Last week I made my first book order for my debut book of poetry, Even the Air, Too Heavy. This whole process has been absolutely surreal. I'm in awe. I can't believe that I'm less than one month away from my book being released! Like, how did I even get here? How, along this amazing … Continue reading First Book Order
Hello everyone! Take a look at what just dropped! The preorders for my debut poetry collection, Even the Air, Too Heavy, is officially available for preorder! Click here to find the list of 2022 books available for preorder from First Matter Press! And please share and purchase a copy. Preorders are extremely important for indie … Continue reading Preorders Are Live!
Hello, everyone! A quick announcement that I am unbelievably excited to share! My debut book of poetry, Even the Air, Too Heavy, will be available for pre-orders on July 15! That's this month. Once the link goes live, I will make an absolutely huge deal out of it (I'm sure you'll see all the posts), … Continue reading ANNOUNCEMENT
We're still in the typesetting phase of the publishing process, but we are now less than 5 months away from the release of my book and I cannot even begin to describe what this feels like. I can't describe how exhilarating it is to watch as my next big step as a writer continues to … Continue reading Publishing and Other Processes
Okay, so this is probably going to sound weird, but I'm excited and kind of can't believe it myself, so I'm writing it out to try and solidify/manifest more of it. My therapist said a lot of things in my therapy appointment yesterday, but one of the primary things I took away was the concept … Continue reading Faith In Things Unseen
Well, I'm not even sure how to begin this post. I'm so excited, I'm still shaking and can hardly type. I woke up this morning to an email in my inbox communicating that the publisher I submitted my poetry manuscript to has decided to accept it. I'm officially part of their 2022 publishing cohort and … Continue reading The Most Exciting News
One of the hardest parts of writing after graduating from an M.F.A. program is that I no longer have specific directions given to me by faculty mentors. No assignments to complete, no book lists to get through outside of the books I'm reading on my own, and no workshops to help point me in different … Continue reading Focus on the Writer You Are
I think often at the heart of poetry is the theme of love. This book begins with a love poem written to a blind ancestor of Erika Hunt's, and as the book continues to move through time and space, the theme of love resonates so strongly, at times I thought I must be reading one … Continue reading Book Review – Time Slips Right Before Your Eyes by Erika Hunt
The first book of Dionne Brand's I ever read was The Blue Clerk. It was a recommended reading for one of the residencies of my M.F.A. program. I read the excerpts that were listed for the residency, and then after the residency ended I went back and reread the whole book because it was an … Continue reading Book Review – Land to Light On by Dionne Brand
I was first introduced to Alice Knotley in my second semester of graduate school. I read the book Grave of Light and it had a radical impact on how I viewed poetry. Wanting to read more long poems and especially poems that blend genres together, I decided my next book of hers to read would … Continue reading Book Review – Disobedience by Alice Knotley
All the Things this is Not by R.J.D.D.
I am consistently pulled forward into a mentality of expansion during the autumn season, but especially in the month of October. There's a very literal as well as metaphorical blending of the lines between life and death in the October weeks. Summer is over. Leaves, impacted by the colder temperatures and the decrease of sunlight, … Continue reading October Inspiration