So much is happening! - Spuyten Duyvil is going to be publishing my poetry collection Shelter in Place later this year. I'm over the moon! I'll post more details as I have them! - On March 2, I'll be leading a workshop on poetry comics as part of Death Rattle Writers Festival's "Four Words" event. It's somewhat inspired by my dissertation! Here's the description: Inner Landscapes: Poetry Comics, Metaphor, and Visual Emotion In our day-to-day lives, we use metaphor to describe

This past weekend, I delivered a workshop on short comics and poetry comics as part of the "Crash of Rhinos" lineup in Ketchum, Idaho. It was super fun making comics with folks, some of whom had never tried them before! Photo courtesy of Silver Creek Writers' Residency. Thanks for a great weekend, Ketchum! #comics #poetrycomics #teaching #writing #art

Yesterday, I finished typing "Current: An Interactive Poetry Comic" at the Bown Crossing Library. It felt great to see this project come to fruition! It should be available in its entirety on the Library's site some time this fall. Here was my approach to the project (though I ended up letting people choose the verb for the first poem, too): "Words are adventures that take us somewhere, especially when used to create art. Stories, poems, and fables teach us, transport us, and

Also this past summer, I taught two camps for The Cabin, a literary nonprofit in Boise. I taught "The Graphic Novel" for 7th-9th graders and "The Poetry Workshop" for 10th-12th graders. We had a great time reading, writing, and making art! Below is one quick image from each camp. Poetry Workshop: Graphic Novel: Hope to see you next summer, campers! #poetry #comics #graphicnarratives #teaching