It’s hard to imagine a better week than one where you get to talk poetry every morning for about an hour, but maybe doing that with morning coffee from the comfort of your own home would qualify as better. This week has been like that for me, as I’ve been working on an interview aboutContinue reading “A Week of Poetry Talk”
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A Few Book & Poetry Notes
Notes on readings, events, bookstores, and a new poem.
Happy Pub Day, Part 3
It’s been a busy pub day for Tree Fall with Birdsong.
Happy Pub Day, Part 2
To celebrate the official release of Tree Fall with Birdsong, I want to take a moment to look back with my readers on how this book came to be.
Happy Official Pub Day!
Tree Fall with Birdsong is officially published today, May 21, 2025. Let’s celebrate!
The Unboxing of Tree Fall with Birdsong
Yesterday, after my copies fo Tree Fall with Birdsong arrived at my door, I posted my first unboxing video to social media.
Author Websites
Thoughts on having and updating an author webstie.
Four Poems Newly Online
Four of my poems are newly available online through Birmingham Poetry Review.
The Meaning of Rejection
Submittable calls it “Decline.” I like to refer to it as “Returned” when my manuscripts come back to me, which they still do more often than not. As an editor for Poetry South and a frequent submitter to many magazines, I have a complicated relationship with rejection. On the one hand, I have a toughContinue reading “The Meaning of Rejection”
How Do You Know When You’ve Written a Poem? — A Dream Answer
In a dream last night, I was at an event aswering questions, and someone asked, “How do you know when you’ve written a poem?” I had a pretty good answer, or at least so it seemed in the dream. So let’s see how much I can remember here. The first part of my answer wasContinue reading “How Do You Know When You’ve Written a Poem? — A Dream Answer”
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