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- Meacham Writers Workshop is next week--September 26th-28th. It's free and open to the public. I'll be reading Friday the 27th at the Stovework and would love to see you, but you don't want to miss any of our readers. Check out the schedule here:
https://meachamwriters.org/schedule for more details on sessions and locations. - Dalton Creative Arts Guild is hosting Dana Shavin, Justin Wymer, Linda Voyshehovski, Paul Luikart, and me for a reading in their gorgeous gallery. If you haven't visited this gem of an art gallery or heard anyone in this lineup read, you're going to want to make plans to join us on Thursday, July 25th from 6:00-7:30!!
- SoLit (Southern Literature Alliance) and ArtsBuild (301 E. 11th St, Chattanooga) will host my dear friends Jessica Barksdale and Dana Shavin and me on June 6th from 6:00-7:30 for a reading. Please put the date on your calendar and plan to join us. We'll have books to sell and sign, as well as snacks and refreshments and plenty to chat about.
- Join me and other local poets at Book & Cover on Saturday, April 27th for the Poetry Picnic. I'll have more specifics soon. Readings will take place between 11:00 and 3:30.
- I'm honored to be reading at the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts at a private party on November 29th. If you haven't visited this gorgeous museum, make plans to do so. It is a Chattanooga treasure!
- My poetry explores the relationship between body and nature. What better way to celebrate my dear friend and yoga teacher Madia Swicord's studio grand opening (Chattanooga Yoga School & Madia's Healing Arts)? Join us Saturday, November 11th for "Open House Shenanigans," which will include a reading and other events. Join me at 12:30 when I'll share some writing and tips and thoughts on writing. For more information, click here.
- I'm excited to announce a full day of activities on Tuesday, October 24th at my Master's alma mater, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Join me at 11:00am in Morton Hall, room 148 for a Master Class called, "Image to Word: How to transform your ideas into poems, personal essay or memoir, and stories." This is a bring your own lunch event and will run for an hour an a half. Later that day (6:00pm) at UAH's Wilson Hall Gallery, I'll have the pleasure of reading and conversing with poet Samantha Moe and amazing human Alanna Frost. Both events are open to the public. I hope you'll come. Click here for reading and reception information.
- September's getting busy. My best pal Jessica Barksdale will join me for a conversation about writing on September 16th from 5:00-6:00. Jessica and I are interested in many of the same themes (family, relationships, nature, and others) and have been writing pals since the late 1990s. Come with questions and be ready to learn and laugh. We'll be at Stoveworks in Chattanooga. More to come!
- Don't feel like driving to Trenton to hear me read from (and then buy) my new book in August? I'll be at The Woodshop in St. Elmo (55th and St. Elmo Ave) on Thursday, September 14th from 6:00-7:00 pm. If you haven't come to The Woodshop, you've missed out on their great beer and wine selection and amazing menu. Their kitchen will be open on September 14th for my reading and it will be happy hour. Yay!
- I'll add a reading at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga here.
- My book releases officially in August and I'll be reading again at the Dade County Public Library on Tuesday, August 29th from 6:00-7:00 Eastern time. Join me.
- The Dade County Public Library in Trenton, GA has invited me to teach a writing course on Thursday, July 20th. Stayed tuned for more information about the course content.
- Looking for something to do for an hour this Thursday night (June 8th) from 6:30-7:30 Eastern time? Join my great friends--Jessica Barksdale, Danielle Hanson, Andrew Najberg, Ian Ramsey, Dana Shavin, and me on Zoom. Here's the link: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/96290597343 .
- I've been invited to speak with a Chattanooga book group this weekend (May 7th). I'm so excited! Email me if you'd like me to join your group and discuss aspects of writing in any genre. I'm happy to share generative writing tips, editing, revising, and submission strategies.
- The Dade County Public Library in Trenton, GA has been kind enough to invite me to read to celebrate the pre-release of my collection, Alchemy. Join us at 6:00 on April 18th if you're in the neighborhood or are looking for a close-to-home adventure. I'll be reading some work from my collection, as well as some new work.
- Put March 31st on your calendar and join Dana Shavin, Earl Braggs, Paul Luikart, Andrew Najberg, and me for a reading at the Mountain Arts Community Center on Signal Mountain. We'll start at 6:30, so get there early enough to find a seat.
- Fun reading February 1st on Zoom with Wild Roof Journal collaborators past and present. Thanks to editor Aaron Lelito for choosing my work and then inviting me to read.
- Thanks to American Writers Review for publishing not only one poem but three in their July released print anthology, American Writers Review 2022: The End or the Beginning. See “After All," “Woman Reunited with her Uterus," and “On to Grand Isle” there.
- “Early Monday Morning” is in Wild Roof Journal.
- Alchemy, my full-length poetry collection, has found a home. Thank you, Finishing Line Press! Look for pre-sales (and a pre-release party) in April 2023 and the release (and a release party) in August.
- Come out and listen to some great authors read at the Black Creek Reading Series II in Chattanooga, TN. They invited me to join them. What an honor!
- Looking for something a little different? Check out my article in Get Out magazine about adventure runs in the Grand Canyon.
- My poem “Primrose Path” found a home with Sad Girls Club.
- A poem celebrating the wonders of the desert, “I Took the Desert’s Pulse,” found a home with The Thing Itself.
- Salmon Creek Journal published both “Alchemy” and “How Surgeon’s Learned to Operate on a Beating Heart.” Yay!
- Stop by UTC’s campus for the Meacham Writers’ Conference Reading. I’m up at noon.
- “See My Body” is in The Greensboro Review #109.
- The Dillydoun Review homed my poem “Even If”.
- Stop by UTC’s campus for the Meacham Writers’ Conference Reading. I’m up at 7:00 this Thursday night.
- My short story, “Lila on the Green” is in the Eunoia Review.
- I wrote a lot of articles over the years for Roots Rated—at least one a month for a couple of them. Here are a few:
How to Make Yourself Run When It's Cold"- "
Plan a Winter Getaway to a Tennessee State Park Treasure"- Scarlet Leaf Press gave “Three Greek Words," a story loosely based on a trip I took to Europe with my oldest friend, a home.
- Finishing up my MFA in Creative Writing and honored to read at the Rainier Writers Workshop Reading with my classmates.
- What an honor to see my story, “Rise” in Driftwood Press’ most recent issue.
- My poem “Somewhere in the Black Hills” about running in South Dakota at night with my husband found its way into the anthology Bearers of Distance.