As a writer, it’s important both to fall in love with other writers’ words and to take a critical look at how their words work. I do both regularly, and sometimes I take time to post/publish my thoughts. I’ve linked to some of them in the lists below.
In addition, prompts — both utilizing them myself and creating them for others — are an important part of poetry (and poetry community) for me. I link below to some of my favorites.
Published reviews
- for Shining Rock Poetry Anthology & Book Review: Bridled by Amy Meng, 2019
- for The American Poetry Journal: How to Wear this Body by Hayden Saunier, 2018
- for The American Poetry Journal: Bliss Crisis by Jules Gibbs, 2018
- for The American Poetry Journal: My Black Angel by Kim Addonizio, 2017
- for Shining Rock Poetry Anthology & Book Review: Sad Math by Sarah Freligh, 2017
- for River Teeth: This Is Only a Test by B. J. Hollars, 2016
- for Poets’ Quarterly: Ravenous Audience by Kate Durbin, 2010
- for Read Write Poem: Mister Skylight by Ed Skoog, 2009
- for Poets’ Quarterly: Even Now by Susanna Lang, 2009
- for Poets’ Quarterly: With the Memory, Which is Enormous by Tony Trigilio, 2009
Books I’ve written about at this blog
- Ongoing: Notes/impressions on 100 poetry books in 12 months
- February 2016: Sad Math, Sarah Freligh (poetry)
- July 2013: The Dirty Life, Kristin Kimball (memoir)
- June 2013: The Dirty Life, Kristin Kimball (memoir)
- June 2013: The Great Failure, Natalie Goldberg (memoir)
- April 2013: Blowout, Denise Duhamel (poetry)
- December 2012: The Oracle of Hollywood Boulevard, Dana Goodyear (poetry)
- October 2012: ABBA: The Poems, Denise Duhamel & Amy Lemmon (poetry)
- July 2012: Long Quiet Highway, Natalie Goldberg (memoir)
- June 2012: Wild, Cheryl Strayed (memoir)
Books I wrote about at my previous blog
- December 2011: The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch (memoir)
- March 2011: Mercy Island, Ren Powell (poetry)
- March 2011: Human Shade, Robert Peake (poetry)
- February 2011: Blameless Mouth, Jessica Fox-Wilson (poetry)
- February 2011: Rough Honey, Melissa Stein (poetry)
- February 2011: The Poets Laureate Anthology (poetry), section on Philip Levine
- September 2010: Lives of the Animals, Robert Wrigley (poetry)
- May 2010: Underlife, January O’Neil (poetry)
- January 2010: A Walk through the Memory Palace, Pamela Johnson Parker (poetry)
- May 2009: One Hidden Stuff, Barbara Ras (poetry)
Poetry/writing articles (sampling)
- “Games Poets Play” for Read Write Poem: Can we talk (in iambic pentameter)? March 2010
- Writing prompt for Read Write Poem: What do you believe? February 2010
- Writing challenge for Read Write Poem: Fall in love with a poet (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), February 2010
- Writing challenge for Read Write Poem: Starting over (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), January 2010
- Writing challenge for Read Write Poem: Holiday Survival Guide, Poetry style (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), December 2009
- Writing prompt for Read Write Poem: Build-a-poem (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), November 2009
- Writing prompt for Read Write Poem: A new body of work (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), October 2009
- Writing prompt for Read Write Poem: Listening ears and thinking caps (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), September 2009
- “Games Poets Play” for Read Write Poem: Listen up! August 2009
- Writing prompt for Read Write Poem: The double dog dare (with Jill Crammond-Wickham), August 2009
- writing prompt for Read Write Poem: Kiss me, Amelia Earhart, June 2009