My book turns 10 this year!
I had a dream come true ten years ago. My book On that one-way trip to Mars was published in May 2016 — which is somehow a decade ago!
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Catch a falling poem, put it in your pocket
How to celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day & upcoming readings The Mid-Atlantic Review is hosting a community reading and fundraiser this […]
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A Very Narrow Bridge
Gesher Tzar Me’od My sister and I barely made our transfer in Frankfurt. We were meeting my dad and stepmom in Kraków, […]
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1 year since surgery
It’s been one year since my hip replacement. Time is a weird, fluid thing. It feels like it’s only been a few […]
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An anthology of contemporary medical poems
I’m honored to be published again by Grey Matter: A Narrative Medicine Poetry Journal, the poetry journal of the Narrative Medicine program at the University of Arizona College […]
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2 poems published in a body image zine
Love Me, Love My Belly I had two poems published recently in Porkbelly Press’ Love Me, Love My Belly zine, issue 7. Porkbelly Press, an […]
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Getting hip
Last month, I participated in the live reading of “Squishy But Firm: Sexcapades of a Crip Girl”, as part of the Kennedy […]
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Crip Time in Pandemic Times at AWP 2022
I’m so excited to be speaking on a panel at AWP again! Next year, at AWP 2022, I’ll be joining Crip Time […]
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‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Disability Justice is Climate Justice
I’m one little person. That’s partly a pun, because I have dwarfism and am quite short. And partly a play on words […]
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Interviewed on DC Public Library’s Podcast
When Jenny Cavallero, a D.C.-based comedian, writer, filmmaker, actor, and disabled person, approached me about being interviewed for DCPL’s Access This podcast, […]
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The Future is Disabled: Planning for Climate Change Must Include People with Disabilities
This essay first appeared in the Entropy Inherited Newsletter Last June, I attended the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. The rainbows […]
Read moreClimate change planning must include the disabled 🌍♿
Update: Read my feature on climate change and disability in the January issue of Entropy Inherited. Sneak peek: I have an essay […]
Read moreThe power of sharing secrets
Earlier this summer, I attended a zine-making workshop at East City Books, held by The Lily News. The Lily, a product of The […]
Read moreAWP 2018: Poet hugs, caucusing, and make AWP accessible
So, this little thing called AWP happened. It’s already flown by, and what a whirlwind it was. AWP is jam-packed with so […]
Read moreThe New York Times’ Disability section
Since May, the New York Times has featured a Disability column, with essays, art, and opinion pieces by people living with disabilities. […]
Read moreUpcoming 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 […]
Read moreComing out about my invisible disability
Last month, I had an article published in The Mighty called “Why I’m Coming Out About My Invisible Disability.” The Mighty is […]
Read moreWorthy bodies: Highlighting disabled writers in District Lit
District Lit, the journal I’m the Poetry Editor for, recently published our Disability Issue. These writers and artists share their raw truths […]
Read moreSummer reading ☀️📚
I love summer for countless reasons. There’s more time to lounge and read, the days grow longer, my birthday falls in the […]
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