A History of the Island by Eugene Vodolazkin. 4/5 In preparation for this novel, I read the author’s previous epic work, Laurus. As some reviewers have already mentioned, this is a continuation of that novel, and the author’s storytelling style …
Writing About and With Music: An All-Genre Generative Workshop After reading a few poems about music, we’ll spend time listening to several different works and writing as we listen. INSTRUCTOR: Kendra Preston Leonard, Ph.D. TIME: Saturday, March 4, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 …
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I’m honored to have my poem “Driving Away From the Mountains” included in Mother of the Earth, a poetry anthology published by Woman Scream, an initiative of UN Women: Generation Equality, which works “in 12 critical areas of concern: poverty, …
The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill by Rowenna Miller.3/5 You know, from the very first pages, what the bargains are going to do, and who’s going to have to pay for them. So you spend the first 60% of the …
Without Children by Peggy O’Donnell Heffington. 4/5 This is a well-researched and interesting read about the many reasons people–particularly ciswomen and some transmen–do not have children–economic, physical, because of climate change, more. As a woman who is childfree by choice, …
I’m teaching two workshops for Writespace Houston in March on Zoom. Come join me! Writing About and With Music Saturday, March 4, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. CST on Zoom Ekphrasis (eck-FRAY-ses) is writing about a piece of art as a literary …
Kirkus is featuring Protectress in its Jan 1, 2023 issue! (On the same page as Stephen King!) Order your copy here.
Apparently I missed posting a number of NetGalley reviews written in 2021 for books being published in 2022. Apologies! The Gravity of Existence by Christina Sng. 5/5 An absolutely brilliant collection of tiny poems, each on a world or person …
I’m delighted to have three poems–“She Calls It a Fairy Tree,” “Replenish,” and “Ghost Jam”–in Woodlands, a new poetry anthology featuring poems from 49 writers on forests, the woods, the mysteries of nature, and myth, edited by the superb d. …
I was looking over some documents and PR things for some upcoming events and realized that the Preston in my name was missing from some of them. This happens all the time and I guess I get it–I do use …