Category Archives: Publication Layers

Featured Reader at Cultivating Voices’ Pride Poetry March: Almost-Barfing at the Cusp of Birth

Last spring, I was graduating and finishing up my work at the Evergreen Writing Center. I spent much of the time curled up into a ball in my shed-office, like if I closed my eyes and held my breath *whatever* was waiting for me on the other side of graduation and my job ending– thatContinue reading “Featured Reader at Cultivating Voices’ Pride Poetry March: Almost-Barfing at the Cusp of Birth”

Only on Paper: Snag, in CPJ’s Poetry Corner

RSVP to a Snag Lightning hollowed you out death becoming    you, the conductor, the container from  the inside out, allowing yourself  to hollow Offering  the driest part of yourself,  the almost-dead part of you—soft, crumbling, becoming  fuel  from the inside out.  From there, you held us  inside. Time was Depression Time— You can stayContinue reading “Only on Paper: Snag, in CPJ’s Poetry Corner”

On Writing at Work: Publishing Love– not Cops!– in the Library

Almost a year ago to date, I published this piece in the Cooper Point Journal. Here is a short essay on the little events that lead up to it and followed it, the many continued layers that our work lives within, and is borne from. A year ago, I was working for the Evergreen StateContinue reading “On Writing at Work: Publishing Love– not Cops!– in the Library”

In-Program Zine! Tree of Many Fruits

Presenting! Tree of Many Fruits, vol 1. Collected works gleaned from the Fall 2022 Evergreen program, led by Miranda Mellis: Writing as Experimental and Ecological Practice. Tree of Many Fruits is anti-copyright, and free for download. If you would like a version that can be printed and assembled into a zine, follow this link toContinue reading “In-Program Zine! Tree of Many Fruits”

New Film: Paying Attention

Hi Everyone! It’s with great joy–the deepest joy, which can only come from the dark places–that Elvie-dog and I share with you a new film: Paying Attention. Shot on occupied Twana, Skokomish territory, this was a meditation on how ecosystems and our more-than-human companions hold and support us. Shot entirely on iPhone and edited inContinue reading “New Film: Paying Attention”

Pre-Pandemic Pleasures: Riding a Bike to Therapy

This poem was written deep in Pandemic winter, in response to a simple prompt: to remember a pre-pandemic pleasure: The joy of riding a bike, to a cozy office with a trusted storykeeper. This piece was in Jackson Hole Poetry Box, February, 2021. As we slowly emerge from pandemic, it’s beautiful to consider the layersContinue reading “Pre-Pandemic Pleasures: Riding a Bike to Therapy”