. . . from this yard I have been composing a great speech, that I write about myself, that it’s good to be a poet, that I look like the drawing of a house that was pencilled by a child, that curiously, I miss him and my mind is not upon the Pleaides, […]
In the wren song of brief rain, what matters is that we instill the darkness with jade --Arthur Sze, "The Angle of Reflection equals the Angle of Incidence" To write poetry […]
This is a virtual class held via Zoom. This poetry writing class, suitable for beginning and experienced writers, will take inspiration from the natural world. We will write, in other words, about our relationship to our worlds, and our responsibilities to each other. For example, we will read Juliana’s Spahr’s long poem “Gentle Now, Don’t […]
Class meets Wednesdays: October 6, October 13, October 20, October 27 from 5:00 to 6:30pm EDT. →REGISTER ← In this four-week poetry class, we'll ask ourselves, "What is a successful harvest?" How have we gathered nourishment for our lives--food and water, material comfort, spiritual wealth, love--and how do we disperse that nourishment? No, no, […]
Women's Herstory Month Poetry Night Poetry night for Womxn's Herstory Month is Wednesday March 16 6:30 to 8:00 eastern on Zoom (register to receive a link) at the Woodlawn (DE) Library. Join us in a celebration of women artists. Local poets will share their work in an intimate gathering through Zoom. Listen to the work of […]
“Your silence will not protect you.”― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches "Naming the Nameless: A Writing Retreat for Marginalized Voices" is for beginning writers and writers with previous experience. It's an opportunity for people who love to write and create in community. We'll share our stories. We'll give ourselves space and the tenderness […]
Award Winners XXII Opening Reception and Concert I will read a nonfiction excerpt from my hybrid genre memoir What Were the Names of the Trees? In addition, this opening reception at the Biggs Museum debuts my visual essay-poem "Don't Erase Me" and in collaboration with my sister, comic artist Maria Balingit, a graphic narrative version of […]
during the West Street Art Festival's 12 to 1pm line-up, with Traci Currie and Delaware women writers, participants in Naming the Nameless May 2022 writing retreat. WHERE: At the 3rd Annual West Street Art Festival (sponsored by The Delaware Contemporary, 200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, 302.656.6466) WHEN: 11 AM TO 3 PM […]
Exited to work with Dorothy Allison, who is leading the nonfiction/memoir workshop at upcoming Macondo Writers Workshop virtual edition! And ready to be inspired by the works of Macondista writer-activists. In addition to workshops, there will be three nights of readings including a faculty reading July 29 7:00-8:30 pm CST. All readings free and open […]
A luscious month-long fall 2022 residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts will let me to focus on revisions to the draft of my memoir, What Were the Names of the Trees? I am grateful for the generous support of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and for support from the CSG Endowment of […]
If you are trying to plan your weekend October 7 - 8, I hope you'll include In the Company of Laureates at Woodbridge Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia. Twenty poets laureate will gather to read and offer generative writing workshops: current and former national, state, county and community poets laureate from Pennsylvania, West Virginia […]