chapbook – Poetry and Practice

Making Room for New Words

While the details are still in progress, I’m excited to announce that I plan to release two new chapbooks in 2023! One will be a self-published collection of free verse, and the other will be my first haiku collection published by Cuttlefish Books, a small press out of my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Both chapbooksContinue reading “Making Room for New Words”

Supporting my feminist bookstore, because she supports me

BookWoman is the cornerstone of my literary career so far. I worked there in 2009 and 2010, and through the store I met Debra Winegarten and thus became a member of the Austin Writergrrls. Helping with the store’s open mic, I met lots of local poets, and gradually found a place in the localContinue reading “Supporting my feminist bookstore, because she supports me”

Pre-order ending soon!

That’s right! My pre-order period ends on February 27th. That means you have just a few weeks left to get on the discount-shipping bandwagon. Want to know more? Check out poems from the collection here, here, and here. Like what you see? There’s more of that where that came from. So head over to the FinishingContinue reading “Pre-order ending soon!”

And now for the big announcement!

I’ve been holding onto this news for about two weeks now, but I wanted to wait until the contract had been signed and the release date had been set before I put this out to the entire internet. I am thrilled to announce that Finishing Line Press has accepted my chapbook, We’re Smaller Than We ThinkContinue reading “And now for the big announcement!”

The process of a chapbook

Last week, I completed the manuscript of We’re Smaller Thank We Think We Are, a poetry chapbook containing a variety of pieces written over the course of about two years. Just completing the manuscript was a huge accomplishment for me, and I had a lot of great help along the way. I’d been trying toContinue reading “The process of a chapbook”