Updated: Apr 6
Hey New Englanders! What are you doing the evening of April 11?
Nothing? Great!! Because I’ve got an event for you!
Cello music, poetry conversation, & free libations await at my book launch for TETHER & LUNG on Friday, April 11 at 6:30 pm at Mechanic's Hall in Portland, Maine. Most importantly, the wonderful local poet Robert Carr will be joining me with his new book BLUE MEMENTO and we promise an evening of startling, sensuous poems as we investigate the freedoms and constraints of the body, both desired and desiring.
Ticket information for the event can be found on the Mechanic's Hall website.
Please join us! We’d love to see you there!
Updated: Mar 24
My second full-length book has finally arrived! And, like all shipments of poetry books, it came in a humble brown box. Opening a box of brand new books has got to be one of the most exciting things I do. Once that first box of books is open, it's done. The book is no longer new. So, it's a moment worth savoring and recording.
And I'm sharing that recording with you!! Watch the unboxing video here.
Below, for your enjoyment is my unboxing video. This video includes information about the cover art as well as a reading of three poems. You can buy a copy of TETHER & LUNG here.
Thank you to TRP: The University Press of SHSU for believing in my work and thank you friends and fellow poets Richard Blanco, Dennis Hinrichsen, Rebecca Evans, Robert Carr, and Halley Cotton for your wonderful words in praise of this book. Thank you Justin Hamm for applying your photo editing skills to my photo for the cover art, as well as the Etsy seller in Ukraine who sold me the cigarette case featured on the front, and the designers at TRP for all of the attention to detail both outside and inside these pages.
A nod to Luke Johnson, Dennis Hinrichsen, and Rebecca Evans for reviewing the manuscript earlier on and providing feedback. And thank you J Bruce Fuller for choosing this book for the TRP catalogue. HUGE gratitude to Charlie Tobin for guiding me through the publication process and answering all of my anxious emails. And, finally, thank you to my fabulous second partner-in-life Evan Pillsbury for being not only a supportive spouse to a poet, but an enthusiastic promoter of my work. I am blessed to have you in my life and grateful for the cello loop you have provided for this video. We make for a happy musical, lyrical pair!
Enjoy and get your copy!