News/Updates

BOOK-WOMAN READING

9/16/2023

Photo Credit of Book-Woman bookstore: Susan Post

Thank you to Cindy Huyser for featuring John Milkereit and I at the Book-Woman Reading. It is always a delight to work with Cindy, an honor to read for this bookstore, and a joy to share the stage once again with our good friend and fellow poet, John Milkereit. Warmest thanks to all who attended and special thanks to Book-Woman in Austin, Texas for hosting this event. #bookwoman #austinpoetryscene #fairytale #aplacecomfortablewithfire #cindyhuyser #johnmilkereit

THE INFLECTIONIST READING SERIES

8/27/2023

Thank you to the editors of The Inflectionist Review for including me in this reading together with Allison Blevins and Joseph Kerschbaum. The reading will be on-line on Monday, August 28, 2023 at 5:00pm PST/7:00pm CDT. A Zoom link can be provided by preregistering for the event through Facebook's The Inflectionist Reading Series: https://www.facebook.com/events/2079386139069520 #inflectionism #theinflectionistreview

FAIRY TALE'S IN-PERSON HOUSTON LAUNCH

6/19/2023

Warmest thanks to each and every one of you who came out to the Jung Center to celebrate my new book! I am so proud to have my new book at the Jung Center's Bookstore, and I am thrilled to be donating 100% of my proceeds from FAIRY TALE to the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center, because that's where some real magic is happening!!!!

Sending love and gratitude to everyone of you who made this launch such a great success!

#believeinmagic #fairytale #fairytalescometrue #fairytalepoems #magicpotions #medicineandmiracles #courageforthejourney #targetedtherapies #mdandersoncancercenter #mdandersoncancerresearch #cancerresearch #curecancer #nomorecancer #ros1 #ros1ders #jungcenterhouston #sablebooks

Photo Credits:
Ahmed Akeel (top)
Renu Babu Hall (below)

FAIRY TALE AT THE JUNG CENTER

6/11/2023

Please join me for the in-person Houston launch of my newest poetry book, Fairy Tale, this Saturday, June 17th, at the Jung Center, 5200 Montrose Blvd. The reading begins at 4:00pm. The event will also include Houston poet, John Milkereit, reading from his newest book, A Place Comfortable With Fire.
Hope to see you there!

#fairytale #fairytalepoems #houstonpoetry #houstonpoetryscene #jungcenter #shadowandlight #archetypes #jungianarchetypes #jungcenterhouston #sablebooks #neoromantic #neoromanticpoet #balletpoems

WIVLA WORKSHOP

5/27/2023

Loved writing together with friends at WIVLA's (Women in the Visual and Literary Arts) gathering at the Jung Center. Kelly Ann Ellis, poetry editor for EQUINOX, gave a fantastic workshop!

Note: I will be returning to this beautiful site when the Jung Center hosts a reading and book-signing for my new poetry collection FAIRYTALE on June 17, 2023 at 4:00pm. All are invited to attend! #jungcenterhouston #wivla #fairytale #sablebooks

BLUE WILLOW READING

4/30/2023

JACAR PRESS READING

4/15/2023

Looking forward to reading for Jacar Press with these two amazing poets, Adam Scheffler and Alison Stone. Thank you to Richard Krawiec at Jacar Press for celebrating small presses during National Poetry Month with this event, Sunday, April 16th at 6:00pm EST. If you would like to attend email jacarpress@gmail.com for a link. #jacarpress #sablebooks #nationalpoetrymonth

UNKNOTTING THE LINE: THE POETRY IN PROSE

4/2/2023

Warmest thanks to Dos Gatos Press for including my prose poem about the legend of the bluebonnet in this PHENOMENAL anthology! And special thanks to editor and poet, David Meischen, for encouraging me to write something with a Southwest theme. This one-of-kind anthology, now available from Dos Gatos press, is filled with incredible work!

#flowerlegend #southwesttheme #bluebonnet #bluebonnetseason #prosepoem #prosepoems #prosepoetry #texaswildflowers #flowerpoems #flowerstories #southweststories #southwesttheme #southweststyle #dosgatospress #wildflowers #southwestlegend #comanchelegend #comanchelegends

EQUINOX FIRE FLIES ANTHOLOGY

3/20/2023

Thank you to Equinox for including two of my poems, "Letter to Hans Christian Andersen" and "Yellow Bastard Cabbage," in their Spring 2023 Fire Flies anthology (pages 18 and 58). I am over-the-moon with delight to have my work appear in this magical anthology!
The journal is available is made available here at no charge. Enjoy! https://www.hotpoet.org/equinox

#hanschristianandersen #fairytales #fireflies #equinox #hotpoet #texaswildflowers #yellowbastardcabbage

DAVID MEISCHEN HOSTING LANGLEY & MILKEREIT

2/20/2023

Warmest thanks and appreciation goes out to David Meischen at DOS GATOS PRESS for hosting poet, John Milkereit and me in a fantastically well attended on-line reading. David Meischen is a champion and hero for so many of us in the poetry community, and he is a spectacular writer himself! John Milkereit's newest book, A Place Comfortable with Fire, is a stellar achievement! It can be purchased here. Fairy Tale can be purchased here. And if you missed the on-line reading, here is a recording that David Meischen has made available here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MBGvKucHP48Opme0c_XjRn0Ux9JvKNEz/view?usp=share_link

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