Join us once more on March 7, 2021 – 3:00pm EST Poetrio: Jesús Sepúlveda, Gianna Russo, and Aditi Machado Join us for our monthly poetry event featuring three poets. This month, we welcomeJesús Sepúlveda, Gianna Russo, Aditi Machado. Click here to RSVP for this event. On the day of the event, we will send a reminder […]
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“Coming Home to North Carolina: A Virtual Reading”
Save the Date: Thursday, November 5 at 6:00 p.m. 2020 Linda Flowers Literary Award Winner I am delighted! Y’all welcome to attend: https://fb.me/e/cFV3nCZrE YouTube stream: https://youtu.be/3jhbxhbL_q0 Looking forward to this event.
Reading coming up October 6 @ my fav bookstore, Malaprop’s
I recently started coordinating Poetrio Events with Malaprop’s, which means every first Sunday of the month you can find me hanging out with three poets who have published new books. We invite three different poets to read at the bookstore and I’m excited to be reading as well and also getting introduced to the public […]
Shuddering Expansion/Where home is
When love ends, It becomes a memory. If it abides, It never ends. My unending/abiding inquiry into the complex understanding of home, interwoven with love, is now housed in Asymptote’s July issue. It includes an audio version of the hybrid essay, Shuddering Expansion/Where home is, read by yours, truly. If you’re curious about […]
Glad Tidings–a good start and other events lineup
On a Sunday afternoon, I was honored to share some of my work on 103.3 Asheville FM. Here’s the recording for you to listen to at your convenience. I’ve now accepted that lizards and insects are prominent in my poetic hybrids. Imagine my delight when a few days after reading a hybrid that features lizards regenerating […]
Announcing two Readings: Sausalito Library and Adobe Books, CA.
Friends and book lovers, I’m wrapping up my one-month residence in California with two readings: One at Sausalito Library (Wednesday June 28 at 7pm) and the second at Adobe Books in San Francisco (Thursday June 29 at 7 pm). See the details below. It will be my pleasure to have your presence. Looking forward to seeing […]
Celebrations
We just celebrated the turning of maples with mapleshapedcookies the hopicecream and applecider It occurred to me how it takes so little to celebrate Back home we only acknowledged big events I know why Birthdays weren’t among the big events But funerals were. And baptisms, marriages–the arc Birth, Weddings, Death. The […]
Paint the Quad poetry
When I was an undergrad many years ago my favorite expression with friends was, “Let’s go paint the town red” and red we did paint wherever we ended up. We were in touch with the spirit of freedom, a little bit of anarchy and tons of creativity. College, especially, inspired that kind of liberty. Imagine […]
This year so far: Caves, Caverns & Garden of the Gods
My year always begins and ends in August. Overall, this has been an exceptionally abundant year. I’ve felt productive in my personal and professional life, and the challenges I’ve encountered have demonstrated that problems and solutions are different sides of the same coin. Ease into one, flip it over, and you’ll see the other. Both […]
2015 Sylt Foundation African Writer’s Residency Award–Good News
So delighted to know that this time next year I’ll take up residence in Sylt, the beautiful island in Northern Germany. So honored to be chosen. The Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award (AWRA) provides a two months stay in a subsidized apartment on the German island of Sylt to writers of contemporary African literature, […]
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