This March, my debut poetry chapbook, May All Our Pain Be Champagne: A Collection of Real Housewives Twitter Poetry, will be released by Alien Buddha Press. The collection is a series of collage poems written using text from the Twitter accounts of current and former members of the Real Housewives TV franchise.
You can read two poems now in Red Ogre Review and What is the Deal with the Alien Buddha? Part 2. I’ll share the Amazon link when it’s live, but I hope you order your copy soon!
My second Real Housewives cento, “Bethenny Frankel Gives a TEDTalk to Her Stuffed Animals” is now available in What is the Deal with the Alien Buddha? Part 2 anthology. Not only can you read this hilarious poem, but it also comes with two alternative covers to my debut chapbook, May All Our Pain Be Champagne: A Collection of Real Housewives Twitter Poetry. Order your copy here.
My poems “I don’t think you’re reading this letter” and “Composer at Dawn” are now live in Issue 53 of The Umbrella Factory. The former was created in a Split This Rock workshop while the latter was written after reading Diana Norma Szokolyai’s Parallel Sparrows. Read them here.
My poem “Mia Thornton Flipping Through an Inspirational Quotes Coffee Table Book” is now available to be read online in Red Ogre Review. The poem is composed of text from Real Housewives of Potomac cast member Mia Thornton’s official Twitter account. There’s also a link to hear me reading the poem on the website, so read and listen to it here.
My poem, “Dirtier Computer” can be read in Issue 7 of Variety Pack. This poem was inspired by Suzi Q. Smith’s A Gospel of Bones and Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer album. Read it here.
Back in November, I gave myself the challenge to reread 30 poetry books I owned and write a new poem after reading. The first pieces I wrote in that month are now live in Roi Fainéant. “The Unfilled Branch” was inspired by Joy Harjo’s “An American Sunrise” and “You in the Pond” was inspired by Rita Banerjee’s “Echo in Four Beats.” Read these poems here.
Two of my poems, “Cooper Cassius (1/20/21)” and “Mädchen Müller” are included in Un Bordado de Voces, the annual anthology published by The Alternative New Years Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza. You can order your copy here.
My poem “I don’t think I can be a hero” was included in the Pandemic of Violence online anthology by North of Oxford last year. You can read it here.
My poem “Okoye” was included in Coin-Operated Press’s Nerd! Zine. You can order this high-quality zine here.
Two of my poems, “Veronique, Alone” and “If I Really Wanted to Hurt You” were included in The Ravens Quoth Press’s Balm anthology. You can order your copy here.
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