Blog Posts

Imaginary Gardens Reading, 9/17, Omaha, NE

8/25/2019

WILLA Award for Poetry

8/18/2019

Flatlands was chosen as a finalist in the Poetry category of this year's Women Writing the West Literary Award! Thank you WILLA for recognizing Flatlands!

Poets in PJs Online Reading, Aug. 4th, 7PM EST

7/10/2019

On Aug. 4th at 7PM EST/6 CST, I'll be doing an online reading as part of Sundress Press' Poets in PJs series. The series is hosted on the PiP Facebook page using Facebook Live, allowing anyone anywhere to join the reading. I'll share poems for 15 minutes, followed by a 10 min Q&A.

https://www.facebook.com/poetsinpajamas/?ref=page_internal

"Dumbfounded" performed by KC VITAs

6/1/2019

Dumbfounded (performed by KC VITAs) from Leslee Wood on Vimeo.

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to hear my poem "Dumbfounded," which appears in Flatlands, set to music by composer Leslee Wood. Leslee is part of the choral group KC VITAs who commissioned this work as part of a performance of pieces centered around the theme of "Home." You can watch the performance, which took place at the Kemper Art Museum in Kansas City.

"Risk/Reward" in Pacifica Review

5/25/2019

Thanks to Pacifica Review for featuring my poem "Risk/Reward" in the current issue.

Interview w/ Wayne State College's Nebraska Territory

5/20/2019

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of visiting Wayne State College in Wayne, NE as part of the Plains Writers Series. As part of Nebraska Territory , they are featuring a series of mini-interviews with Nebraska writers. I was pleased to be interviewed for this series by Sean Dunn.

You can check out the interview here.

May 4th Workshop & Reading: Keene Memorial Library, Fremont NE

4/27/2019

Review of Flatlands in RHINO

4/7/2019

"Simple, direct, almost Zen."

I'm grateful to RHINO Magazine and reviewer D.M. O'Connor for their review of Flatlands. It's always fascinating to see how someone else sees my work! Thank you!

Salina Public Library Workshop & Reading 4/2

4/1/2019

Workshop: 2-4pm

In this workshop, I'll be talking about writing on place, specifically leading participants in a discussion of writing inspired by landscape.

Reading & Reception: 7PM