Writing Process Blog Tour

Welcome to this stop of the Writing Process Blog Tour! I’d like to thank Andrea Scarpino for inviting me to participate. Andrea Scarpino is the author of Once,Then, a collection of poems published in March 2014 by Red Hen Press, and The Grove Behind, published by Finishing Line Press in 2009. She is a weekly contributor to the blog Planet […]

Tongue Lyre reviewed in American Book Review

Many thanks to Andrea Scarpino for reviewing Tongue Lyre for American Book Review. “Although we begin and end with fire, Mills has taken us on quite a journey, from a thoroughly contemporary setting to the natural world to an ancient Greek myth and back to our contemporary life.” The full review can be read here.

Tongue Lyre reviewed in Rufous City Review

Many thanks to Anna Rose Welch for reviewing Tongue Lyre for Rufous City Review: “Despite the lack of stability and fear that can come from a world that seems out of the body’s control, these poems are filled with resilience.” The full review can be read here.

Tongue Lyre interview for The American Literary Review

Many thanks to Karl Zuehlke for interviewing me about Tongue Lyre for the American Literary Review. It was a delightful exchange. The interview is linked here.

Reading @ Southern Festival of Books in Nashville

In just about a week, I’ll be heading down to Nashville to read at the Southern Festival of Books with Keetje Kuipers and Joshua Robbins. Here’s the conference schedule: http://humanitiestennessee.org/programs/southern-festival-books/sessions Our panel reading is called “Poetry Now: Writing Memory with a Modern Pen.” Saturday, October 12, 2013 -11:00am – 12:30pm Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Women Write Resistance Book Trailer

Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013) ed. Laura Madeline Wiseman.

First Book Panel: The Writer’s Center

At the end of June, I’ll be part of a First Book Panel at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD. I am very much looking forward to participating with A.X. Ahmad, Rae Bryant, Alyson Foster, Dave Housley, Alyse Knorr, and Glen Finland. Sat, 29 Jun, 2013 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

The Kind Interwebs

Today, my poem “Performance” was featured on Verse Daily. It was a happy surprise! Thank you, Mysterious People In Charge of These Things.

April Readings: Little Grassy Festival (Carbondale, IL); Dollhouse Reading Series (Chicago, IL)

*2 APRIL READINGS * NATIONAL POETRY MONTH* 2 PRETTY FLYERS* ~ Little Grassy Festival, April 10-12, 2013 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL Dollhouse Reading Series, April 20, 2013, 7:30 PM Chicago, IL

Women Write Resistance Anthology

Women Write Resistance “Tongue,” the title poem of Tongue Lyre, is in the Women Write Resistance anthology (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013, edited by Laura Madeline Wiseman. These poems are fierce. I’m honored to be included in this project. Review: “Exhilarating and groundbreaking…” -Les Femmes Folles ~ Other poets included are Alicia Ostriker, Maureen Seaton, Judy Grahn, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Ellen […]