My chapbook of game-inspired poems will be published by Louisiana Literature Press in early 2022! šš I’m so excited to work with Jack Bedell and staff and to be press mates with Ray Ball, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Chloe Clark, and more!
Category Archives: Publication
“Dominion” in Moss Puppy Magazine
I’m thrilled to have a poem in the first issue of this brand new magazine alongside so many writers I admire! Who can resist a swampland theme and a magazine called Moss Puppy? I could not.
This poem was prompted by the deck-building game Dominion and by our time living in Louisiana.
Poetry Film!
Nicelle Davis turned my poem “Enjoying Nature During a Pandemic While the World Burns” into a poetry film! This poem was first published in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily.
Check out Nicelle’s whole Plants, Painting, & Poetry project for more videos and generative workshop opportunities too.
“Con Pane” at Legible
Thanks to Legible for sharing my poem “Con Pane” (first published in Limp Wrist) on their blog.
“Penguins at the Art Museum” in The Ekphrastic Review
My poem “Penguins at the Art Museum,” set at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and featuring penguins from the Kansas City Zoo, was published by The Ekphrastic Review alongside my favorite Rembrandt painting!
“Penguins at the Art Museum” at Legible
I’m so happy that Legible wanted to share my poem “Penguins at the Art Museum.” I hope I can get myself to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art again before too long also.
“What to Expect” on Poetry Unbound!
I woke up this morning and listened to my favorite podcast, but today it features my poem! Thanks to PĆ”draig Ć Tuama and all of the Poetry Unbound staff at The On Being Project for this incredible gift.
Listen hereĀ (transcript available).
May: The Other Journal, The Canopy Review, Guilty Pleasures, & Forms!
The end of May has found me busy preparing for things that shouldn’t overlap. I always release the summer issue of Whale Road Review during the first week of June, but my university delayed our spring semester’s start, so the first week of June is also our last week of classes. On top of that, the Popular Culture Association national conference (for which I run the Poetry Studies & Creative Poetry area) also moved this year from Boston during Easter week to a virtual platform during the first week of June. It’s absurd that these major roles I play are all colliding this coming week, but I’m as ready to rock as I can be.
Before I jump into this absurd week, here’s a look back at some lovely things from May that I didn’t get a chance to share here yet:
The Other Journal was especially good to me, re-publishing my poem “The Book of Fists” in their newest print issue and also publishing this beautiful review that Tom C. Hunley wrote about my latest chapbook, 28,065 Nights.
The Canopy Review published two of my poems in their second issue, and they’ve featured “The Book of Ear” on their website. (You can find that poem and “The Book of Ash” in the print issue.)
The “Guilty Pleasures” Crystal Field Scholarship Reading was held via Zoom on May 21, and I was honored to read a brand new poem in the company of some Kansas City poetry stars. I received the Crystal Field Scholarship 15 years ago during my time at UMKC, so it’s a special joy to thank the writers who keep this scholarship funded and to give back now.
Finally, I received the contributor copies of How to Write a Form Poem, which includes my ghazal “Time Falling” and my found poem “The Book of Class.” I’m so grateful to Tania Runyan for including my work and feel overwhelmed to have my poems in such stunning company.
Now to let these lovely things fuel me through the wild week ahead!
A Harp in the Stars
I’m so thrilled to have a micro essay (or is it a prose poem?) included in this new lyric essay anthology, A Harp in the Stars, edited by Randon Billings Noble! You can pre-order it now from University of Nebraska Press if you’re so inclined.
Three Poems in Limp Wrist
I’m so honored to have three poems in the new issue of Limp Wrist! My poem “In Praise of Spouse” was a finalist for the 2021 Glitter Bomb Award.
Fun fact: I wrote this poem after listening to PĆ”draig O’Tuama read “Bone of My Bone and Flesh of my Flesh” by Ellen Bass on the Poetry Unbound podcast. I adore that poem, but Bass so quickly dismisses my favorite public term for my love, so I had to write this poem for my spouse.Ā
You can also read my poems “Con Pane” (named for my favorite bakery!) and “Temporomandibular Prayer” (named for my TMJ!) in this issue. Thanks to editor Dustin Brookshire for affirming and publishing my work.