In the February 2016 issue of The Writer’s Chronicle, in her essay “How to Give a Killer Reading” Christine Vines discusses great readings and suggests timing yourself, possibly preparing two different selections. Vines notes the importance of inflection during…
You are the author of the forthcoming chapbook Mother Tongue from Dancing Girl Press available here. You also blog about motherhood, writing, and art here. You discuss in one post the inspiration and strength you draw from the transcribed…
You’re the author of the full-length collection Millions of Ravenous Creatures (Big Table Publishing, 2016) and the four chapbooks Seeds (Flutter Press, 2017), Hope and Compulsion (Big Table Publishing, 2009), Waking Up on a Sinking Boat (Pudding House Publications,…
You are the author of the chapbook White Goat Black Sheep (Finishing Line Press), a collection that Sandra Beasely calls “a set of intimate lyrics” that offer a “fresh discerning edge.” White Goat Black Sheep is a collection of…
You are the author of four chapbooks, two in poetry, one in fiction, and a collaboration with two additional chapbooks forthcoming. Your newest collection is Seen/unseen (Cervena Barva Press) that was written with your son, Benjamin Ostrowski. Talk about…
Susan Sontag wrote, “Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world.” We had a chance to talk a bit about your chapbooks First Breaths of Arrival (Oil Hill Press) and Traumas (Yellow Flag Press) here, focusing…
You are the editor of the why and later (Deep Cleveland Press, 2007), and the author of the full-length collection the stream sequence (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2006), and the DIY chapbook Yama Niyama, a sequence on yogic philosophy.…
You are the part of part of the editorial collective behind Espresso which publishes limited edition chapbooks. Espresso has released ten chapbooks and uses both modern technology and traditional practices—hand sewn and bound with french flaps or hand-sewn into…
We had the chance to talk about chapbooks in 2015 here, and some of your DIY and poetry challenge inspired chapbooks. In April last year when many poets commit to writing a new poem daily, some with the help…
You are the author of the full-length collection Cosmovore (Aqueduct Press, 2017), the chapbook Daughter Shaman Sings Blood Anthem (Porkbelly Press, 2017), and the forthcoming chapbook Red & Vast (dancing girl press, 2018), each of which address feminism, embodiment,…
