Excited to finally share the cover of my next poetry collection, SCORCHED EARTH! Pub date: March 4, 2025. Cover art by the incomparable Kara Walker. 8 years in the making! Pre-order link in my bio.

Bama writers doing big things. Readers are in for a real treat with Dr. Diamond Forde's BOOK OF ALICE, coming soon from Scribner

Took me half my life to know which words to use. Many years to put them in the right order. Excited to share LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY with you in 2025. Buckets of gratitude to so many that made this possible. My heart is full.

Marvelous news! Congrats, Steven and Diamond. ✨✨✨

Absolutely stunning choice by Scribner for their poetry open. ❤️

✨MARK YOUR CALENDARS!✨ Throughout July, Sarabande is pleased to offer an open reading period for book-length manuscripts of poetry, short fiction, & literary nonfiction, as well as proposals for works of poetry, fiction, & literary nonfiction in translation. Link in bio!

BREAKING: Activists have occupied the Mayor’s office in Atlanta

A decade after being a Bucknell Junie myself, I get to return as Poetry Faculty. I'm honored and thrilled. Share this app with your undergraduates. This is a truly important and life-changing space.

Bringing a little bit of the South to Los Angeles. Want to hug as many of you as physically possible