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Tag: creative writing

A Year (& Decade) in Review: My 2019 Publications

As a new year and new decade looms, I’m reflecting back on the writing and publication success I’ve experienced. I still can’t […]

December 27, 2019December 26, 2019

Poetry mentorship? Yes, it’s a thing!

“Sometimes all you need is someone to assure you that you’re a writer, and then you start to believe it, you start […]

December 19, 2019December 16, 2019

AWP 2019 panels accepted!

I’m thrilled that TWO of my panels were accepted for the AWP 2019 conference in Portland, Oregon! Dates/times still TBA. So keep […]

August 3, 2018August 2, 2018

Upcoming panel for #AWP18: Crip Lit: Writing Our Truths

I am so excited to let you all know that I got a second panel into the Association of Writers & Writing Programs […]

November 1, 2017

Earth’s future is uninhabitable

I feel like I’ve just come back from a long trip to the future, and returned, and I’m stricken. I finished reading […]

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017

Poems in Daughter Literary Magazine

I’m so excited to have two poems in Daughter’s inaugural issue. Daughter, a new literary magazine focusing on sharing the voices of women or female-identifying […]

May 27, 2017May 27, 2017

Giving back to the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House

This year I served as the initial judge/reader in poetry for the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House Literary Prize contest. Thank you, Johnna Schmidt, for […]

March 28, 2017March 27, 2017

District Lit’s first flash fiction contest

District Lit is reading for its first ever flash fiction contest. Enter for a chance to win a $200 prize and judge […]

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017

That’s a wrap on AWP 2017

Wow. AWP is over. I am exhausted, and sick (who gave me this cold?!), and heartened by the writing community I’m a […]

February 13, 2017June 16, 2017

Interview in Crack the Spine

I was recently interviewed in Crack the Spine’s Wordsmith series! They asked me how long I’ve been writing, what my greatest challenge […]

February 13, 2017August 1, 2017

AWP is next week!

I’m so excited for AWP. It’ll be my first time at the enormous conference that brings writers and editors of literary magazines […]

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017

2016 reflections

Some 2016 accomplishments I’m proud of: Bottlecap Press published my book On that one-way trip to Mars. More of my disability-themed poetry was […]

January 1, 2017January 2, 2017

Upcoming panel for #AWP2017

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) hosts a huge writing conference in a different location every year. AWP 2017 is […]

August 10, 2016October 28, 2016

Upcoming panel for Western Maryland Independent Lit Festival

If you’ve ever sat in a creative writing class, you’ve probably heard the old adage: “Write what you know.” While this may […]

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Male White Poet

Electric Literature published an advice column in early June where a white male poet addressed his privilege head-on and asked if the time for […]

June 7, 2015March 11, 2016
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