One of my superhero poems, “Jennifer Walter Remembers,” appeared in Rabbit Catastrophe Review #14. The issue is stunning in itself, what with the hand-printed cover, the hand-sewn binding, and a delightfully smooth choice of paper (60 lb Cougar Natural Paper, in case you’re interested). A news erasure poem, “Explosion,” appeared in Pleiades recently, and more poems are forthcoming in a handful of journals.

altered from: Daguerrotype of Emily Dickinson, c. 1847. Amherst College Special Collections.
In somewhat bigger news, I’m delighted that Dancing Girl Press will release my chapbook of Emily Dickinson erasures later this year! Once I was finished writing (or unwriting, if you will) these poems, DGP was the first place that came to mind – I couldn’t think of a better home for this chapbook. DGP already published my first chapbook, The Five Parts of Love – Confabulating Sappho, way back in 2012. This time, rather than confabulating (spinning poems around Sappho’s poetry fragments), I’m erasing, liberating a voice from Emily Dickinson’s existing poetry.
I also have two full-length manuscripts I’m fiddling with / sending out, so fingers crossed.
Here’s to a new year full of poetry!