anapoetics

Chapbook publication day!

My debut chapbook, We retreat into the stillness of our own bones, was released today by Tolsun Books!

A new poem in wildness

I'm so happy to have a poem in the latest issue of wildness journal, especially because my friend Shelley Wong also has a lovely piece in the same issue. I'm looking forward to receiving my copy of her full-length collection, As She Appears (YesYes Books 2022).

My poem in wildness will appear in my chapbook forthcoming very soon from Tolsun Books:

"[It's one of several possible todays]"

A new poem in Nixes Mate Review

I'm very pleased to have a new poem in the special climate change issue of Nixes Mate Review. Many thanks to the editors for presenting it so beautifully:

"Some People Kept Using Their Fireplaces, Even on Non-Burn Days"

Three poems in Twyckenham Notes

I have three poems in beautiful Issue Fourteen of Twyckenham Notes, which went live this morning.  It's an honor to be in such company. Many thanks to Editor-in-Chief Austin Veldman for selecting my work:

"Beauty Always Extracts a Price"

"Location Shoot, Night, With Crows as Props"

"The Cities Have No Use for Seasons"

Five poems in Sublunary Review

I'm very excited that Sublunary Review accepted five of my chapbook poems. They went live earlier this month:

"[Our bones lie together, all hollow]"

"[We held off the tree line]"

"[After dreaming of sun, I woke up / with burned skin]"

"[We pose together, an untaken picture]"

"[The water thins, our shower]"

Two poems at MORIA Literary Magazine

I'm thrilled to have two poems up at MORIA Literary Magazine:

"[A squall imprints the windows]"

"[A bolt of plaid ocean rolls past]"

Eight poems and an interview at The Inflectionist Review

When John Sibley Williams, co-editor of The Inflectionist Review, emailed me this summer with an invitation to be the "Featured Poet" in the next issue of his journal, my initial reaction was huge surprise, followed by gratitude. Over the next several months, that initial feeling of surprise has endured, and I hope it never fades. The October 2021 issue has just gone live. I'm startled--and honored--to be included here alongside so many amazing poets, and I absolutely love the work of Megan Merchant, the "Featured Artist" for the issue.

Eight of my poems are featured, including the title poem of my forthcoming chapbook from Tolsun Books. And here's the most mind-blowing part: the issue includes an interview on my poetic process. I am extremely grateful to John and co-editor Anatoly Molotkov for their vote of confidence in my work. I have long admired their journal and it's thrilling that so many of my poems have found a home there.

Interview as the "Featured Poet" for Issue 13 (October 2021)

"[One childhood day—the sky indelible]"

"[In the thicker sky of coastal cities]"

"[We will never gain the steep]"

"[We retreat into / the stillness of our own bones—]"

"[A cloud formed in the lobby]"

"[We listen to candlelight burning, thin]"

"[I rearrange my inner ear]"

"[The sanderlings choose to run]"

A new poem at High Shelf

My poem "Diagnosis" is the lead poem in the May 2021 issue of High Shelf magazine!  See page 9 of the online issue.  Many thanks to the editors for giving the poem such a good home. This is a special poem for me and I wouldn't want it to appear just anywhere. 

A new poem at Star 82 Review!

My poem "Crescent" has found its home with Star 82 Review.  Many thanks to Alisa Golden for selecting and presenting it so beautifully.  I'm thrilled to see it among the other "hidden gems."

A new poem at The Night Heron Barks

I am so pleased have a new poem included in the Fall 2020 season of The Night Heron Barks.  This poem began during the 2019 Napa Valley Writers' Conference, when I had the distinct privilege of being in Eavan Boland's workshop.  Her feedback lives in the final version.  Thanks to my workshop mates, and to another teacher, Jeanine Walker, who has been helping me grapple with when a poem is "done."  Finally, thanks to the editorial staff at The Night Heron Barks for presenting the poem so beautifully.

• "An Oral History of the Last Earthquake in the San Joaquin"

Two poems published at Birdland Journal!

I have two poems in the summer 2020 issue of Birdland Journal, a special issue on life during the pandemic.  This is quite exciting because it's been a long time since I've had any work published, and this was only my third acceptance ever.  Many thanks to my classmates in Poetry III for your thoughtful feedback (you know who you are) and to my teacher, Jeanine Walker, as well as to Sharon Smith and Marleen Roggow, the editors of Birdland.

• "Bunker at 3:00 a.m. (or, an optical illusion)"
• "The Wood Planks in the Back Deck Were the Size of Empty Streets"

"Inscription"

My poem "Inscription" was poem of the week this week at West Trestle Review!  After this week, it will be available on the journal's archive page (scroll down).  Many thanks to Patricia Caspers for selecting my work -- my first real published poem! -- and for supporting women poets.