What I Published in 2020
Despite everything, I was able to continue my writing and publishing practice. I clocked 108 rejections this year. … Read More What I Published in 2020
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Book Review of Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems
During this time of social distancing, the idea of the door as a way of maintaining safety is especially relevant.… Read More Book Review of Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems
September-October 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field notes during the pandemic haven’t yet figured out how to transform these writings into publishable works for an audience. For a multitude of different reasons, other writers are… Read More September-October 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
July-August 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field notes during the pandemic haven’t yet figured out how to transform these writings into publishable works for an audience. For a multitude of different reasons, other writers are… Read More July-August 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
Writing Your Pandemic Story Through Micro-Memoir: Online Writing Class, May-June 2020
Note: This class has completely filled up! Thank you for your interest, and stay tuned for future class offerings later this summer. COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about weathering this collective trauma and summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field… Read More Writing Your Pandemic Story Through Micro-Memoir: Online Writing Class, May-June 2020
A Few Days in Charleston
I have been staying in Charleston, SC for a few days to clear my mind before school starts and to get some writing done (and also because, right now, all of my paying work can be done remotely). My plan was to go through the full-length manuscript I “finished” in January. Though I have been… Read More A Few Days in Charleston
Rejection City, Here I Come: Trying to Accrue 100 Rejections in 2018
The best way to get your poems published is to send them out. That being said, you’ll end up receiving more rejections than acceptances, no matter who you are. The whole thing is just a numbers game. So why not reframe and welcome the reality of those inescapable rejections? One way to do this is… Read More Rejection City, Here I Come: Trying to Accrue 100 Rejections in 2018
Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition, Part 2
I’m thinking about beginning to frame these Links & Politics posts to focus on the ways that people are using language in the service of social justice. I have also started making a running list of the resistance anthologies that have been published since the November 2016 election. There will be a blog post to… Read More Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition, Part 2
Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition
Well, many of us are waiting for tomorrow with…bated breath?…to hear 45’s new Supreme Court nominee. It sound like it’s going to be a decision between bad, terrible, and horrifying. You may have seen Ms. Magazine‘s newly-revived “Daring to Remember” series to which people are submitting their stories of what it was like to have… Read More Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition
Advice for New Writers
I recently sat on a panel of queer writers at Books & Books for Pride Month. I feel sort of funny about writing two advice posts in a row, but I do want to share the list of tips the panel moderator asked us to compile for new writers. I tried to think about what… Read More Advice for New Writers
