Publication in DASH Literary Journal

A Popped-into-My-Head Poem I am pleased to share that my poem "To Live by the Sea" appears in Volume 15 of DASH Literary Journal. I had the pleasure of reading the poem over Zoom on launch day to the students in the class that produced the journal. I'm not sure what kind of poem it … Continue reading Publication in DASH Literary Journal

#bookreview: Cursed

My Review Patricia Thrushart’s Cursed: The Life and Tragic Death of Marion Alsobrook Stahlman is a work of narrative nonfiction unlike any I’ve read before: a hybrid of genealogy, American history (including cultural history), creative nonfiction, and epistolary fiction. The book begins with a local oddity in Pennsylvania called “Curse Rock” and ends with the … Continue reading #bookreview: Cursed

#tanka publication: “Over the River to Grandmother’s House We Go”

I'm pleased to share that my tanka, "Over the River to Grandmother's House We Go," has been published in the July 2022 issue of First Literary Review-East. Like "Candia, New Hampshire, 1926: Velma," this poem  was published without its companion piece: Our Other Grandmother who is this person never leaves her chair black maid welcomes … Continue reading #tanka publication: “Over the River to Grandmother’s House We Go”