I will be in conversation with Diamond Forde about her wonderful new book, The Book of Alice. She is the WINNER OF THE 2025 JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD FROM THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS A stunning new collection exploring lineage and the legacy of survival as seen through the life of the poet’s grandmother Alice—a Black […]

Please join me as I partner with the Metropolitan Arts Council for our 3rd Visual & Verse. We have paired 15 visual artists with 15 poets. This year’s theme is Within. What does within mean? It could be a physical or emotional locator. Is it referring to an internal landscape or an outer landscape—or both? The beauty […]

Presenting at the Read Freely Festival. Panel with other  poets: Jo Angela Edwins, Cassie Premo and Marlanda Dekine.