It's past time for an update! Let's imagine this blog is a nice, cool swimming pool and jump right in with some recent news: Interviews This month I was delighted to interview poet Theresa Burns, author of Design, on Diane Lockward's "Blogalicious" blog. Diane, the publisher of Terrapin Books, has been featuring a series in which Terrapin press mates interview each other, especially featuring books whose tours were impacted by the pandemic. Theresa was great fun to talk with, and I adore the … [Read more...]
Summer 2022 Update: Poet Interviews, New Poems, What I’m Reading, an Upcoming Writers Conference and More
June 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment
New review: Sugar Fix “subtly weaves personal ancestry and national history”
August 4, 2020 By Leave a Comment
I confess, I still marvel when someone I don't know reads and reviews my book. Poet Lynn Domina is one of those people, and she's written a very thoughtful review of Sugar Fix over on her blog, where she reviews one poetry book each week. Her commitment is such a gift to readers and the poetry community! Lynn says, in part: "One of the most admirable qualities of this collection—and the quality that really makes it a collection rather than simply an accumulation of forty or so poems—is how … [Read more...]
Sugar Fix reviewed in Glass: A Journal of Poetry
December 17, 2019 By Leave a Comment
A review of Sugar Fix now appears in Glass: A Journal of Poetry. Reviewer and fellow poet Anne Graue says of the book: turning the pages is easy and urgent She remarks on numerous individual poems and also the overall structure and flow of the book, writing: There is a cadence in the progression from beginning to end, from free verse and prose poems to sonnets and elegiac tercets that helps to distill moments and memory, sweetness and pain. From a comprehensive review like this one, to … [Read more...]
Lift Every Voice: New anthology from Kissing Dynamite sings
December 7, 2019 By Leave a Comment
I've recently posted a review of the new book Lift Every Voice: An Anthology of Poetry on Goodreads. Y'all, the short version is, you need to get a copy. Several of the poems have stuck with me for weeks since I've read them, and one has inspired quite a bit of new writing for me. Don't you love when that happens? Kissing Dynamite is a relatively new online monthly journal you might like to check out. I love the format and the work that editor Christine Taylor is selecting. (I've had my own … [Read more...]
Station Eleven: Beauty in a Ruined World
December 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
One mark of a good book is whether it entices me to explore subjects I initially find unappealing. By that measure and others, Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, is a haunting success. Read my review of this 2014 National Book Award finalist here in the December issue of the Murfreesboro Pulse. … [Read more...]
