by Maximilian Heinegg, illustrations in which figures emerges out of colorful and […]
Review: The Machinery First Edition
The Machinery by The Machinery My rating: 3 of 5 stars A young group of artists from India has organized a new literary magazine of poetry, prose, and art and photography. I liked the poetry and prose, but none of the pieces really stood out, in my opinion. I was most captivated by the lovely […]
