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Current Reads

I'm really excited about the books I'm reading right now.

You Play the Girl

Sharp

The House of Impossible Beauties

2666

So far, I recommend reading all of them.

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I'm trying to decide what I want to do with my hair for the summer. Right now, it's really long, and the ends are unintentionally lighter. I was trying to get a clear photo of the length and the ends. Wasn't attempting to look angsty with my head tilted. No filter. I am that pale right now.

Poetry in Sprung Formal

I have a poem in the new issue of Sprung Formal: The Kansas City Art Institute's Literary Journal. Issue XIII is really fun, and even has a poem by Mark Leidner. I've been a fan of Leidner's work since undergrad. I remember being really pumped up about the poem "Charismatic Ambulance Driver." I wish I could have bottled that baby poet excitement so I could douse myself with it now.

The issue is in print and online. You can read it online here. Here's a sneak peak of the print version.








There is a release event tonight in Kansas City.




The Sprung Formal editors are also charismatic ambulance drivers.


In other news, a poem of mine is being translated for the journal Gard. It will be the third time my poetry has been translated into/published in Turkish.
I've also had a few pieces of writing published this year that I haven't shared on this blog because the overall project is its own thing. Just thought I'd mention it because I haven't posted on this blog in a few months.

New Interview Out

I answered some questions for Vending Machine Press this fall, and the interview came out last week. You can read it here.

New Nonfiction (For Makeup Lovers)

Earlier this fall, Superstition Review asked me to write a guest post for their blog. I wrote about a lifelong love of makeup. You can read the piece here. 

"Mike Pence Watches Me Eat a Milkshake" & "Someday I’ll Love Meg Johnson"

I just realized how late I am updating this blog with these poems.

A few weeks ago, I had two new poems published by Vending Machine Press. You can read them here.

I might be the last person on earth still updating a blogger/blogspot blog.

Be your own scary doll.

Or something.

Upcoming Reading for Nomadic Press

This Thursday!

New Poem

I had a new poem come out in April in Issue Ten of Print-Oriented Bastards. You can read it here.

New Book Review, New Poetry Video, Dance & Fashion Article

A new review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington came out today in Glass: A Journal of Poetry. You can read it here. I really appreciate all the reviews of this book. You can read earlier reviews of The Crimes of Clara Turlington here, here, and here.

I'm in this article about dance and fashion that came out in Racked on February 15th. It's a really fun piece.

Earlier in 2017, Vending Machine Press published some of my poems, and the journal now has a channel on dailymotion. You can watch me read my pieces from VMP here.

New Book Review, New Poems

There is a new review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington out in the current issue of Red Paint Hill Poetry Journal! You can read it here.

On Inauguration Day, three new poems came out in Vending Machine Press. You can read the poems here.

Another poem of mine is forthcoming in the publication Print-Oriented Bastards.

Am I forgetting anything?

I'm working on new pieces so that's where my mind is right now.

Also... I've been walking around with a shocked look on my face since the election. I'll leave it at that.