March 1st 2010

So, the two big snowstorms have passed, mostly we got rain and high winds. The melting snow revealed that more shingles have blown off our roof; my late father, a roofer by trade, is probably looking down in horror at my lackadaisicalness. Anyway, on the poetry front there is a lot going on. I have added many readings to my schedule including one on March 22nd at SUNY New Paltz and another one with my friend, John Dorsey, at the Bohemian Book Bin in August, so check out my Poetry Readings link. As far as publications, one of my new poems “The Heart as a Geometric Heart” was posted online at Asphodel Madness , so feel free to check it out and tell me how much you love or hate the piece. In addition, Rusty Truck posted one of the pieces from the collection that I am working on about the pool hall I co-owned with my husband. In addition, Red Fez will be posting one of my new pieces soon!

Oh, and I have to add that I have been reading some great books that I want to recommend: LOVESICK by Howie Good, the broken and the damned by Jason Hardung, Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser, and The Desecration of Doves by Arlene Ang. I am also looking forward to reading Kevin Sampsell’s new memoir, which I just ordered.

February 1, 2010

Just read at the Fuze Box in Albany and had a great time! I can not say it enough-THE ALBANY POETS ARE GREAT! Please check out the link I have to Albany Poets and also Dan Wilcox’s page, he is incredibly amazing, and his photos, documenting the scene, are incredible! This upcoming Thursday, I am reading at Noble Coffee Roasters in Campbell Hall at 7pm. Then on Saturday, I am hosting a reading at Half Moon Books, featuring: Howie Good, Pauline Uchmanowicz, Rusty Barnes and Cheryl A. Rice! It is going to be awesome!

January 10, 2010

Happy New Year!!! Well to start off this year, I have a poem in the new issue of 13 Miles From Cleveland, another piece in Mannequin Envy and one in Underground Voices. Rusty Truck will be publishing two of my pieces in upcoming online and print editions at www.rustytruck.wordpress.com. My work is also forthcoming in nibble and The New York Quarterly. I have many readings scheduled for this year, so check out my readings link. In addition, I am hosting a few readings at Half Moon Books in Kingston, NY. On the first Saturday in February at 6:30 p.m. Pauline Uchmanowicz, Howie Good, Rusty Barnes and Cheryl Rice will be reading. It is going to be an incredible series!