Tag: poetry

Genre

I’m republishing a series of pieces that I wrote for the now-defunct Juniper Bends Author Collective. Since I can safely assume that none of my readers are big enough fans to take issue with this–much less to notice–I have few qualms about this course of action. The joke goes that genre only exists so that…… Continue reading Genre

Post

Reid and Leah have left Seattle, as have the hordes of writers from all over. I could act like it was thrilling to see folks from NC–and it was–but I’ve ensured that I am never without access to liberal Southerners, even here in WA state. AWP was much sillier than I anticipated; the longer I…… Continue reading Post

Journal

My belated New Year’s Resolution is to journal. I have historically been terrible about this: I would always rather watch sci-fi TV shows or read about other people’s lives. But I have regretted ignoring my own stories every single time I work on any piece of writing.If I’m lucky, there was someone else there to…… Continue reading Journal

Tower

When I wrote my poetry thesis, it felt like everyone else was writing about Greek mythology, getting drunk at house parties, and repressed childhood memories. Now I can’t go anywhere without seeing a themed journal about magic and astrology. Or, perhaps stranger, at the Lucky Funeral reading in Asheville a few weeks back, JD Scott read Tarot poems…… Continue reading Tower

Statements

Been consumed by my personal statement. Decided, almost whimsily, to apply to a graduate English program in Seattle. Thinking a lot about what I can and cannot plan for when we travel so far west. Saving money. Wondering where it will come from next. Trying to refresh my memory of the course I taught as an…… Continue reading Statements

Voice

I am working on a nerdy writing project and running into some trouble adjusting my super-dense academic voice. It’s as though every piece of writing is either up for publication in a scholarly journal, or it’s a poem. I struggle mightily with anything in between these two. Maybe this is why I am funny in…… Continue reading Voice

Writer World

Writers find each other in all sorts of ways. My current writer crush has sent some poets my way to host a reading in Asheville for their book tour. I love the internet.