Readings + Events
Sat. June 7th, 3-5:30pm - Author of the Month @ Pacific Highland Ranch Library
Happy to be invited by Friends of the Library's Featured Author program. Looking forward to sharing my talk "Humor and Heart: Poetry to Feed the Soul."
Free registration here (close the pop-up)!
June 11-July 8th - Del Mar Fair Exhibit
Two of my palm frond art works are on display at this year's Home Arts Showcase in the Exhibit Hall. One of them, the Byson, won second place! Hope you can stop by.
Kelsay Books chose All the Girls Wear Russian Accents for this year's Poets House Showcase and permanent online catalog. ​
Recent Recognitions
2025 War Poetry Postcard Prize - honored "Every poem is political"won this beautiful project on the effects of war and healing.
POWER POINT won the 2025 Creative Verse chapbook category in California Press Women's (CPW) communications awards. "You are 600% hotter than the Sun"won as a single poem. Both now advance to compete in the National Federation of Press Women contest this Fall.
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All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents won 2024 Poetry Collection of the Year from SDWF and first place in 2024 with CPW, placing third in the national contest.
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A 2024 Best of the Net nod from Cathaxis for my poem "You are 600% hotter than the Sun."
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Media Mentions
MIT Review published an alumni news feature on my work this February. Thanks to Whitney Bauck for the thoughtful article and Stacy Keck for the beautiful photos.
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Reviews Roundup! East County Times (read review of Power Point) and​ Harbor Review Magazine (book review of Power Point.) ​Thanks as well to Readers' Favorite for their 5 Star Reviews for Power Point and All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents and to New Pages for reviewing Power Point in their New Books list for October.
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Thanks also to The San Diego Union Tribune Arts & Culture, Verse Daily, and Literacy Month article by MIT Sloan for recent mentions.
Selected Past Events
Fall 2024
Jim Moreno's "Make Good Trouble" Podcast and Second Sunday's Poetry Reading Series in La Mesa are a mainstay of San Diego's poetry activism and free expression. It was an honor to be invited as a guest on the show. Here's a link to the recording of the podcast. My interview is about 10 min into Season 2, Episode 7.
Check out my set at the Second Sunday reading here. I'm about an hour in, surrounded by a beautiful community open mic.