Forthcoming

• Poems in an anthology of the University of New Orleans MFA program

Kidlit

• YA poem “The Muse,” in Bloodbond
• YA poems “The River Beckons,” “The Threshold Machine,” and “To My Daughter” in Illumen
• YA poems “The Threshold Machine” and “American Inferno” in Stinkwaves

Poetry

Online

• “Anecdote of the Green Toilet” in Bumbershoot
• “Country-Western Triolet” in Bumbershoot
• “Shanti’s Gun” in Melusine
• Three Poems of the Day in the Louisiana Poetry Project

In print

• “The Muse,” in Bloodbond
• “The River Beckons,” “The Threshold Machine,” and “To My Daughter” in Illumen
• “Valencia Street, Sunday Morning” in the anthology Of Burgers & Barrooms from Main Street Rag Press
• “Aftermath” and “Waiting on Thom Gunn” in The River: Natchez Poetry Contest Anthology
• “First Word” in Maple Leaf Rag III
• “Lament” in The Oxford American
• “The Threshold Machine” and “American Inferno” in Stinkwaves
• “To My Daughter” in Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry

Book reviews

Online

• Geode by Ona Gritz in Literary Mama
• Kingdom Come by John Estes in Literary Mama
• Line Dance by Barbara Crooker in Literary Mama
• Milk Dress by Nicole Cooley in Literary Mama
• Tender Hooks by Beth Ann Fennelly in Literary Mama
• The Book of Sleep by Eleanor Stanford in Literary Mama
• Poetry Roundup: Three works in Literary Mama
• The Dirty Side of the Storm by Martha Serpas in Rattle

I also reviewed a wide variety of books for Kirkus Reviews from 2015-2017, but all reviews are anonymous.

In print

• ” Lillie Was a Goddess, Lillie Was a Whore” by Penelope Scambly Schott in Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
• “Required Reading: Six Recent Poetry Collections” in May/June 2012 Women’s Review of Books
• “Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith and Voices by Lucille Clifton” in July/Aug 2009 Women’s Review of Books
• “Hearing Sappho in New Orleans: The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward by Ruth Salvaggio in Jan/Feb 2013 Women’s Review of Books

Check out my most recent reviews of poetry, kidlit, and fiction.

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More goodies

“’A Grief, Then Changed to Something Else’: In Memoriam as Ars Poetica” in Umbrella, A Journal of Poetry and Kindred Prose

An Interview with Poet Eleanor Stanford in Literary Mama