Category Archives: publication

December News

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I have pieces in the current issues of Spittoon and Silver Blade. My poem “Misnomer” appears in the anthology Science Poetry (McAlister, Neil Harding, 2011).

I’m up on the English Department’s newsletter for December and Amazon now has author URL’s. Here’s mine. I read with the wonderful and friendly poets and writers at Tuesdays with Writers in their holiday read-a-thon.

Twice, I’ve read with the talented poets in the 2012 Nebraska Poets Calender, once at Noyes Gallery and once at Crescent Moon’s Poetry at the Moon reading series.

And, as a sneak peek, I’m working on getting a new design for my website. More on that soon….Happy 2011! It was a very good year!

September News

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Given the start of the new school year, I thought I’d offer some news.

The English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is posting its recent news of publications, awards, and achievements. As a lecturer, I’m on their website, too.

I have poems in the current issues of Mixed Fruit, The Adroit Journal, SN Review, and in the anthology Science Poetry (McAlister, Neil Harding, 2011).

In past publications, Colere has digitized some of its earlier issues including my essay “The Possible Length of Touch.” Forthcoming, I have poems in Feminist Studies, Spittoon, and an essay in Dispatches from the Classroom.

No Name Readings Series is now available on iTunes, including my readings in November and March last year. 

Finishing Line Press has posted my upcoming readings.

Wonderful poet and editor Cati Porter posted a self-interview of her recent doings, including blurb writing for my forthcoming book SPRUNG.

Zomobo linked to my broadside collaboration with Kate Johnson.

Speaking of broadsides, I mentioned in my last post I have four prints left (two of “Posturing” and two of “The Gift“) and after I posted that, I sold two more prints (one of “Bundling” and one of “Promise“). Thankfully. Kate still had both of those in stock. And then I got a surprise email from someone kind of famous who was impressed by my broadsides and all the sales. I’m impressed too! I didn’t know a little series of art and poetry would be so popular. I’m just as tickled. Thank you, by the way, all those who’ve taken a print or two home. If you still want one, let me know, and I’ll get them right to you.

End of August News

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Fellow broadside collaborator, Kate Johnson, has blogged about our project on The Suction Cup.

Kate priced out the original art and the broadsides (each broadside is $15). As a brief recap: we did a press run of 60 (plus 7 test prints) and divided the run in half. I had 30 when we finished printing. On my return trip to Nebraska I sold 5 before leaving Illinois, and then sold an additional 5 in Iowa. This left me with 20. This week, I sold 8 more to leave me with 12. If you want a print, let me know. They’re selling quick! If you’re local, I’ll bike or drive them to your door.

We posted videos of our process on YouTube.

I also blogged about it a few times.

Aren’t they lovely!

I think they’re so cute!

I’m just so tickled that I had the opportunity to do this at the Prairie Center of the Arts this summer. And so excited that I’ve already sold 18. They’re not even a month old yet. Wow!

In other news in brief, I have a poem in the current issue of Pebble Lake Review.

And, this fall I will be giving three readings, one in Omaha in October and two in St. Louis in November. Here they are:

Reading (poetry) at European Studies Conference
3:30-4:45, Friday, October 7, 2011
Dodge Room A, Milo Bail Student Center
UNO, Omaha, NE

Reading (poetry) at MMLA
12-1:30, Friday, November 4, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri

Reading (prose) at MMLA
8:30-10, Sunday, November 6, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri

Maybe I’ll see you there.

Finally, the semester has begun. I have great students who promise to be a lot of fun this term. I can’t wait to see what writing will be produced.

June News

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Being the delicious warm, thunderstorm rife, salad-eating, lighting bug twilight speckled, month of summer, I have just a bit of news to share before I head off be a writer-in-residence at the Prairie Center of the Arts in Illinois for July (I’m thrilled!). It might be quiet on the posting front for a while. Here’s my June 2011 news:

  • I have a poem in the debut issue of Haven, two poems in Illya’s Honey, and a poem in Weave. I’m very happy to be in Issue 6 among wonderful poets like Nin Andrews, J.P. Dancing Bear, and edited by the smart Founder/Editor Laura E. Davis.
  • I will be a lecturer at UNL in the English Department for the 2011-2012 school year. I am very thankful for this.
  • There are a couple additional amazon reviews of BRANDING GIRLS. Thank you readers!
  • With the help of a few techies, the “look inside”/”search inside” function set up on amazon for BRANDING GIRLS. I’m so excited about this! I love using the “look inside” function when I’m shopping on Amazon. It’s so handy.

news

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In brief news, I have two Matilda Fletcher poems in Generations of Poetry, the Lincoln Journal Stars lists UNL graduates of May 2011 (it’s a long list, as one might imagine, you can search *control F* for grads by name, though), there’s a couple of great reviews of the anthology Knocking on the Door that I have a poem in, the forthcoming anthology Dispatches from the Classroom which includes an essay of mine and is set to release around turkey day this year now has it’s own page on the Continuum Press website, there are a few more amazon reviews of BRANDING GIRLS up, and I’m working on getting the “look inside” tool set up on amazon.com, as well as a kindle version available for purchase. As a quick side note, while traveling to Russia and spending so much time in airports and on airplanes, I could not even count how many kindles or other digital book readers I saw people reading. Buckets and buckets of them! But really, wouldn’t such a device be perfect for traveling?

And finally, a last clip from my reading at Indigo Bridge Books last month, this one, with a brief recitation of an Anne Sexton poem.

 

readings and news

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I have two up and coming readings where I hope to see you. On May 3rd at 7 p.m I will be reading in the Tuesdays with Writers series at the South Mill (48th & Prescott). I’ll read from two recent anthologies from Unhook Press and from Branding Girls. I’m very excited to join other contributors in this reading Unhook Press set up. I’m also reading at Poetry on the Moon at Crescent Moon, 7 p.m., May 9, 2011 (140 N 8th St #10). I’ll read from Branding Girls.

In other news, I have a poems in the current issue of Blue Unicorn and in the anthology Flashlight Memories.

A little earlier this month, I made a poster for the UNL Research Fair for Branding Girls. The fair was super fun. I got to speak to friends and colleagues, as well as talk about my new collection of poetry from Finishing Line Press. Dr. Ruth Brown, who teaches a wonderful course this term (that I would love to take if I was an undergrad) called Mad Men Revisited, even stopped by to take my picture.

What else? Well, if you happen to be at the Devaney Center at 3pm May 6th, I’m getting my PhD that day. I’ve got my outfit picked out and everything.

a reading, a fellowship, and a publication or two

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This past Saturday, April 9 at 9 a.m., I read from my dissertation at the Rawley Conference. Dr. Jeannette Jones was the commenter for my panel. She gave me the best critical reading of and offered the most astute questions for my work on the suffragist, lecturer, and poet, Matilda Fletcher, that I’ve yet to have at a conference. It was so nice to be asked such smart questions from such a great scholar. Wow. Thanks, Dr. Jones!

Upcoming reading-wise, I’ve been awarded the Susan Atefact Peckham Fellowship in poetry for UNL. Yeah! There’s an award reading in Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall) on April 27 from 3-4 p.m. I’ll be reading more on Matilda Fletcher. The award ceremony is April 29 at 3 p.m. I hope you’ll be there!

Finally, I have a poem in the current issue of Blue Collar Review and a poem in the anthology Knocking at the Door, edited by Lisa Sisler and Lea C. Deschenes (Birch Bench Press, 2011).

Whoever said April was the cruelest month? That guy, something Prufrock, he’s wrong.