Sunday, February 7, 2016

Ohio Photos

I had a wonderful time teaching a master class and a senior workshop at Malone University! I also had a great time reading at the Hub Art Factory!

Hambleton House Bed and Breakfast

Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson



John Estes, Molly Fuller

Robert Miltner

Eliese Goldbach

Thursday, January 7, 2016

2 0 1 6 !

Happy 2016!

Yes, I did get a bit behind on blogging! Between the end of the semester and the holidays and the new book out things were busy. I have two books out now! I don't think that had even hit me yet when I wrote my last blog post.

Stephen Burt recently tweeted about The Crimes of Clara Turlington!

Later I found out that NewPages named The Crimes of Clara Turlington an Editor's Pick. Inappropriate Sleepover was a NewPages Editor's Pick shortly after it was released too!

There is a new article in the Iowa State Daily about the release of my new book which you can read here. Last spring the Daily wrote about the book after it had been accepted for publication. You can read that article here.

The second half of January I'll be in Minneapolis and Madison. In February I'll be teaching guest workshops in Ohio at Malone University and doing a reading at the Hub Art Factory. In March I'm going to New York and I'm reading in the series at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn. I have a reading in Iowa in April. I'm ready for an adventure.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The Crimes of Clara Turlington (Out Now! Read an Excerpt!)

The Crimes of Clara Turlington is out now!

The official release day was Friday, December 11th. On Friday an excerpt (three poems) from the book was featured on Extract(s): Daily Dose of Lit! You can read the excerpt here.

You can also get a sneak peek of the book on Mogul.

In other news, some of my poetry is going to be translated into Turkish.

Also, on March 11th I'm reading in New York.

I'm really looking forward to readings/book events in 2016.

Friday, November 20, 2015

Hello, Clara

The official release date for The Crimes of Clara Turlington is still December 11th (for both the paperback and ebook), but on Wednesday night, I received some copies of the book all the way from Greece! Thanks to everyone at Vine Leaves Press!









I sold copies of the book at the reading in Rock Island. Had a great time!

Here I am in my hotel room before the reading.


Here are the books at the reading. (This is Jennifer L. Knox's photo. Thanks Jen!)


On Thursday, an excerpt of The Crimes of Clara Turlington was featured on The Nervous Breakdown. You can read it here. I was also featured in their self-interview series which you can read here.

Who's ready for Thanksgiving break? This girl!

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Thursday, November 19th in Rock Island, Illinois



Thursday!

Thursday, November 12
8:30 pm
2718 University Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50310

Jennifer L. Knox, Meg Johnson, Dan Coffey, and Heather Derr-Smith Read at Wesley House

Hosted by 
Kyle McCord