POEM & INTERVIEW
The Steps*
(w/recorded reading)
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I'm excited to announce that my autobiographical poem "The Steps" has been published—together with a thoughtful Q&A and audio recording of me reading the poem—by the phenomenal poetry education & advocacy org, Brooklyn Poets. It's an honor to have been selected as the December 5th, 2022 Poet of the Week, and to have my poem housed as part of this incredible, longstanding online feature. I'm so grateful to Founder Jason Koo, the editors, and entire staff at Brooklyn Poets; this feature is a deeply touching way to close out not only the year, but a beautiful first season spent teaching a weekly drop-in class as part of their fierce educational programming.
*NOTE (Nov 2023):
It seems that a recent website redesign at Brooklyn Poets has inadvertently removed the formatting of my poem. It's in the process of being restored, but in the meantime—please
>>> READ "The Steps" HERE! <<<
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You can still enjoy the interview & recording segments of this wonderful feature!
POEM
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Thrilled to have one of my poems housed in this beautiful 15th anniversary edition of The Red Wheelbarrow literary journal, which is published annually out of William Carlos Williams' hometown of Rutherford, NJ. To learn more about the noble publishing org and to order a copy of the journal, visit The Red Wheelbarrow Poets.
TWO POEMS
and Life Support
I'm honored to have two works published as "companion poems" in the spring 2022 print issue of Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities. I'm also grateful that this beautiful journal will now be the hand-held home to these deeply personal poems, written in honor of my late father and mother, respectively.
HAIKU
PHOTOBOOK REMEDIATION
Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman
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This photobook is an inspired remediation of the classic Walt Whitman poem "Song Of The Open Road," which first appeared in the 1865 edition of "Leaves of Grass." I composed this eBook in June of 2011 while pursuing my B.A. in Creative Writing at Florida State University, as the final project to a fantastic course entitled "Rhetoric and Composition in the Digital Age."
HUMOR ESSAY
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I composed this "critical" essay in 2012 while pursuing my B.A. in Creative Writing from Florida State University. The essay won first place in the nonfiction category of The Kudzu Review's annual writing contest, and was published in their Spring 2013 issue. The Kudzu Review is FSU's stellar undergraduate journal of literature & art.
EPISTOLARY ESSAY/MEMOIR PIECE
Dear Miss Peters
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This essay holds a special place in my wordsmithing heart. Composed on the wings of taking a nonfiction writing workshop led by one of my personal heroines of page & pen—brilliant author, essayist, and journalist Meghan Daum—it's at once a personal essay and a love letter to my fifth grade teacher-turned-beloved-guru.
POEM (print & video)
(MY EARLIEST) POEM*
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*Composed at age ten, when, for the record I lived near a forest and had lots of friends and a Snoopy Snow Cone Machine and I do not recall looking at birds.
CRITICAL ESSAY
The Poetics of Trust: An Examination of the Nature and Significance of Trust in a Poem's Speaker
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This is the big-time long-form scholarly scholarly essay I composed as a key requirement for the completion of MFA in Poetry in January 2021. And yes I wrote in my pajamas while sipping an oaky red and cursed critical essay writing the whole time and I deeply believe in its central theme and think you just might too so come on grab your bevie of choice and give it a readerly shot!
TRIBUTE POETRY RECITATION (voice/bass duo)
The Art of Disappearing by Naomi Shihab Nye
Click for full text.
VISUAL ESSAY
In Art We Trust: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Paradox
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This eBook is a visual essay I composed while pursuing my B.A. in Creative Writing from Florida State University, for a powerful course entitled "Literature and Culture of The Great Depression."
PERSONAL ESSAY
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In 2016, I successfully presented this essay to the admissions committee of the Master of Arts in Teaching Literature Program at Bard College. Sadly, after attending my first semester in the program, I had to withdraw due to the demands of a personal tragedy.
Self-Directed Study
Sawdust
POETRY RECITATIONS
Walt Whitman Practices Holding Up a New York Deli
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Sammichele di Bari
NOTE (2023):
Since recording these clips, both poems have evolved for forthcoming publication. These videos were originally created and shared as social media posts during the 2020 pandemic lockdown.
