…from the April 21st Publishers Weekly Rights Report

A handful of poems that I wrote about my experiences of fire seasons over the years in Northern California has been published by Cutleaf Journal. This photo was taken during an evacuation as we drove from a pocket of clear air into the thick smoke of another wildfire in Wyoming.

I’ll be joining a group of wonderful poets to participate in a free, outdoor poetic event this coming Tuesday!

My poem “Weathering,” which explores my experience of this past winter’s atmospheric rivers (and their impact) in Northern California, was published in Zocalo Public Square.

My poem “the west coast is on fire &” was published in Plainsongs (Winter 2023). I wrote this poem when the West Coast was overwhelmed by wildfire smoke a few years ago and we were saying goodbye to friends who were moving away, exhausted by yearly evacuations. This image was taken in the middle of…