In 2020, I saw a call from the International Double Reed Society for new works for oboe and bassoon. A former bassoonist, I thought it would be nice to help create a work for oboe and bassoon and voice. I …

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My poem “Winter Term,” about teaching at Westminster Choir College, is up now at Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)!

My poem “a fragment harbor of time” is up now at Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry), a wonderful new site of short poetry. This is one of the poems that came out of my mom’s death, almost 4 years ago now….  …

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I’m delighted to get back to teaching for Writespace Houston, a non-profit writing center that offers outstanding courses and workshops on all kinds of writing. There are scholarships available for every course!  All of my courses and workshops take place …

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This Friday, August 19, I’ll be speaking as part of a roundtable discussion on/with scholars who have become part of and/or continue to access the history profession from the “outside,” broadly construed. The session is hosted by the Coordinating Committee …

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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 …

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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 …

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