march '25
update: no love, but certainly madness
news
i am a little disgusted with how quickly this year is moving, but i’m already over it. there is such a thing as good busy sometimes, and right now, i feel like i’m actually able to balance it with rest for the first time in years. and isn’t that what we all ultimately have to hope for in this world of ours? anyway, lots to report this month, so let’s take it away!
okay, ONE more time: my full-length poetry collection this book will not save you is still available from dogleech books in print and digitally.
published fiction: “Drinks” in Roi Faineant Press Issue 82
published nonfiction: “settling” in Behemoth Issue 1
published piece: “journal (take #35)” in Honey Literary Issue 9
published piece: “journal” (take #10)” in Wild Willow Magazine Issue 1
published visual work: “natty light” in dead pixel poetry
published pieces: “journal (takes #20, #39)” in Gone Lawn Issue 59
published poem: “pinene” in chouette issue 3: bare
published piece: “journal (take #32)” in Sage Cigarettes Vol 3 Issue 1: Cycles
published prose: “kindling” and “lucky ones” in Pink Disco Issue 9
contest win: my piece, “journal (take #21),” was one of the winners of Garden Party Collective’s third contest (Neurodivergent/Intersectional poetry), judged by Jacob Jardel!
events: this time next week, i’ll be at AWP in L.A., and then i’m headed to the Barrelhouse conference in D.C. in a few weeks. will i see you either of these places?
notes + sneak peek
no film yet, but i have been writing a lot of flash prose lately. it’s sitting somewhere in the autofiction/lyric cnf/prose poetry sphere and is stacking up into something resembling a collection pretty quickly. i’ve been reading a bit more short-short prose these last few months and it feels good to be back in that kick. here’s a short excerpt from a piece called “treading.”
consider willie nelson, being always on my mind. i have a personality disorder, so this is my bread and butter—i am always thinking, but rarely about myself. it would be far too easy to call what i am doing right now (i.e. writing this) navel gazing when, yes, i am outside of my body, but it’s because i am looking so far outward as to wander away from myself.
friends
call: Croak is open for rolling submissions of writing and artwork featuring frogs
release: Steven Leyva’s The Opposite of Cruelty is available now from Blair Publishing
current events
here’s what i’ve been reading, watching, listening to, and playing.
books: The Most of It by Mary Ruefle
tv: The Traitors (U.S.), Summer House, Southern Hospitality
games: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
one final note
i have reopened paid subscriptions. while the pool will always be 100% free, i’m frankly in a place where i could use the additional income right now. if you’d prefer not to ferry your money through substack (i get it), you can also set up a recurring donation on ko-fi or send me a tip (scroll to the bottom for payment links).