Anthology ahoy!

It’s here!! Of Burgers & Barrooms, an anthology of poetry and prose about fast food joints and bars, arrived on my porch this morning! It’s a gorgeous collection, featuring one of my poems, “Valencia Street, Sunday Morning,” about Clooney’s, a dive bar on the corner near my apartment in San Francisco years ago. I was…Continue reading Anthology ahoy!

Shout Out: A Night of Slam Poetry

This weekend, I was lucky enough to attend an all-ages, free slam poetry event put together by One Book One New Orleans and Dillard University Library. My 12-year-old son and I went with friends, and I think we all came away amazed and invigorated by the talented poets who performed. Chuck Perkins, host of The…Continue reading Shout Out: A Night of Slam Poetry

Upcoming anthology with my poem

Exciting! Just sent back proofs for an upcoming anthology, Of Burgers and Barrooms, from Main Street Rag Press featuring my poetry. Publication is slated for November 2017. Here’s a little more about this project. Will share more as I learn it!

Book review: Body, In Good Light by Erin Rodoni

In keeping with April’s theme as National Poetry Month, I’m happy to review a lovely book of poetry by a former colleague of mine at Literary Mama, Erin Rodoni. Erin was the assistant editor in poetry at LM until she had the double good fortune of giving birth to her second child and seeing her…Continue reading Book review: Body, In Good Light by Erin Rodoni

Upcoming bar poems anthology

Yay yay yay! My poem “Valencia Street, Sunday Morning” has been selected for an upcoming Bar Poems anthology from Main Street Rag! Besides a quarterly print mag that features poetry, fiction, art, interviews, and reviews, Main Street Rag publishes books of poetry, and (under other imprints) fiction, nonfiction and anthologies. This one is expected to…Continue reading Upcoming bar poems anthology