Many thanks to the editors of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel: Contemporary Appalachian Writing for including one of my botany poems, “Pawpaw,” in the most recent issue of the magazine!
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Three Poems in Arlington Literary Journal
Many thanks to editor Robert L. Giron for including three of my poems, “Frigga 4,” “Fringetree,” and “Pomona” in the most recent issue of Arlington Literary Journal! He’s also the publisher of Gival Press, which published a few of my earliest poetry collections a good while back: Flint Shards from
Read morePodcast Interview on WestVirginiaVille
On November 2, 2025, Douglas John Imbrogno interviewed me for his Substack site, WestVirginiaVille, in Booktenders, a top-notch bookstore in Barboursville, West Virginia. That recorded interview and transcript are now available online. Many thanks to Mr. Imbrogno for interviewing me, many thanks to the staff at Booktenders for hosting us,
Read moreInterview in OUTWORDS Archive
In March 2025, I was interviewed by folks from the OUTWORDS Archive. This archive “captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders, to build community and catalyze social change.” The filmed interview and transcript are now online. I’m very honored to be a part of said archive!
Read morePoem in Hurricane Helene Flood Anthology
Many thanks to Hilda Downer for including one of my poems, “Surt’s Fire,” in her recently released anthology, Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene Flood, published by Redhawk Publications, a press in Hickory, North Carolina. On October 25, Blacksburg Books hosted a reading to celebrate the book’s
Read morePoem in Impossible Archetype 18
Many thanks once again to Mark Ward! The editor of Impossible Archetype, he’s included a poem of mine, “Tantalus,” in Issue 18. “Tantalus,” based on the Greek myth, is one in a series of poems I’ve written inspired by world mythology, a collection tentatively titled Pantheon.
Read morePoems Reprinted in Appalachian Anthology
Back in 2010, editors William Wright, Jesse Graves, and Paul Ruffin kindly reprinted seven of my poems in The Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol. III: Contemporary Appalachia. This week, the second edition of the anthology was released, edited by J. Bruce Fuller, Jesse Graves, and Paul Ruffin as volume editors and
Read moreCommunity Pride in Blacksburg
On June 11th, Community Pride in Blacksburg sponsored an evening event at The Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia. The entertaining roster of performers included musicians, authors, and drag queens. I read from one of my latest essays, “The Insurrection Beard,” which recently appeared in Rural Education and Queer Identities: Rural
Read morePoem in Impossible Archetype 17
Thanks to Mark Ward, editor of the international LGBTQ poetry journal, Impossible Archetype, one of my mythology-inspired poems has appeared in Issue 17. The poem’s about Hedone, the daughter of Eros and Psyche.
Read moreSaints and Sinners 2025
This March, I attended the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival for the first time since 2018. Accompanying me were my husband, John Ross, and my old friend, Cynthia Burack. On Friday the 28th, the three of us had a grand time at the Audubon Zoo, followed by some tasty food
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