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Pre-Order Your Copy of Mid-Bloom NOW!

4/23/2021

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My forthcoming chapbook, Mid-Bloom, is now available for pre-order through Finishing Line Press. Place your orders online by mid-June and your copy will be mailed as soon as the book is released on August 13, 2021. 

For authors publishing work through small presses, pre-orders are extremely important. The number of orders placed during this time will determine the size of my print run (aka how many copies total are printed to be sold) AND the number of pre-orders will impact the royalty percentage I receive for the life of the book. So by placing an order now, you are not only supporting me by buying the work, but by ensuring I am compensated at a higher rate in the future!
Mid-Bloom is a collection of poems exploring the loss of my mother to cancer when I was just 15 years old and my own experience with breast cancer at the age of 36. Losing my mom at such a young age has long been an inspiration for my writing, not to mention something that has shaped my identity for years. But going through chemotherapy, I felt a bond with her that I never expected, a new understanding of what she must have felt so many years ago. Her absence became palpable all over again.

I'm looking forward to sharing these poems with the world, and I appreciate your support. Place your order with Finishing Line Press now!
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Publication Announcement: Prague in Synthetics

9/12/2014

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I am pleased to announce the upcoming publication of my debut chapbook from Finishing Line Press. Titled Prague in Synthetics, this collection of poems stems from my experiences studying abroad on Western Michigan University's Prague Summer Program. I believe the definitions of the word "synthetic" best indicate the focus of these poems:
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Cover Design by Kari Hall (karihall.com)

SYNTHETIC, adjective \sin-'the-tik\
1. made by combining different substances; not natural
2. attributing to a subject something determined by observation rather than analysis of the nature of the subject and not resulting in self-contradiction if negated
3. devised, arranged, or fabricated for special situations to imitate or replace usual realities
4. characterized by frequent and systematic use of inflected forms to express relationships (synthetic languages)
-Merriam-Webster Dictionary


SYNTHETIC LANGUAGE, noun
1. different grammatical aspects are expressed in one word by changing the structure of that word
2. in Czech, one word is often sufficient to express what English can only achieve by using multiple words
-Wikitravel



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Copies will be available for pre-order beginning October 27, and the anticipated publication date is February 6, 2015. More details on how to order your copy coming soon!
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Publication Announcement - From the Depths

6/26/2014

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I am pleased to be included in the Summer 2014 issue of From the Depths just published today by Haunted Waters Press. The issue is available to view online or download digitally for free, or print copies are available. Either way, you should check out this lovely selection of literature!

View the new issue on MagCloud:
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/777112?__r=214772


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Glassworks Magazine - Issue 8

5/23/2014

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I'm very pleased to announce the publication of Issue 8 of Glassworks Magazine. Working with the student editors on this through Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing program was a joy, and what a beautiful issue we've put together.

Visit our website here: http://rowanglassworks.org

and

View the full issue online here: http://issuu.com/glassworksmagazine

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What Will Your Verse Be?

1/15/2014

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Best commercial ever? Definitely one of the best speeches ever. Thank you Dead Poets Society.
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?' Answer. That you are here, that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

What will your verse be?"
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Belief

10/18/2013

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During graduate school, I was fortunate enough to attend the Prague Summer Program run by Western Michigan University. The program offers courses in creative writing, literature, and photography, and also includes several lectures and readings by a remarkable collection of faculty. The theme when I attended was "Faith and Art," and my assumption based on this was that the lectures would all come from a religious angle. Some did, but the brilliant writers and artists I encountered interpreted this theme in a much bigger way.

One panel in particular has stuck with me for years.
Rather than focusing on faith AND art, the panelist explored the idea of faith IN art.

The arts are something I have always believed in. Be it literature, dance, music, visual art, or otherwise, art has the power to affect people in profound ways. I truly believe art has the power to change the world.

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Reading Literary Fiction

10/3/2013

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To continue my diatribe on why literature matters (and by diatribe, I mean my string of quotes and articles suggesting such) a new study suggests that reading literary fiction as opposed to popular/genre fiction or popular nonfiction leads to greater emotional intelligence.

Somehow, I don't find this shocking at all. Makes perfect sense.

See the full article at the NY Times Blog: "I Know How You're Feeling, I Read Chekov"
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Sense of Expectation

9/26/2013

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“I’ve never comprehended this idea of spoilers, the folks who line up to get the last Harry Potter, and turn right to the last page of the book as soon as it’s in their hands. My favorite time as a kid was not Christmas morning. It was the night before Christmas, and the sense of expectation. Nothing is ever as good as your imagination. That’s how it works."

-Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad-


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I Exist as I am, That is Enough

9/18/2013

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"I know I am august
I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood
I see that the elementary laws never apologize,
(I reckon I behave no prouder than the level I plant my house by, after all)
I exist as I am, that is enough."
-Walt Whitman-
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Remembering

9/11/2013

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"Art may not make anything better, but there is some power in recognizing that someone else has felt as you do, that your interiority, which seems especially in grief so unreachable, may in fact share a space with the inner life of another." - Mark Doty

Today, each year, so many of us reflect and think about where we were when we first heard about or saw the unbelievable historical event that has undoubtedly changed our country forever. Ultimately, I think it matters less where we were, what we were doing, how much we remember. What matters more is what followed. How we moved forward. Where we are today.

In that spirit, an article about the place of art in times of tragedy. Poetry matters, people. It does.

Can Poetry Console a Grieving Public? by Mark Doty
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    Poetry chapbook Mid-Bloom (Finishing Line Press, 2021)

    Poetry chapbook Prague in Synthetics (Finishing Line Press, 2015)

    Senior Lecturer of Writing Arts at Rowan University

    Master of Arts in Writing Program Coordinator Rowan University

    Editor in Chief of Glassworks literary magazine


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