If you’re at AWP 2021 this year, I am moderating the panel “Free Verse: Making a Life Outside the Tenure Stream.” I had the pleasure of having this conversation with some powerhouse poets like Victoria Chang, Paul Guest, Maggie Smith, Ada Limón. To the surprise of no one, they’re brilliant and full of all kinds…

My flash fiction “Pity the Mammal Who Accepted the Blessing That Was Never Hers to Keep” is hot off the presses over at Ninth Letter.

Long time no see! Currently in the midst of final edits for my dissertation and took a break to do an interview with the lovelies over at Sundog Lit. You can find it here.

It’s funny how a story you wrote a long while ago feels when it’s made new by publication. This is how I feel about “Of Possible Vacancies” which was born back when I lived in Alaska. You can read it over at Juked.

It’s a good morning when you wake to discover your little weirdo story has been nominated for Best of the Net 2018. Many thanks to Watershed Review for the nomination and original publication. 

Last year I tried to pin down why I write. It’s an inexplicable and peculiar impulse that I feel certain of and yet can’t quite decipher. Here’s my first attempt at explanation which went live over at Talking Writing this month. Much love to Martha Nichols for her editorial guidance and Katie Cortese and Jill…

My flash essay is live. If you’re curious about grief, or what a creepy morbid kid I was, this piece is for you. 

My flash essay, “American Gothic” is now live at decomP. I’m delighted to appear in the fourteenth-anniversary issue.   *Color Theory Class Out for Summer by Lee Piechocki

Let the record reflect that after several months of insisting my status as a non-poet, I concede my position to Dr. Curtis Bauer on March 14th, 2018 with the publication of my first poem. I’m now one of those insufferable humans who publishes in all genres and longs for her poetry workshop from last semester….

If you’re looking for a brilliantly screwy collection of stories, Johnson is your gal. Here’s my review of her debut collection from Graywolf.