Very excited to announce that my chapbook on my experience as an abortion clinic escort was picked up by Vegetarian Alcoholic Press and will be published in September 2020. As you can imagine, this book is incredibly personal and important to me. I became a clinic escort in 2016 after learning about even more attacks on and attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. I didn't intend to write an entire collection of poems about being an escort, but once the first one was complete, I couldn't stop and obsessively drafted all the poems in the collection. Looking forward to holding this baby in print.

Super excited to be featured along with other amazing writers in the recent PWA by Palette Poetry.  Many thanks to editor Kim Harvey :)  Check it out here:

​https://www.palettepoetry.com/2019/11/14/poetry-we-admire-food-family/

Saturday, October 12, 2019
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Plainfield Public Library

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=pfdooe4ab&oeidk=a07egkm4rum36fcda63

Very grateful to the folks at Elephants Never for nominating my poem "Homage to My Middle-Aged Black Body" for a 2019 Best of the Net award!  Check out this poem and all the work of the other nominees HERE.

Very grateful to Ghost City Press and editor Justin Karcher for nominating "Then the Flood" for Best of the Net!  Now crossing fingers, eyes, and toes. . .

I was thrilled to be selected as one of Animal Heart Press's featured artists at the end of June!  Many thanks to Elisabeth Horan for giving me the opportunity and to Amanda McLeod for putting up with my anxiety :)  Here are the links to each section of the feature:

Introduction and New Haibun

Interview with Amanda McLeod on Breaking Barriers in Publishing

Poetry Summer Reading List

Amanda McLeod's Review of The Queen City (Broken Sleep Books)

Haikai

Interactive Haiga

​KD Favorite!

Please check out Animal Heart Press for the latest featured artist and for a selection of their print publications!

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Just in:  my second chapbook Petal​ will be published during the 2019/2020 season with Bone & Ink Press!  Details to come!