Category Archives: Publication

Verse Daily & Moon Prize & Pushcart (Oh my!)

I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the good poetry news I’ve received lately, and I’m behind on sharing it here…

At the end of September, my poem “One Way to Use a Deck of Cards” from How to Play was featured on Verse Daily!

Last month, two of my poems were published in Writing in a Woman’s Voice: “After an Older Man from Church Drunk-Texts to Tell Me I Looked Good Topless in His Dream Last Night” and “What’s Something You Love That Can’t Love You Back?”

Also in October, two of my poems were published in Pirene’s Fountain: “This Poem Is about Dinosaurs” and “Choosing a Moon.” This whole issue is fantastic, and you can purchase a copy at this link.

This month, I’ve gotten some happy award news! “After an Older Man from Church…” received the Moon Prize from Writing in a Woman’s Voice on November 9, and “This Poem Is about Dinosaurs” was just nominated for a Pushcart Prize this week! I’m so grateful to these editors who’ve published and affirmed my work and to the folks who encourage me and read my poems.

Simultánea, Play Forever: A Celebratory Reading!

On Oct. 1, Margarita Pintado, Emma McCoy, and I had a wonderful time celebrating our new poetry collections with a virtual reading for a lovely audience that included folks from San Diego to Nairobi!

If you’d like to catch the recording of our reading, you can find it now on YouTube.

If you’d like to get copies of our collections, here are the links to purchase them:

Emma McCoy’s “In Case I Live Forever”
Margarita Pintado’s “Simultánea, La Marea”
Katie Manning’s “How to Play”

Thanks for supporting poets and poetry!

“The Minor Mutation” in Dreams & Nightmares

I just realized that I missed sharing this fantastic anthology when it was published! (May was a wild month for me… and so was June… and July actually…)

I love that my poem “Baby Dream #15: The Minor Mutation” was reprinted in Dreams & Nightmares: An Anthology. Thanks to editor Aura Martin and her team of artists for bringing this incredible book into being! I’m so thrilled to have my work in the company of Rick Hollon, Amorak Huey, Nicole Tallman, Maria Picone, Shiksha Dheda, Joyce Liu, Aleah Dye,  Shane Schick, Tatiana Clark, Jared Beloff, Nova Wang, Heath Joseph Wooten, and more!

Mom Egg Review: Poem & Launch Reading!

My poem “Dear Carol,” was published in the new issue of Mom Egg Review, and I’m so excited to be part of the issue’s virtual launch reading on June 2.

You can register for the June 2 free virtual launch reading at this link.
(The second launch reading on June 5 will also be excellent.)

You can also purchase a print edition or PDF edition of the new issue, and you should. This one is especially fantastic!

Shows & Publications

I’m spinning too many plates right now. Some plates that should be spinning are actually still packed in the box, but I’m limited, and between the ongoing pandemic and the violence in Ukraine, it’s hard to continue on as usual.  Even so, here are some poetry highlights from the past month…

In early March, I got to be a virtual featured poet for Wednesday Night Poetry, the longest running weekly open mic in the country, and it was a joy to share some of the poems for my spouse from How to Play.

Also in March, I received my contributor’s copy of Dear Vaccine, the print anthology created from the global poetry project of the same name. It’s fun to see work by friends in here with me, and I was excited that Naomi Shihab Nye was one of the editors.

At the end of March, I got to release the new spring issue of my journal, Whale Road Review, and it’s amazing. Even when the rest of life is chaotic, I love doing this editing and publishing work.

Yesterday, John Compton hosted me on the jojo show, and it was so fun to talk with him about How to Play, all things poetry, and whatever else we stumbled upon.

To anyone reading this, I hope you’re safe and well.

How to Play: Poems Inspired by Games

I am overjoyed to announce that my new chapbook, How to Play, is officially published!

A box of copies is on the way to me from Louisiana right now, so if you’d like to be one of the first to order a signed copy from me or to order a copy from Louisiana Literature Press, we’re officially taking orders! You can find all of the order links on this page.

“Nevermore” & The Lascaux Review

My short prose piece “Nevermore” was reprinted online in The Lascaux Review before it was in my chapbook 28,065 Nights. Now it’s also included in this beautiful print edition of The Lascaux Review, and I’m honored to have it in such lovely company. Stephanie Vanderslice’s final essay, “Dear Madeleine,” especially wowed me.