University collabs @RTI_Intl. Writer. Poet. Biographer of #EnriqueAlférez. Grad of @WWCasheville @UofNO. North Carolinian, #NOLA roots, jambalaya expert. 🏳️🌈
Sharing Josephine Reed's interview with me for Art Works, a podcast produced by @NEAarts, focusing on Alférez's art & life and links between writing biography & poetry. https://t.co/eX9fE8DM6q
@rocketfantastic In a film as literature class in college, we read the book & watched the film—a memorable experience in my studies @UofNO. So I recommend both!
The exhibition "Coalesce" matched visual artists & poets to respond to each other's work. I was lucky to be paired w/Esten Walker. She responded to my poem "Bypass" (1st appeared in @meridianuva) & I responded to "Flying Turtles & Other True Stories." What a joy! @OCNCArts#art
Interesting conversations with writers & readers @LABookFest. Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, sci-fi, YA, and more. Thanks to Bea Gyimah for organizing my reading room!
My poem "Broken" in @LaLiterature navigates choices in writing & friendship. Thanks @jackbedell for including it in Issue 39.2. Proud to be alongside @EllenJuneWrites, @mgnchols, Michael Anna De Armas & many other wonderful writers.
@lacymjohnson I bring in Meena Alexander’s @worldlittoday lyric essay “What Use Is Poetry?” - “To make a lyric poem I have to enter a dream state. But at the same time, almost by virtue of that disconnect, it becomes a very intense location to reflect on the world.” Based on a talk @Yale.
Pandemic prevention news from #APoetInSTEM! An update on the #READDI Forethought team, a coalition of researchers from @UNC@DukeU@NCCU@NCState@RTI_Intl accelerating the discovery of novel broad-spectrum antivirals: https://t.co/xBsLK348Ob
My current poetry manuscript in draft--nearing completion!--is about #incarceration & its effect on families. Proud to see "Landflip" in The Midwest Quarterly w/great work by Antonio Vallone @a_blum @earnestdrollery @kimberlyannpoet @wiscobutler@NikkiUmmel Ted Kooser & more!