Interview Online
I recently had the pleasure of joining two of my writing friends, Colleen Alles and Megan Turner, for a discussion about being a multi-genre writer. They publish a series of
Category: Writing
Pygmalion Reading
I’ll be giving a reading this year at the Pygmalion Festival in Urbana, IL on Saturday, September 20. Pygmalion is a music, art, and literary festival that takes place at
The Lakeshore Review Issue 4
Issue 4 of The Lakeshore Review is now live and available for purchase here. It’s a beauty. Read on for my editorial. This practice can be disheartening. There’s the writing
The Lakeshore Review
My colleague Jason Gillikin and I have just released our first two issues of The Lakeshore Review, Grand Rapids’ only currently active literary magazine (I think?) and we’re pretty proud
Some Thoughts on Writing: Throughlines
I have come to believe that there is nothing inherently poetic about a particular place. The commonplaces, or loci communes if you want to get fancy with it, that poets return to so often
Some Thoughts on Writing: Going from Idea to Concept
I did admit these would be sporadic, but consider this a good faith effort to keep the stove from dying completely. The previous dispatch covered the recording and maintenance of
Some Thoughts on Writing: How do you just sit down and do it?
I have the great fortune of teaching creative writing. It’s a mostly wonderful endeavor because it provides people with an outlet and a guaranteed readership for their ideas and feelings.