April is National Poetry Month. I’m writing a poem a day to prepare for a May residency devoted to revision.
I recently reconnected with the Poetry Society of Vermont through its national contest. “At My Sister’s Grave” was a finalist and will appear in The Mountain Troubadour.
A new poem is forthcoming in Ruminate later this spring. Please check back for updates.
Friday, March 1, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Content Bookstore, Northfield, Minnesota.
Writers Night: Resistance and Sustainability. On this First Friday Writers Night, writers will read to promote awareness of Northfield’s goal to adopt a Climate Action Plan. Readers include Becky Boling, D.E. Green, Diane LeBlanc, Riki Kölbl Nelson, Orick Peterson, Leslie Schultz, Steve McCown, Linne Jensen, Florence Dacey, Larry Gavin and Christine Kallman, and Bruce Anderson. Hosted by Northfield Poet Laureate Rob Hardy.
Greetings for the new year. Two new poems are in Sweet Lit 11.2.
Please check these announcements for new poems forthcoming.
Upcoming:
September 29, 10:00 a.m., Content Bookstore, 2018 Northfield Poetry Festival, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen with several Northfield poets.
After leading several workshops and wrapping up a few ongoing projects in the past few months, I’m grateful to be writing and revising poems and essays. New work is forthcoming. Please check back.
Upcoming: 2nd Annual Northfield Poetry Festival, Content, 10 a.m. September 29, 2018
For the sports, history, and gender studies readers on your winter gift list, Playing for Equality: Oral Histories of Women Leaders in the Early Years of Title IX is an accessible history, told through personal stories, of the law that changed sports and athletics for women. Now through January 2, 2018, you’ll get 30% off your order of two or more books. Use the coupon code HOLIDAY17.
Upcoming Workshop: January 20, 2018. “How to Write a Good Short Poem,” Rob Hardy and Diane LeBlanc. 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Grade 9 – Adult) and 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Grades 5 – 8). Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN.
September 1 – 23, Northfield Arts Guild Annual Members’ Show. I have three handmade books in the show beside the pottery, painting, jewelry, and more from member artists.
Color Theory
September 21, 7 – 9 p.m. Artists Reception at the Northfield Arts Guild, 304 Division Street, Northfield, Minnesota
September 30, 10:30 a.m., Northfield Poetry Festival. Local poets read and sign books at Content in Northfield. Details coming soon.
Seven Kitchens Press will donate a portion of September and October profits to the Houston Food Bank. Sales from my new chapbook, This Space for Message, will contribute.
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It’s here! Seven Kitchens Press just released my new chapbook, This Space for Message. Please visit the press site and check out the range of voices in each series. Books are all hand-stitched and wrapped carefully for shipping. Thank you for supporting independent presses.
Upcoming in September 2017:
September 1 – 23, Northfield Arts Guild Annual Members’ Show. Artist reception is on September 21, 7 – 9 p.m. I’ll have three handmade books in the show beside the pottery, painting, jewelry, and more from member artists.
September 30, 10:30 a.m., Northfield Poetry Festival. Local poets read and sign books at Content in Northfield. Details coming soon.
Thanks to Seven Kitchens Press, my new chapbook is on its way. This Space for Message will be available later this summer. Please check this site for updates, and visit Seven Kitchens Press to browse their selection of available chapbooks. Editor Ron Mohring stitches each book by hand.
Upcoming events:
April 27, 2017, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Writers Night, “Cultivate Your Garden,” hosted by Northfield Poet Laureate Rob Hardy. Ten Northfield poets, including me, will read poems that loosely interpret the theme. Northfield Public Library.
May 26, 2017, Glue, Stitch, Write: A Poetry & Book Arts Workshop with Donna Hilbert and Diane LeBlanc, Write On, Door County, Fish Creek, Wisconsin.
