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

“Cleaning Out the Lyre” on Poetry Daily

Many thanks to Don Selby & Diane Boller for featuring my sonnet, “Cleaning Out the Lyre,” on Poetry Daily today.

A Poetry Celebration

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 […]

KBAC: Print Studio Reading & a Reading Review

Reading for the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Poets in Print Series on 3/2 was a lot of fun. It was wonderful to read with Brynn Saito (The Palace of Contemplating Departure). We met Kalamazoo poets and artists after the reading. And Allison Walker made a beautiful broadside of my poem, “Cleaning Out the Lyre” (below). […]

Writing Life, Influences, and the Desert Island Question

Thanks, Molly Weeks Crumbley, for interviewing me for “Hey, Boo Books.” The interview is here.

AWP 2013

I am honored to have read with Cynthia Huntington, Moira Linehan, and Wally Swist on behalf of SIU Press/the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry in Boston this AWP.

The Next Big Thing Interview

To blog? I wasn’t sure I was a blogger, but Traci Brimhall invited me to be part of TheNext Big Thing project, and I thought—OK, I’ll give it a try! You can check out her post here, where she talks about her forthcoming chapbook Bright Power, Dark Peace, a project inspired by a line from Robinson […]