It seems like now, so near the release of her new album with poet in the title, Taylor Swift could very easily save poetry small presses. It’d be a great marketing move #JustSayin #torturedpoets

It was quite a day!

On Monday April 15 at 5:30pm, three publishing pros--Lisa Ampleman, Kayla Lightner, and Todd Seabrook will answer questions about publishing your creative work, as well as careers in publishing! This event will be on Zoom; see our bio to register.

SO honored that Flower Conroy made an Ephemeral Altar for Mom in Space. Amazing!

My essay in praise of libraries! Thank you especially to Cincy Library and St. Louis County Library.

Thank you to Miracle Monocle 🧐 and Ashley Rutland for this review of *Mom in Space* and interview with me about the book! louisville.edu/miraclemonocle…

Thanks to Cincy Magazine and Kelly Blewett for this interview, just in time for Mother's Day. We talk about Mom in Space (LSU Press), Neil Armstrong, and Flower Conroy's Ephemeral Altar series: cincinnatimagazine.com/article/how-li…

"I write in praise of the hanging indent, also called the flush-and-hang, a typesetter’s tool to let the reader know that the line is longer than the page itself . . ." @lisaampleman thinks about the practicalities of the page & poets' ambitions: buff.ly/3ybhNOA

Just a friendly reminder that if you want to support authors but don’t have money to spend on preorders ✨REQUEST YOUR LIBRARY BUYS IT✨ I do this constantly! It’s free, takes two mins, and you’re first on the hold list for the book, plus sales and exposure for the author

Thanks to Verse Daily (@versedaily.bsky.social) for featuring a poem from *Mom in Space* (LSU Press) today!!

Today's poem is "Domestic Concerns" by Lisa Ampleman from Mom in Space versedaily.org/2024/domesticc… via Verse Daily (@versedaily.bsky.social)

Thank you, Laura Dennis and MER - Mom Egg Review for this insightful review of *Mom in Space* (LSU Press)! merliterary.com/2024/07/22/mom…

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! Here are our upcoming reading periods for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.

My latest for the CR site, on going through papers:

A gut punch of a poem:

ATTENTION: GREAT LAKES WRITERS! We want your non-fiction essays, longform narrative journalism, and poetry for THE GREAT LAKES ANTHOLOGY, edited by our very own Editor-In-Chief Michael Welch and forthcoming from Belt Publishing! More info below: chireviewofbooks.com/2024/09/06/cal…