As someone passionate about crafting engaging poetry and prose, I am grateful for the recognition received for my chapbook, Failure To Merge, which explores the self and societal themes through epistolary poetry. Beyond writing, my role as a workshop leaders allows me to support and mentor budding writers in the Twin Cities with empathy and expertise. I am also dedicated to fostering a vibrant literary community as Secretary of Cracked Walnut’s Chapter of the League of Minnesota Poets. With a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Texas State University, I hope to contribute meaningfully to the literary landscape.
Books, Publications, & Services
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Failure to Merge, Finishing Line Press (2019)
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Anthology, Madville Press (2022)
Remembering Plath, Moonstone Press (2023)
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Workshops (can customize to your community’s needs or can select from my growing catalog of topics)
Public Speaking Opportunities
Private Mentoring
Manuscript feedback
Freelancing Writing Opportunities
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*Please ask for current rates; sliding scale options available
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“Familial: Familiar” in Remembering Plath, Moonstone Press 2023
“Salome” Cracked Walnut’s 2023 Poetry Anthology, Rewinding Hope
“They Call Him ‘The First Blood King’” in the Under Review (Spring 2023)
“Visitation” in Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Anthology (Madville Publishing 2023)
“Then” in Cultural Daily (August 2022), nominated for a Pushcart Prize
“The Plains” from Corpus Callosum Press – Plainsongs Poetry Magazine (January 2022)
“Complex” from West Trade Review (December 2021)
“Seed & Clothespin Prophesy” from Jet Fuel (November 2021)
“The Last Birthday Gift” & “The Miracle Mobile” in Cultural Daily (July 2021)
Failure to Merge, a chapbook, from Finishing Line Press (July 2019)
“Cautionary Tale” in the I-Scream Social Anthology (October 2018)
“Pride Night” in the Chicago Quarterly Review (Fall 2018)
“February 25, 2015” & “For the Fence Walker” in Profane (January 2018)
“The Mermaids of Kansas City” in Open Letters Monthly (January 2017)
“Self Portrait as Fire Ecology” in About Place (May 2016)
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