My undergraduate alma mater, Seton Hill University, selected me as one of the recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Leadership Award, one of the highest honors Seton Hill can bestow. From Seton Hill: This award acknowledges outstanding alumni who have attained extraordinary distinction and success in their chosen profession and accomplishment in any field of human endeavor that brings honor to the recipient and to Seton Hill University.

I’m humbled, honored, and grateful to all who have been on this journey with me from Greensburg and beyond.

The insightful Emily Mohn-Slate recently interviewed me re: my thoughts on creativity and mindfulness for her Be Where You Are online series. I’m grateful for the chance to reflect on my own energetic practices. Read the interview here (and please follow Emily for more creative goodies!).

I’ll be reading with some fabulous folks—Cameron Barnett, Daniela Buccilli, and Christine Stroud—in a few weeks at the Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series at White Whale Bookstore in Bloomfield. Tuesday, July 25, 7:00 pm EDT. In person with a livestream. Hope to see you there! Full event details and RSVP info are here.

My first poetry chapbook, Of a Mother, is now available for purchase from Finishing Line Press!

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About my book: “Of a Mother enters the strange time-space continuum of grief that is terminal illness, exploring a mother’s death from cancer and a daughter’s ways of coping. In this linear set of poems, everyday objects like pincushions, dressing gowns, and perfumes become relics; sponge baths, cool drinks, and hand lotion become sacred offerings; the living mother and the cremation urn are superimposed, leaving the bereaved at a crossroads: how to live without a parent.”

September 29 is the official release date, but you can pre-order a copy from now through August 4th for $15.99 USD + $3.49 shipping per copy; after that, it’s $17.99 plus shipping. And buying a copy during this advance sale period helps my press run!

Thanks to all of you who have supported my writing over the years. Special thanks to Faith Adiele, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, and AJ Odasso for writing blurbs for my book, and to Adam Grossi for allowing me to use his work, “Push Pull,” as the cover image.

This Saturday, May 13, I’ll be reading at the 2023 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in East Liberty! I’ll be in the Poetry Tent from 2:15-2:30 p.m. (free!). Full event details at pittsburghbookfestival.org.

I’m thrilled and delighted to announce that my first chapbook, Of a Mother, has been selected as a finalist in the 2022 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition by Finishing Line Press, which will publish the collection. Thank you to all who have supported my writing over the years.

Photo from the WMAA.

Stanza four of “Nexus” is up. Photos from the WMAA.

Photos from the WMAA.