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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, […]

June 15, 2021June 24, 2021

Crumb-sized a finalist in Etchings Press 2019 Whirling Prize

I’m so honored that my book Crumb-sized: Poems was included as a finalist in Etchings Press’ Whirling Prize in 2019. The theme this year […]

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

Book Blastoff Party! 🚀

My book launch party is this Friday, July 15, at Walls of Books in Washington, D.C. If you’re in the D.C. area, […]

July 13, 2016February 18, 2018

When your book is out in the world

When your book is out in the world you start seeing people actually reading it. One of your old professors rates your […]

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016

‘Aging with the solar system’ in Black Heart Magazine

Another one of my space poems was published this spring! This year has been amazing for my poems — they’re sprouting up […]

May 31, 2016May 30, 2016

My poetry collection ‘On that one-way trip to Mars’ is being published!

My first book of poetry, “On that one-way trip to Mars,” is being published by Bottlecap Press! The collection will be launched on May […]

April 25, 2016May 21, 2016

District Lit: Space Issue

District Lit, the literary magazine where I’m the Poetry Editor, is having a Space Issue! We’ve been impressed with some of the […]

December 6, 2015March 11, 2016

What inspired ‘Duo-13-trip’

Dear Robot’s editor Kelly Jacobson asked the anthology contributors to share our inspiration for writing. She is running a blog hop from November 30-December 4, […]

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015

‘On that one-way trip to Mars’ in Crab Fat Magazine

I would go to Mars if I wasn’t too short for NASA’s height restrictions. I had two more space-themed poems published in Crab […]

August 23, 2015May 31, 2016

My favorite space books

I, for one, know I’m a space nerd. I admit it. I reblog photos of galaxies and Carl Sagan quotes on Tubmlr. […]

December 23, 2014March 11, 2016

NASA space exploration budget cut, Elon University students, faculty react with diverse opinions

Discovery will return to Earth, be displayed in Smithsonian Marlena Chertock MARCH 7, 2011 President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget has restricted NASA’s […]

March 7, 2011February 8, 2014
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