Day 10: before I get too buried in work, I’m spending time with C.T. Salazar and this wonderful collection. I’m such a sucker for anaphora.

Less than two weeks until my first chapbook ‘Shiftings & Other Coordinates of Disorder’ launches with Pinhole Poetry | Submissions Open!! 🚀✨

Join the launch party (May 4th):
pinholepoetry.ca/events/

Also, pre-orders are now available:
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The cover reveal of Ancestral-Wing is special for several reasons. It contains illustrations from clothes of my grandmother, mother, and father. The book is printed in limited edition with covers of myriad color renditions in conjunction with the fabrics. Let's celebrate! 🏙️☀️

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

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“ I like to believe that creative nonfiction writers have their own version of poetic license.” See my interview with Ashley Balcazar in American Literary Review about breaking rules, coming out as bipolar (still VERY HARD), and why cnf is my favorite genre.

americanliteraryreview.com/2024/04/09/cre…

'[Kate Mulvaney's] connection to the white deer, the love and care she gave it, made her human and motherly to me in ways that showed tenderness and connection instead of loneliness and mystery.' Jack Bedell discusses his chapbook All the Woods’ Wild spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/jac…

Grateful to Salvation South for running a few new poems of mine and an interview 🥰

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Thank you to Annulet for publishing my review of Carolyn Hembree’s FOR TODAY. Her latest book is a marvel.

“‘So, it happens *more* than once in a lifetime,’ Raf whispered.”

A Gift of Sweetness and Spice by Myna Chang in 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 (𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 📚) allworldswayfarer.com/story2/

Friends! I’m so excited to share these two poems with y’all which are now up at Susurrus! Many thanks to the editors—I’m such a fan of this publication! They’re called Down Smede Road and Only The Cow Knew: susurrusthemagazine.com/issue-eight ❤️🌻☀️

'We leave so many remnants of ourselves, not to mention the intangible impressions that reemerge in dreams and linger in our memories.' Denton Loving discusses his book Tamp Mercer Univ. Press spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/den…

'I feared becoming subsumed by caretaking and motherhood...so writing—getting outside of my domestic sphere to listen for trains in winter—was both how I wrote, and why I wrote.' Anna Laura Reeve discusses her book Reaching the Shore of the Sea of Fertility spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/ann…

'Once I wrote that poem, I felt like a book was taking shape. There’s something both scary and thrilling to know you’re working towards a manuscript.' Laura Villareal Laura Villareal discusses her book Girl’s Guide to Leaving U of Wisconsin Press spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2023/01/20/lau…

'Many poems were written outside while I watched my son play in the kiddie pool or with neighbor kids. Poems were edited while he slept or while I waited at school pick up.' megan nichols discusses her chapbook Animal Unfit Belle Point Press spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/meg…

'Slowly, I developed a habit of reading English books that helped me grasp the nuances of the language. I read Gibran, Plath and Pope, which inspired me to start expressing my thoughts in [poems].' Fizza Abbas (Author of Ool Jalool & Bakho) discusses her chapbook Bakho Ethel, a Micro Press spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2022/12/17/fiz…

I’m so honored to be a part of Literary Namjooning with Mixed Bag and Lakshmi (luck-shme)!

”One part of a writer’s job is to call attention to horror, another part of a writer’s job is celebrate wonder when we see it. Still a third part of a writer’s job is going outside.' Chris Corlew in Moist Poetry Journal is on Bluesky 🏳️‍⚧️ moistpoetryjournal.com/2024/04/18/war…

My second chapbook, SURVIVED BY, has a cover! You can preorder now at the link in my bio.

Big gratitude to brilliant Annar Veröld and Claire Bowman of Host Publications for helping creating the poetic atlas of my dreams. Excited to hold it in my hands. 💙

'I compose in fragments... finding connections and pulling disparate parts together... keep[ing the] spirit of surprise—letting the poem contain wild associations.' Kyle Vaughn discusses his chapbook The Alpinist Searches Lonely Places @bellepointpress spkofmarvels.wordpress.com/2022/12/18/kyl…

LAUNCHED!

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