Watch my FREE mini writing workshop talk on "Investigative Poetry" on the Main Street Rag Publishing YouTube site.

New poems were recently published in The Twin Bill Baseball Lit (audio poem on podcast), Colossus Current, ephemeras literary magazine, Orenaug Poetry Journal, Antae, Failed Haiku, Ropes Literary Journal, Audacious Women Anthology, Coop Zine, Amethyst Review, The Other Journal, Christian Feminism Today, T'art online, underscore_magazine, little somethings press, The Soliloquist Journal, and many others.

Poets & Patrons inteviews me about poetry and publishing in its  Member Spotlight.

Upcoming readings:

~ Poets & Patrons Authors Series, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, 6 p.m. 2111 Clybourn Avenue, Toms Price Home Furniture Store, Lincoln Park

~ Lucky Star Retrospective, Sunday, March 22, 2026, 4 p.m. Dandelion Bookshop, Oak Park

~ Sunday Salon Chicago, Sunday, May 24, 2026, 7 pm. Roscoe Books  

2025 poetry year-in-review:

~  Featured readings at Mercy Street Reading Series, Dandelion Books, Oak Park, and Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Ill. 

~ Won poetry awards from Poets & Patrons, Illinois State Poetry Society, and Highland Park Poetry.

~ Nearly 40 poems published in literary magazines and anthologies during 2025, and forthcoming as of the New Year in 2026.  Thank you to all the publishers who support my work, here in the U.S. and abroad!