Thank you so much again to Chicago Writers Podcast and Dan Finnen for the wonderful conversation. It was such a pleasure to be in the podcast. You can hear my episode now and also check out other great conversations (I'm in excellent company there. Love this podcast).

Look at this line-up! Come through to hear new poems in form from these stellar folks - this one won't be recorded, so mark your calendar!

Fave places to send micros?

The Writers Voice presents a book launch for poet Suzanne Frischkorn's WHIPSAW
 
IN PERSON AT THE DWC! Friday, May 3, 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Join us in-person or online!

Register at link in bio~*

Waking-up poem(s): So pleased to have this special guest at Sunday Salon Chicago's reading in March RoscoeBooks: Czech Republic's leading contemporary poet, Petr Hruska, w/ live translations by Irena Čajková, local lit citizen 👏🙏🧡 sundaysalon-chicago.com

Waking-up image: One messy tenant, the writer thinks. Somebody didn't get all the right instructions from mommy & daddy. 🐦🐦🐦🤔🤭🤫 #WritingCommunity

I appreciate that, Marc Marc Meierkort. Happy to see you at the event❣️

Just wrapped up a truly inspiring Sunday Salon Chicago Zoom reading w/ Fleda Brown, Susan L. Leary, Stacy Gnall, Casey Lauren Bell and Sarah A. Rae. Such amazing work! TY to all readers & awesome Zoom participants in attendance tonight 💘🧡🙏 Pls share, TY! sundaysalon-chicago.com

Thank you so much Julia Fine and Tor Books (Check Mark) 🙏❤️

The weekend workshop I'm running is all about creating emotional resonance in flash. I've shared stories by Barlow Adams Richard Mirabella🦌 Tommy Dean Cathy Ulrich Anne Weisgerber & Randall Brown. What flash come to mind for you that have strong emotional resonance?

Cover reveal! I’m so thrilled to share the cover of WHIPSAW coming from Anhinga Press in April. My gratitude to acclaimed sculptor David Altmejd for gracing the cover with a detail from his powerful sculpture “Le Trou” and many thanks to the David Kordansky Gallery. 1/4

Check out Southeast Review’s Writer’s Regimen, friends. It sounds wonderful. 30 days of inspiration! And I’m delighted to be one of the fiction contributors.❤️

Centomental Education ⁦Chicago Poetry Center⁩ poetrycenter.org/centomental-ed…

Lovely to have this poem about labor, my southern roots, and my great-grandmother in Bulb Culture Collective (SUBS OPEN)'s Chandelier Arbor Day Issue. Thank you L.M. Cole // The Vulture Spotting Society
& @jaredpovanda !! And congrats everyone!! !! Please click on the Arbor Day icon to read the issue.

bulbculturecollective.com/chandelier-zine

Shoulder to Shoulder, the iconic BBC Drama Series about Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette Movement, is currently available on the BBC I Player to watch for free. We recommend it!

New York Magazine had a bunch of us go back into our emails from TWENTY FRICKIN YEARS AGO and write about one of them. I loved doing this, and I’m in some great company here. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

I’m here pairing books with donuts at ⁦Exile in Bookville⁩ till 12ish for #IndieBookstoreDay . Stop by!

Sneak peek at the book plate I drew for the Book Plate Edition of my graphic memoir French Girl available as part of the pre-order Crowdfundr Fieldmouse Press Pine State Publicity Link here: crowdfundr.com/frenchgirl_hot…

Hey! Rose Metal Press has faced a challenging situation since SPD closed suddenly on 3/28 owing the press a lot of money. We're at $18,100 of our $50,000 goal—we're so grateful for the outpouring of support!

Please consider helping us recoup our losses:
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Win $100 - no entry fee! Check out the guidelines on our homepage: triohousepress.org
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