// dream delivery

My father was a relentless genealogist, adding the names, birthdates, marriages, and other details of more than 30,000 of my Continue reading →

// cover reveal

I’m elated to share this cover with you: I’ve heard horror stories about covers, but so far I’m three for Continue reading →

// advance praise

Borderline Fortune is starting to take shape as a full-fledged book, and I hope to have a cover to show Continue reading →

// shelter in place & parentheses

I hope this finds you surviving and at least sometimes thriving. ❤ This year has brought some of the best Continue reading →

// can we have our ball back?

Just a note on the eve of another lockdown to share some good news about Borderline Fortune, forthcoming from Penguin Continue reading →

// winner of the national poetry series

  In the midst of my county burning down and threatening to suffocate us all, I’m still honored and deeply Continue reading →

// the reckoning

If you followed my work at all before 2020, then you know Berfrois and its sister publication, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Continue reading →

// laid bare

  I saw a headline that said George Floyd’s death “laid bare America’s racial wounds.” But they were already laid Continue reading →