A quick search through my computer archives recently reminded me that I first started submitting to literary journals in the late 1990s and early 2000s.… Read More »Becoming a Callaloo Reader: Coming Full Circle
Thanks to the Counter Narrative Project (CNP) for inviting me back to my home state to participate in the November 2025 edition of their Reckoning Reading series.
As part of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House’s (WWPH) year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary and renewed commitment to community programming, the press has been… Read More »Writing the Future
Anthologies are herculean and overwhelming editorial endeavors. Reviewers must sift through hundreds and hundreds of submissions, balancing subjective personal taste with thematic cohesion, all while navigating the diverse range of voices and perspectives that such a call for submissions invites
The Washington Writers’ Publishing House kicks off its upcoming 50th Anniversary with a well-organized reading at Busboys and Poets’ Takoma location.
Summer plans are getting set… a journey to New Mexico (for the first time in my life) is on the itinerary.
Thanks to WWPH pressmate and DMV literary advocate Sid Gold for the recent invite to be a featured reader at the “Second Sunday” series at My Dead Aunt Books in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Honored to have my still new-ish but well-travelled #Iamquerying current novel manuscript recognized by the Santa Fe Writers Project as a “short list” selection in their 2022 Literary Awards Program!