Our launch reading for Places on the Way was a fantastic success! What a talented group of poets. June Road Press knows how to put together one heck of an anthology!
If you missed us last night, you can catch us here on June Road Press’s YouTube channel.
Big shout out to June Road Press, one of the mightiest small presses in the biz! I’m delighted that my poem “Holiday Inn, Mansfield” is included in this fantastic anthology Places on the Way: A Poetry Road Trip, which will hit all the usual shelves today.
No time to read poetry you say? First of all, we all know that’s nonsense. But second of all, there’s an audiobook!
ALSO! Join us later this week as we celebrate the publication of this gorgeous volume.
And in the meantime, enjoy the companion Spotify playlist the next time you hit the road.
Join me and fellow poet Hila Ratzabi this Saturday, November 22, at the Oak Park Art League for the “Fall of Freedom” Poetry Reading. The reading is part of the “Fall of Freedom” creative reisistance happening nationwide this weekend.
The event is free. Reserve your spot at Eventbrite.
I have a new poem in the latest issue of Slippery Elm. (Thanks y’all!) You can see and hear me read it here.
Hey, you! Come hang out at the beautiful Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago next week with Midway Journal (and yours truly, of course). I’ll be reading with several other talented folks on Friday, October 27th at 6pm.
Check out the event here.
Did y’all know that the Midwest once had a major earthquake? No? It’s true! And it’s part of my new poem that just dropped at Midway Journal. You should check it out.
Pandemic has been rough. Really rough. But I’m happy to announce that I’ll be reading for Lover’s Eye Press at Rare Nest Gallery on Saturday January 14 at 5pm. Come out and support POETRY (hell yes!), a great little lit mag, and a fab-o gallery!
Something wonderful is afoot! First, a new journal is launching called Lover’s Eye Press: a Journal of Ardor. Second, it will be featuring three new poems of mine. Hoorah!
I’m really excited about this journal because there are some wonderful and talented people running it. I feel very honored to have been chosen to be the first feature poet.
Hey, hey! This fall is shaping up to be ok, despite all the HORRIBLE that sometimes seems to be closing in on every side. Covid is still with us, unfortunately, and still taking its toll. But the trees are beautiful and there seem to be adorable little deer everywhere! (Be careful on those country roads at night, folks.) AND November 1st you’ll be able to read two of my poems, “Ghost” and “Grown Wild,” in the fall issue of HeartWood Literary Magazine. These two poems were inspired by my grandmother and are therefore very near and dear to my squishy little heart.
Are you familiar with Highland Park Poetry‘s Muses’ Gallery? No?! Well, friends, you have been missing out! Roots will be available to read October 1 both online and on an actual tree (I LOVE it!) somewhere in Highland Park.
If anyone stumbles across Roots and its tree, do let me know the location!
