Category Archives: creative process

all the way to just about there in 2019

It is with great pleasure (ok, I’m squealing!) that I announce my second (full-length) book of poetry, all the way to just about there, has been accepted for publication by FutureCycle Press. It is scheduled to publish next summer. The … Continue reading

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It’s Here! The Magic Rectangle Available for the Holidays!

Hooray! My prose poem collection, The Magic Rectangle, is available now from Folded Word. I just love this cover, designed by Folded Word’s Editor in Chief JS Graustein. I think you’ll like the inside, too—more than 20 prose poems that … Continue reading

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Sorry, Thomas Wolfe, but Sometimes You CAN Go Home Again

I just returned from a carefully planned, two-week trip through Germany with my family to visit dearest friends and old haunts. It took a lot of planning on my part, but with the internet (yay!), just about anything is possible … Continue reading

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