Poem of the Month

The best poem I read this month was “Obituary Generator” by Mariah Bosch. Continue reading →

Poetry Recommendations for Black History Month

On my podcast I recommended four historical poetry collections by Black poets, but I want to add three more here on my blog. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by award-winning writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood in The Gambia, West Africa, her … Continue reading →

The Journal: A Literary Magazine

One of my poems is in the latest issue of The Journal. That’s it! 🤓 Continue reading →

Anticipated Reading in 2021

I wish I could create a post about books I read in 2020 that were my favorites, but I didn’t read enough to do that. My reading habits have plummeted this year. I checked my Good Reads and the last book I completed was in April. In August, I read a few pages of poetry … Continue reading →

Success on My Literary Goals

I committed to four literary goals for 2020 and I’m happy to report that I was semi-successful with all of them. The first one was to take a writing workshop. I took four! And it would have been five, but one was canceled due to Covid-19. I really enjoyed the community that two of my … Continue reading →