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.
Essays


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
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