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-February 17, 2024

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Big news! My latest full-length poetry book manuscript,

Everywhere, Everywhere, has won the 2024 Vern Rutsala Book Prize,

selected by poet Robert Morgan, and will be published later this year

by Cloudbank Books. I love the books Cloudbank makes, and I'm

thrilled to be a part of a press that has published books by several

of my poetry heroes. Deeply grateful to Cloudbank and Robert

Morgan and can't wait to bring the new book into the world!

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-April 3, 2023

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I'll be leading a week-long generative poetry writing workshop open

to all skill levels this summer from July 31-Aug 4, 2023. Join me in

magical Rockport, Maine at Maine Media Workshops for

Things Poems Do.

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--January 23, 2023

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It was pretty cool of Saginaw news channel WNEM TV5 to add this

five minute segment about my new chapbook to the evening news.

Grateful to them for reaching out for the interview—and for

wanting to do a story on poetry! Watch the interview here.

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--November 29, 2022

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Thanks to the editors of Moon City Review for nominating

my poem "My Friends!" for a Pushcart Prize!

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--October 29, 2022

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Happy that my poem "Mirror" appears in the astonishingly good 

new issue of I-70 Review.

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--October 17, 2022

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My poem "Snow Prayer," originally published in Colorado Review, is

the poem of the day today over at Verse Daily.

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--October 15, 2022

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Grateful to have two new poems in the big, beautiful new issue of

Moon City Review.

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--October 1, 2022

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Stoked that three of my "Ella" poems appear in the beautiful new

issue of South Dakota Review.

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--September 15, 2022

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Wonderful to have another poem, "Second Language Acquisition

Exercise--Telling Lies," in the latest issue of Poet Lore.

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--September 4, 2022

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My poem "Under my shirt, above my belt, there is an ache" appears

in the wonderful new issue of Redactions.

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--August 19, 2022

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My poem "To My Daughter," originally published in Sugar House

Review,  is the poem of the day today over at Verse Daily.

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--August 9, 2022

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Thrilled that my poem "Snow Prayer" appears in the new issue of

dream journal Colorado Review.

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--July 23, 2022

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My poem "It is Friday night," the first poem in my new chapbook

Ella's Plan and originally published in Connecticut River Review, 

is the poem of the day today over at Verse Daily.

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--July 11, 2022

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My poem "To My Daughter" appears in the fabulous new issue of

of Sugar House Review.

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--June 13, 2022

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The recording of the chapbook launch for Ella's Plan, my reading

and conversation with host Naomi Shihab Nye, is now available!

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--May 2, 2022

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Big news! I'm beyond thrilled to announce that my chapbook

manuscript, Ella's Plan, has won The Poets Corner Chapbook

Contest and will be published by Maine Media Workshops + College.

The chapbook was chosen as the winner by the poet Naomi Shihab

Nye, one of my favorite poets and one of the first I read in high

school when I started writing poems. I'll be reading from the

chapbook in an online book launch hosted by Naomi Shihab Nye

on June 12th. Register here for the reading. You can get a sneak

peak at the chapbook and pre-order it here.

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--April 27, 2022

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Thrilled to have my poem "My great-great grandfather's glasses"

out in the new issue of Cave Wall, a journal I've admired for years.

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--April 20, 2022

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Very excited that my poem "Love Poem in Quarantine" appears in

the new issue of The South Carolina Review.

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--April 13, 2022

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Grateful to The Laurel Review for including my poem "'Impactful'"

in their amazing new issue.

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--March 6, 2022

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My new poem "Truths" appears in the latest issue of Cherry Tree in 

great company.

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--January 14, 2022

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Thrilled that my new poem "Gratitude Ode: Snowplow" is a part of

the great new issue of Valporaiso Poetry Review.

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--January 2, 2022

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Loving the new “Surrealism and Strangeness” issue of Poet Lore,

which is brilliantly guest-edited by one of my favorite poets, Tarfia

Faizullah, and I’m thrilled that my poem “Life Story” is a part of it.

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--December 15, 2021

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My new poem "The Invention of Twitter" is up now at Atticus

Review.

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--December 7, 2021

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First ever pub in a Canadian journal! Happy to have two new "Ella"

poems in the latest issue of The Antigonish Review.

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--December 1, 2021

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Excited to have a new poem, "Another Summer," out in the excellent

new issue of Crab Creek Review!

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--October 22, 2021

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Thanks to the editors of Connecticut River Review for nominating

my poem "It is Friday night" for a Pushcart Prize!

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--October 15, 2021

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I contributed three sonnet prompts to the new craft book

The Strategic Poet from Terrapin Books. Thrilled to be a part

of this inspiring book along with so many amazing poets! 

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--October 1, 2021

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Loving the new issue of Connecticut River Review, and thrilled that

my poem "It is Friday night" is included.

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--September 11, 2021

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My poem "Chronic" is out now in the latest issue of Rogue Agent.

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--August 16, 2021

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Proud to have two poems from my "Ella" series in the first ever issue

of Beaver Magazine! Check out the poems here and here.

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--July 20, 2021

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So grateful to poet Todd Kaneko for selecting my poem "The Best

Day of Middle School" as the winner of Baltimore Review's summer

prose poem contest! Read the poem here.

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--June 22, 2021

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Excited to have a new (strange) poem called "Figures 5-28" out today

at the ever awesome journal The Gravity of the Thing.

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--April 15, 2021

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A few months ago, a bright and talented student at a high school in

Ohio reached out to me after reading my poem "Kid, this is October,"

in her senior English class. We’ve had a lively correspondence going

ever since—and the school recently posted this nice write up about

it.

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--March 15, 2021: The Voyeur's Gratitude

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Very cool to learn that San Francisco based composer

Erling Wold has set my poem “The Voyeur’s Gratitude” to music

and made the following awesome video. Nikola Printz is the

amazing singer in the video, and maybe my favorite part is that

Nikola plays both parts—the voyeur and the person they are

watching.

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--March 4, 2021: AWP

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My panel "Crossover Collaboration: Poets with Visual Artists and 

Musicians" debuts on March 4th at 1:20 p.m (virtually) at AWP 2021.

This panel was prerecorded in December with the dream team of

Rebecca Morgan Frank, Timothy Liu, Douglas Kearney, and my

CMU colleague, former student, and friend, Joanna White.

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--July 23, 2020: The Laurel Review

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Loving the new issue of The Laurel Review, and thrilled to have my

poem "My Yard" included in this issue alongside several wonderful

writers. I'm especially proud that my poem appears next to new

work by my friend Robert Fanning, my colleague in the creative

writing program at CMU and one of my favorite poets.

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--July 31, 2019: The Shore

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The Shore, a cool new lit mag, has accepted three new poems of

mine.

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--January 10, 2019: JuxtaProse

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A brand new "Kid" poem of mine appears in the latest issue of

JuxtaProse Magazine.

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--January 2, 2019: Poets.Org Feature

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Happy to learn that Poets.org, the website of The Academy of

American Poets, is featuring four poems from my "Kid"

series along with the two "Ella" poems they featured last October.

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--January 1, 2019: The Southern Review

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Another poem in my "Ella" series, "Lying in Bed, Ella Looks out

Her Bedroom Wind0w," has been accepted for publication by The

Southern Review.

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--October 11th, 2018: Poets.org

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Thrilled to learn that two poems of mine, "Ella's Plan" and "How

Ella Knows," originally published in The Southern Review, are

featured on Poets.org, the website of The Academy of American

poets. See the feature here.

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--July 22nd, 2018: The Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry

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Woman Putting on Pearls has been chosen as one of eight finalists

for The Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry. Congrats to the winner

and the other finalists! The complete results are here.

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--June 1st, 2018: Poached Hare

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Five poems of mine are featured at the cool new journal Poached

Hare as the "monthly showcase" for June.

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--May 15th, 2018: Snowflakes in a Blizzard

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Grateful to the blog Snowflakes in a Blizzard for featuring Woman

Putting on Pearls today along with an interview about the book.

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--April 1st, 2018: New review of Woman Putting on Pearls

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Big thanks to the uber-smart Brian McKenna for his amazing

review of Woman Putting on Pearls in Newfound.

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--January 16th, 2018: New Orleans Review

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Thanks to New Orleans Review for publishing my new poem"I Saw

Bill Clinton This Morning on My Run" as a Web feature on their

site.

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--November 7th, 2017: Verse Daily

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My poem "Song of the Good Body" from Woman Putting on Pearls

is the poem of the day today over at Verse Daily.

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--October 15th, 2017: The Southern Review

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Proud to announce that two new poems of mine, "Ella's Plan" and

"How Ella Knows," have been accepted for publication by The

Southern Review.

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--July 19th, 2017: Fired Up and Focused

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Central Michigan University has featured my teaching and

writing in a "Fired Up and Focused" profile on the university's

website. Check it out here.

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--June 8th, 2017: New book is out!

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Woman Putting on Pearls, winner of the 2016 Red Mountain

Poetry Prize, is available now! Buy a SIGNED COPY directly

from the author here.

Or, order your copy at Red Mountain Press or Small Press

Distribution. 

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--May 11th, 2017: New book available for pre-order!

 

Woman Putting on Pearls, winner of the 2016 Red Mountain

Poetry Prize, is available for pre-order now! Order your copy at

Red Mountain Press or Small Press Distribution. 

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--October 16th, 2016: The new chapbook is out!

 

The Voyeur's Litany, winner of the Anabiosis Press Chapbook

Prize, is available now! Buy a SIGNED COPY directly from the

author here.

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--September 28th, 2016: Red Mountain Press Poetry Prize

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Huge news! My book manuscript, Woman Putting on Pearls, has

been selected by judge Sarah Sousa as the winner of the 2016 Red

Mountain Press Poetry Prize and will be published next year. It's

been a wonderful experience working with the press and editor

Susan Gardner so far, and I can't wait to bring the book into the

world!

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--July 28th, 2016: Rattle's Ekphrastic Challenge

 

Grateful to editor Timothy Green for choosing my poem "The

Climb" as the co-winner of last month's "Ekphrastic Challenge" at

Rattle Magazine. Check it out here. 

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--February 8th, 2016: Poem of the Week

 

My poem "Kid, this is October" is the poem of the week this week

atThe Missouri Review online! Read it here.

 

--August 25th, 2015: New chapbook on the horizon!

 

Very happy to report that my chapbook manuscript, The Voyeur's

Litany, has won the 2015 Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest and

will be published next year by Anabiosis Press.

 

--July 23rd, 2015: Five poems accepted by The Missouri Review

 

I'm thrilled to announce that The Missouri Review will publish

five new poems of mine in their winter 2015 issue. The Missouri

Review is one of my favorite lit mags of all time, and this will be

my first publication with them.

 

--July 22nd, 2015: Poems accepted by Poet Lore

 

Grateful to the journal Poet Lore for accepting two poems from my

"voyeur" series for publication!

 

--July 11th, 2015: Poems accepted by decomP

 

Good news today! The online journal decomP will publish two

new poems of mine in their September 2015 issue.

 

--May 5th, 2015: New Poetry from the Midwest Anthology

 

So excited to have two poems included in New American Press's

New Poetry from the Midwest Anthology, which is now on sale.

This is the best poetry anthology I've read in a long time--highly

recommended!

 

--April 1st, 2015: Poems in The Antioch Review

 

Thrilled to have two poems from my "voyeur" series featured

in the spring 2015 issue of The Antioch Review.

 

--February 5th, 2015: Poem accepted by The Raintown Review

 

Many thanks to The Raintown Review for accepting my poem

"The Voyeur and the Fireflies" for publication in a forthcoming

issue.

 

--December 1st, 2014: Pushcart Nomination

 

Big thank-you to the wonderful journal Smartish Pace for

nominating my poem "It's Morning in Michigan" for the Pushcart

Prize!

 

--June 27th, 2014: Willow Springs Profile

 

Thrilled and honored to be featured in an author profile on

Willow Springs Magazine's website.

 

--May 20th, 2014: The new chapbook is out!

 

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, winner of the Vern Cowles/Copperdome Poetry Chapbook Prize, is available now from

Southeast Missouri State University Press. Buy it here!