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I'm on the Your Stories Don't Define You, How You Tell Them Will Podcast!

Sarah Elkins is an incredible facilitator of storytelling. She's great at telling her own stories and encouraging the best stories out of...

I'm Going on My Second Book Tour!

We're getting well into it, but I still wanted to post about it! I'm really grateful to these organizations and venues for allowing me...

I'm a New England Book Award Finalist for Poetry!

To be listed amongst poets of color, poets whose work I admire, and poets based in different areas of New England is an incredible honor....

I'm on The Bechdel Cast Podcast!

Caitlin Durante, Jamie Loftus, and I talk about my book Judas & Suicide as well as the 2008 film The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It is a...

I'm on The Black Girl Film Club Podcast!

Ashley Ayer, Britney Brinson, and I talk about my book Judas & Suicide as well as the 2008 film The Secret Life of Bees. It is a movie...

I'm on The Line Break Podcast!

Chris Corlew, Bob Sykora, and I talk about plays, Jeremy Radin's poem "Bashert," how sweet R.A. Villanueva is, a poem of mine from Judas...

I'm Going On My First Book Tour!

I'm so grateful for each of these organizations and venues for saying yes to me and my first book. :) <3 I look forward to seeing folks...

My Epistolary Poetry Workshop on Grief and Memory

I'm so grateful to Maine's poet laureate Julia Bouwsma for selecting me and these fellow poets to facilitate an epistolary poetry...

I'm a 2022 Ashley Bryan Fellow!

Ashley Bryan was an award winning African American writer and illustrator for people of all ages. Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance...

I'm on the Poetry is Freedom Podcast!

LaRisa Denise was an incredible host and poet to talk to about therapy, how to write in a way that takes care of ourselves, and prayer as...

I'm on the Bread & Poetry Podcast!

It was an honor and a privilege to speak to Portsmouth's thirteenth poet laureate Diannely Antigua on the Bread & Poetry Podcast. I love...

Stay: Poets on Suicide and Survival

Register for this online panel and reading of different poets talking about suicidality and survival for Suicide Awareness Month. Thank...

Harbor Editions is Releasing My Second Book, Refused a Second Date!

I'm very grateful to Allison Blevins of Harbor Editions for reaching out to me directly asking me about my work. My second collection of...

"Loving Your Family Hurts" Won a PortFringe Pulitzer!

PortFringe's festival this year has a range of award categories in the Critics Choice Section to celebrate the range of theater this...

Each month, I'll be working with a different Maine based artist, or group of artists, on a weekly poetry workshop each month for the...

I'm on the Emotional Support Lady Podcast!

I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to talk with Allison Raskin on her podcast Emotional Support Lady! We talked about my book coming out...

I Did a TEDx Talk!

I was invited to do a TEDx Talk on Friday, April 8th of this year. And now it's finally available for all to see! I talked about my...

Each month, I'll be working with a different Maine based artist, or group of artists, on a weekly poetry workshop each month for the...

Each month, I'll be working with a different Maine based artist, or group of artists, on a weekly poetry workshop each month for the...

Each month, I'll be working with a different Maine based artist, or group of artists, on a weekly poetry workshop each month for the...