Soil offers an innovative collection of lyric essays, poems, visual media, and maps that emphasizes the interdependence of the human and greater-than-human world. Soil questions the history of US environmental writing, and helps shift paradigms for white writers like me.
Writer Heather Caliri reflects on how illustrating poetry not only helps her neurodivergent mind, but also helps her heal in response to abuse.
My recently published poem, "Jaspers in a Basket," reflects Biblical images and grammatical styles. I share the poem, as well as some commentary, in this latest post.
Check out my recent book review "The Bite and the Charm" for GHOST APPLES by Katharine Coles.
How can we dialogue with our younger selves in a way that honors both versions of who we are? My new poem "My Poem Then, My Poem Now" considers this question, and offers a prompt in response.
Check out my new poem "Dithyramb* for My Club Feet." What is a dithyramb, and what is it like to live with (and even celebrate) club feet? Read on to learn more! :)
My friend and colleague Julia Rocchi considers crucial questions regarding the relationship between poetry and prayer.
In both verse and prose, my friend and colleague Ginge Sivigny shares why she writes poetry.
Check out my recent book review for "The Trees Witness Everything" by Victoria Chang, whose poetry offers a thrilling pursuit of what cannot be described.
Check out my poem "Perichoresis: Divine Choreography," including commentary on the word "perichoresis," and the form I use in this poem, which I'm calling "scattershot."
