April 2, 2018 (For National Poetry Month, Alan Squire Publishing is featuring a poet a week from their list with a special sale. From now until April 9, my three poetry collections are $10.00 each on this site.) As a child, I distrusted mythology, as I did any literature that adults seemed to think was…
After Me, Too
October 19, 2017: After Me, Too In the aftermath of the current sexual harassment and abuse scandal — I say current because there always seems to be a new one, doesn’t there? — I, like many other women, posted #metoo on social media and found myself overwhelmed by memory and its complex, attendant emotions. I…
The Problem of the Personal: How Much Can We Share?
September 6, 2017 This is the second of a series in which I take questions from Shari Lawrence Pfleeger on the poetry writing process. Shari: How much should a poet reveal of herself and her life experience? Should the poems be universal, or is it okay to describe a very particular experience or feeling, regardless…
A Circle of Books and Poets
I no longer remember when it was I first set eyes on that beloved literary dynamo, Grace Cavalieri. As a young poet, I came to know and love her voice, as I heard it in her poems and also on her radio interview show, The Poet and the Poem, then broadcast on WPFW.
Poems, New & Old
Spring is here and I’m happy to celebrate poems new and old. My third full-length collection of poems, The Last Girl, will be available later this year. Along with it, the ASP/SFWP consortium is also putting out a new edition of my first collection, Difficult Weather. Below you’ll find a sample poem from each book….
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing is a cool sort of combination of chain letter and a “tag-you’re-it” interview game for writers. I was tagged by Nick Courtright (who was tagged by Kyle McCord who was tagged by Matt Guenette who was tagged by Mary Biddinger who was tagged by Jennifer Militello…) to interview myself about my…