Editor Kristin George Bagdanov has a beautiful blog post about the latest issue of Ruminate and its theme of exposure. I’m delighted to have my poem, “The Convert’s Heart is Good to Eat” featured in this lovely journal. Click here to find the issue.
Poetry Reading at The Dial Bookshop
I’ll be reading poems with some Kundiman fellows at The Dial bookshop in downtown Chicago on Thursday, November 8 at 7:00PM.
Who Raised You?
I’m delighted to have a poem featured on the podcast Who Raised You?
Created and hosted by (my friend and former colleague at SWIC) Treasure Shields Redmond and Karen Jia Lian Yang, Who Raised You is a St. Louis podcast that explores poetry, race, culture, identity–all over a kitchen table conversation. I’m so pleased to be part of their first episode of Season 2.
See the latest episode here (my poem, “Why We Are This Way,” appears at the top of show) and the Who Raised You blog here.
Poem forthcoming in Ruminate
Guest Columns in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mission Creek Recap
Mission Creek Festival 2018 was unforgettable. On Friday, April 6, I sat on a round table panel with Cathy Linh Che and Helene Achanzar to talk about our experiences as Kundiman fellows. The Iowa Writer’s Workshop MFA students were the most thoughtful and welcoming group.
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On Saturday, I read with these writers at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City:
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Pam Zhang, Yvonne Cha, Cathy Linh Che, Helene Achanzar, Stella Wong, Melody Gee
And I heard Cathy read on Friday night, too! Thank you to Yvonne Cha for her incredible organization, Lan Samantha Chang for hosting our panel and for the best lunch, Cathy and Helene for the fellowship meals, and Kundiman for the amazing poetry life I get to be a part of.
Upcoming: Mission Creek Festival, April 3-8, 2018
I’ll be reading with Kundiman fellows Helene Achanzar and Cathy Linh Che at the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City, IA. April 3-8, 2018.
The Dead in Daylight long-listed for the 2016 Julie Suk Award
http://www.jacarpress.com/readers/