This year’s installment of Women Speak is almost out, and here’s the cover. So proud to be included alongside so many wonderful women writers. Yay!
My New Poem in Women Speak Anthology
I Won a Poetry Contest!
Y’all, I’m the proud winner of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Contest in the poetry category. The prize is $1,000 and it’s the most I’ve ever received for a single poem. I’m also invited to read at the festival on March 30th. Congrats to all finalists, and thanks to the judges and the festival committee. Yay! 🍾🎉🎈🎊
Here’s a link to the poem in French Quarter Journal.
Women Speak (Vol. 10)
The newest Women Speak anthology is out. I’m proud to have three poems in it. The anthology focuses on women writers in Appalachia. In this issue, Volume 10, you will find work by Sheila Carter-Jones, Natalie Sypolt, Linda Parsons, Chrissie Anderson Peters, Lisa Kwong, and so many others! It’s edited by Ohio poet laureate, Kari Gunter-Seymour. Buy it here:
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Troublesome Rising Anthology
I have a short story in Troublesome Rising: a Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky. This anthology focuses on the historic flood in summer 2022. So many people lost their lives in that flood, and University Press of Kentucky decided to publish this anthology in remembrance of them.
I’m proud to be included in this beautiful book with so many good writers! Here’s a link to purchase it:
https://www.kentuckypress.com/9781950564422/troublesome-rising/
Tennessee Book Award
Y’all, I have exciting news! My book, Daughters of Muscadine, has just won the Tennessee Book Award in fiction! This is a huge honor. It comes with a $2,500 cash prize, and I’m invited to give a talk with Denton Loving and Rachel Louise Martin, the poetry and nonfiction winners, at the Southern Festival of Books this Sunday. I’m grinning big as can be! ❤️❤️❤️
Read Appalachia Interview
Proud to have my book, Daughters of Muscadine, featured on the latest episode of Read Appalachia. Thanks, Kendra Winchester!
Tennessee Mountain Writers—Fall Workshop
Excited to announce I’ll be leading the memoir writing workshop for the Tennessee Mountain Writers. The workshop will be a mixture of craft lectures on writing about family and writing about place. More info here.
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop ❤️
Proud to be at Hindman Settlement School this week. I’m teaching a short story workshop full of amazing writers. Feeling lucky today!
My Interview at Shelf Unbound
Big thanks to Christina Consolino at Shelf Unbound for this wonderful interview and for helping me promote Daughters of Muscadine. Here’s the link:
Daughters of Muscadine Playlist
Largehearted Boy, founded by David Gutowski, is a website where literature and music are paired together. I created a playlist for my book, Daughters of Muscadine. Click here to listen!
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