I’m still amazed every day at the two Americas we live in. I was raised in the other one, the one I escaped. My entire biological family, minus a few, are Trump supporters. I grew up hearing racist things spoken by caregivers every single day. My mother, a...
My poem “Lost,” a poem about hiking alone and facing one’s demons while doing so, is currently available in issue 37.2 of Louisiana Literature. Louisiana Literature has featured some of the finest writing published in America. The journal has...
My poem “Disorder” is currently available in issue 27.3 of The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review. Sow’s Ear is a distinctive venue linking poetry and kindred arts in print. Based in Winchester, Virginia, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review has been...
My poem “Vanishing Point” is currently available in Issue 16.1 of Harpur Palate. Harpur Palate is the acclaimed national literary journal published twice each year by the English Department at Binghamton University. They print poetry, fiction, and creative...
Poetry about suffering can be difficult to write. Many of us want to forget our darkest moments, not remember them, or even worse: immortalize them in published form. And writing about painful subjects does bring up more pain. There’s no doubt about that. Why...
