It’s that time of year. You are likely making your way through a gauntlet of parties, gift shopping, and cookie baking…while trying to meet at…
As I was researching my last post, “A Great Big Guide to How to Write a Poem Every Day,” a few thoughts came up related…
Sometime in the middle of 2022, the idea to create a poetry class around writing a poem a day got ahold of me. Little did…
I’m currently finishing up a lengthy blog post all about writing a poem a day: the formal challenges that exist out there, mindset, important considerations,…
From getting out there in the world, I know the past two weeks have been some of the harder ones for Americans so far in…
I am deep down a rabbit hole of research at the moment, working on a new installment for my revision class series that I’m excited…
A quick note about something I came across that may be of interest. I’m in the habit of listening to podcasts to fall asleep, and…
Yesterday I got the news that the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), where I had a graduate assistantship 2005-2006, will be making severe…
Like a lot of people, I’ve been rethinking my spending habits lately (hard economic data there, if you’re into that sort of thing), and asking…
Some exciting news: I’m giving a talk at an upcoming summit called Write Your Own Way. I’ll be presenting on “Finding Guideposts for Your Writing,”…