INTERVIEWS & ESSAYS

The Hive (podcast), interview with Dion O’Reilly on writerly evolution and drafting a book.

The Drunken Odyssey (podcast), interview with John King on writing about rural places, new forms of sanctification, and Twin Peaks.

The Poetry Department, “Let Your Poems Forget You,” an essay on memory as revision tool.

The Blue Mountain Review, interview with J.D. Isip on community mythologies, first loves, and the dangers of Evangelical prophecy.

Iron Horse, interview with Sarah Viren on “page vs. stage” poetry, writing with middle schoolers, and the poem “Light Years.”

The Bellingham Review, interview about science, writing context-heavy poems, and writing as discovery.

Allow the Light: The Lost Poems of Jack McCarthy, “Grace Notes: Remembering Jack McCarthy” (memorial essay). Book available here.

REVIEWS

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “A Poet Who Writes Like Anthony Oliver Sings“

North of Oxford review of Trailer Park Psalms

Cascadia Daily News review of Trailer Park Psalms

Announcement of Jeffrey McDaniel’s selection of Trailer Park Psalms for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize

RESOURCES

The Salish Sea Poetry Festival – Free, weekend-long poetry festival across downtown Bellingham, WA in early November. Organized by myself and other members of the Whatcom Poetry Series. Sign up for our newsletter here!

Bellingham Poetry Pop-Ups – Seasonal, all-ages “poetry crawls” featuring PNW presses and writing groups across Bellingham breweries and local businesses.

The Sue C. Boynton Contest – All-ages poetry contest for residents of Whatcom County with submissions due every March.

Workshop from the Olympia Poetry Network, “Surviving on Air: Performing Poetry Live“