Preparing to Write: A Not-for-the-Faint-of-Heart Guide

I’ve heard there are some writers who just start. These writers, if I’m to believe the stories, put pen to … More

On not revising (at least for now)

On the evening of January 31, 2019, I sat in a third floor classroom of Loft Literary in Minneapolis and … More

When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she found a wonderland of bizarre characters and strange goings-on she had never … More

In May of 1982, I was a twenty-three year old master’s student attending my first academic conference. Held at the … More

I’ve been pretty busy lately. I’m commuting between Tacoma, Washington and Phoenix for my final semester of teaching at ASU. … More

Even when I was young, the obituaries were “must reading” in my local newspaper. I wasn’t a morbid child – … More

I’ve written a lot in the last three decades. My curriculum vitae lists 41 published articles, 21 book chapters, dozens … More

That venerable resource, Wikipedia, defines “Found Poetry” as “a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole … More

My mother found a lot of ways to refer to her four daughters during the decades she wrote her weekly … More

A time out from the intrepid women I usually write about in this space to post about, well, me. And … More