Poet
I see I was joking about snow a month ago (prematurely, as it turns out....) Anyway. I'm delighted to be reading later this month with Ed Bok Lee, Chris Santiago and Liz Weir. Poeteacher (great title!) Stan Kusunoki has put together some wonderful groups of writers throughout the life of this fairly new reading series, …
Continue reading "Bridges Reading at Blue Harbor Center for the Arts, April 18"
I'm delighted to be reading at this gem of a local book store. Last week, I had the pleasure of seeing my former student Raymond Strom there as he read from his debut novel, Northern Lights, published by Simon & Schuster. Highly recommended! Here's a link to my reading -- I hope those of you in …
Did you ever have a vision? Did you imagine it was possible to turn it into reality? Even though I teach creative writing myself, I have attended many a summer poetry seminar over the years since graduate school, from Provincetown Fine Arts Center to Split Rock Arts Workshops in Minnesota. Aside from enjoying the thrill …
I'm happy to have two poems from Simples featured this week in Scoundrel Time. Check it out!
I've been singing with One Voice Mixed Chorus for almost 20 years. This summer, we will be performing Roots and Wings, a musical look back and forward to celebrate the chorus's 30 years of building community and creating social change by raising our voices in song (nice mission statement, no?). I am beyond honored that …
Read the official press release at Howling Bird Press. Listen to conversation with KateLynn Hibbard about Simples by Sharon Sobotta
Every Tuesday, Cullen Bailey Burns puts a new poem in the box in front of her house, and then writes an explication of it in her blog. I'm thrilled that she has chosen the title poem from Sweet Weight for this week's entry. Check it out! I'm honored to be in such good company. http://poeminabox.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html
I'm editing a poetry anthology featuring work by lesbian/bi/trans/queer women with a connection to the Midwest. My deadline is May 31, 2012. Squares & Rebels, a brand-new LGBT imprint of Handtype Press, plans to bring out two poetry anthologies in the fall of 2012. Our goal is to help foster a sense of community among …
It's the title of my forthcoming book from Tiger Bark Press (June 2012). I think about this book as a study in contrasts and contradictions. It might be somewhat ironic (am I using that term correctly? or at least better than Alanis Morrisette?) to celebrate weight as sweetness. But it IS sweetness. Once we are …
I've started this blog as a way to spread the word about my writing projects and to share ideas about the writing and writers I love.
