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.

The first couplet in my 12-couplet poem, “Nexus,” has been installed on the North Main Street Bridge in Greensburg, PA. Each month, a new couplet will go up on the bridge. It’s a privilege and a thrill to have my writing in a public art piece.

Check out this profile interview with me where I dive into my creative process for this poem.

Photos above are by the WMAA.

I’m featured in the Spring & Summer 2022 issue of the WMAA’s Perspectives quarterly newsletter re: my new poem, “Nexus,” coming in June 2022 for the Bridging the Gap/Analog Scroll public art project in Greensburg, PA.

Check it out here! I’m on page 16.

F(r)ictionLog has published one of my pieces, “Rings.” I’m loving the accompanying artwork.

Some excellent news to share: I have been selected as one of four writers for the next iterations of artist Janet Zweig’s Analog Scroll, part of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art’s Bridging the Gap public art project. I will create a site-specific poem to be placed on Greensburg, PA’s North Main Street Bridge from February 2022-February 2023 (barring any pandemic delays).

Greensburg is the home of my undergrad alma mater, Seton Hill, so I am excited to be creating poems about a city that nurtured me so well.

The official press release from the Westmoreland.