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March 22, 2019
New Poem Out
I have a new poem published by Vending Machine Press that you can read here.
Right now I'm reading South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature by Margaret Eby. The section about Flannery O'Connor is so good.
Glad tomorrow is Friday.
Right now I'm reading South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature by Margaret Eby. The section about Flannery O'Connor is so good.
Glad tomorrow is Friday.
March 4, 2019
New Poetry in Hobart! (Is it summer yet?)
Excited to be published by Hobart for a second time! You can read the new piece here.
Check out this article in The New York Times about Fairhope, Alabama and the Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts! I am so excited for August!
Let's dance!
Check out this article in The New York Times about Fairhope, Alabama and the Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts! I am so excited for August!
Let's dance!
March 3, 2019
January 3, 2019
2019! (Writer-in-Residence, Forthcoming Poems)
I meant to blog about this before 2019, but December flew by because of the holidays, then I had some freelance writing deadlines to meet, and now I'm dragging a little because of a cold.
I'm excited to share that I have an upcoming residency! For the month of August 2019, I'll be the writer-in-residence at the Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts in Fairhope, Alabama. I'll be staying in the Wolff Cottage. I found out this fall and I'm really excited. The board of directors has already been really welcoming long distance. The Emeritus board members are amazing too, and include Winston Groom, the author of Forrest Gump, and Sonny Brewer, the author of The Poet of Tolstoy Park. The first writer to stay in the Wolff Cottage was Rick Bragg in the spring of 2004. I am so looking forward to getting lots of work done and exploring Fairhope.
The day after Christmas I had a poem accepted by Hobart. It is scheduled to come out in late March. I am really looking forward to this particular poem being published, but I don't want to give away too much about it before it comes out. It's very different from the poems of mine they published in 2013.
On December 30th, I had a piece taken by Maudlin House. It comes out January 17th. So soon! This piece could be considered flash fiction or poetry or a monologue. It might be the craziest thing I have ever written, and I'm pretty sure I've never said that before. So... Brace yourself? Maudlin House published a poem of mine, "Betty White," in 2016.
About six months ago, I had two poems accepted by MAYDAY Magazine which is published by New American Press. The poems will be in the Speculation issue, but I'm not sure when the release is. I wrote these two poems about a year ago. I guess I would classify them as Trump era poems, although they are not directly about Trump or the GOP, etc. (Gross.)
In the final months of 2018 I continued on with my secret/"secret" nonfiction project. One essay was recently on a Best of 2018 list. The year before, a different essay was on a Best of 2017 list. (I know that's vague. Maybe I will eventually write more about it on this blog.)
Happy 2019!
I'm excited to share that I have an upcoming residency! For the month of August 2019, I'll be the writer-in-residence at the Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts in Fairhope, Alabama. I'll be staying in the Wolff Cottage. I found out this fall and I'm really excited. The board of directors has already been really welcoming long distance. The Emeritus board members are amazing too, and include Winston Groom, the author of Forrest Gump, and Sonny Brewer, the author of The Poet of Tolstoy Park. The first writer to stay in the Wolff Cottage was Rick Bragg in the spring of 2004. I am so looking forward to getting lots of work done and exploring Fairhope.
The day after Christmas I had a poem accepted by Hobart. It is scheduled to come out in late March. I am really looking forward to this particular poem being published, but I don't want to give away too much about it before it comes out. It's very different from the poems of mine they published in 2013.
On December 30th, I had a piece taken by Maudlin House. It comes out January 17th. So soon! This piece could be considered flash fiction or poetry or a monologue. It might be the craziest thing I have ever written, and I'm pretty sure I've never said that before. So... Brace yourself? Maudlin House published a poem of mine, "Betty White," in 2016.
About six months ago, I had two poems accepted by MAYDAY Magazine which is published by New American Press. The poems will be in the Speculation issue, but I'm not sure when the release is. I wrote these two poems about a year ago. I guess I would classify them as Trump era poems, although they are not directly about Trump or the GOP, etc. (Gross.)
In the final months of 2018 I continued on with my secret/"secret" nonfiction project. One essay was recently on a Best of 2018 list. The year before, a different essay was on a Best of 2017 list. (I know that's vague. Maybe I will eventually write more about it on this blog.)
Happy 2019!
November 22, 2018
November 21, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today I got my hair cut for Thanksgiving. I don't think it has been this short since the mid-90's. It feels really good. Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
November 4, 2018
New Video & VoteVoteVote & Books I'm Reading
Thank you to Vine Leaves Press for this new The Crimes of Clara Turlington video. I'm not sure what the quality of the video will be like on this blog when I post it below. You can also watch it here or here.
I voted early. Have you voted yet? Vote!
Right now I'm reading Baby, I Don't Care by Chelsey Minnis and Nicole Chung's All You Can Ever Know. I'm really enjoying them both so far.
I keep forgetting to say that a few months ago (four? five?) I read Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier. It's one of those books that I think everyone should read.
I voted early. Have you voted yet? Vote!
Right now I'm reading Baby, I Don't Care by Chelsey Minnis and Nicole Chung's All You Can Ever Know. I'm really enjoying them both so far.
I keep forgetting to say that a few months ago (four? five?) I read Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier. It's one of those books that I think everyone should read.
