Today, Sage Cigarettes published my poem “Witchcraft for Cellists.” Here’s a little note about it. When I was 10, I began playing the cello in a public school music program. I had private lessons, then attended the University of North …
My poem “Estate” was published today by Sage Cigarettes. My parents died within 11 months of each other–my mother in October 2018 and my father in September 2019–and “Estate” is one of the poems I’ve written about their deaths. The …
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong. 2/5 This spin-off from These Violent Delights (which I liked) and Our Violent Ends (which was an unnecessary mess of a sequel to These Violent Delights), is also mess. It doesn’t have the same …
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Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott. 5/5Thistlefoot is the brilliant, clever, deeply and well thought-out magical realist book about the Jewish diaspora from Eastern Europe I have been waiting for. It’s beautifully written and original and heartbreaking and joyous. And it is …
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Looking for music perfect for the summer? Look no further: “A Bee,” with music by Stacey Philipps. A round for four or more voices. Available for free here. “Strawberry Man,” with music by Lisa Neher. A piece for solo singer. …
Composer Stacey Philipps has set my lyric “A Bee” as part of her marvelous vocal rounds project #GatheringRounds. She’s composed a round for each month of the year and each one is a gem. You can download “A Bee” for …
Pangur Bán, or “white cat” originates in an Irish poem from the 9th century about a monk and his cat, narrated by the monk. The monk observes that each of them work: he in his studying and copying, the cat …
My poems “Like Whalefall, Nourishing” and “a river birch” appear in the June 2022 issue of The Muse, which you can read as a PDF here for free. Both of these began life as song lyrics, and “a river birch” …
I love the idea of werewolves, I really do. I’ve written a werewolf version of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, and a werewolf song for kids with Lisa Neher, and now composer Samantha Hogan is setting my song cycle …
Watch the premiere of Gilgamesh Weeps this Saturday, May 7, at 3 pm Central on YouTube! Several months ago, choir director Shannon Gravelle reached out to Lisa Neher and me about a commission for her tenor/bass choir at the University of …