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My new book is in the world!

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Hot diggity! I just got my first box of books!!! My second poetry book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, is in the world! The book is officially released on April 1, 2021.
You can order a signed copy from me right now here.
You can order a regular copy from Small Press Distribution or Amazon.
If you’re a reviewer, request a review copy from me!
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Thank you to judge Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis for selecting it to win the Antivenom Poetry Prize.
Thank you to Dana Curtis and Elixir Press for making such a beautiful book.
Thank you to Amanda Friedman for your luminous photograph which graces the cover.
And thank you to my partner Sarah, to whom it is dedicated, for that champagne celebration last night!

My new book is available to pre-order!

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My new book If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun (winner of the 2019 Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award) is NOW available to pre-order at Amazon!!! It’s publication date is April 1, 2021. And I can reveal the beautiful cover with an awesome photograph by Amanda Friedman. My heart is overflowing!

Pre-order the book at Amazon HERE!

Visit the book’s page at the publisher’s website HERE!

It will also be available in the future from Small Press Distribution HERE!

Getting closer to…If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun!

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I’m giddy-thrilled to have just sent in my comments on the latest round of proofs for my second book of poetry, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, winner of the 2019 Antivenom Poetry Award from Elixir Press. It’s really starting to feel real. I can almost touch it!

Thank you Blurbers!!!

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Thank you Ross Gay! Thank you Lee Upton! Thank you Diane Seuss! Thank you Dean Young! When poets — some I’ve never even met — whose work I’ve loved so much take time out to write a blurb for my second book, out of the generosity of their hearts… Wow. That’s something I’m so dang thankful for in these uncertain, anxiety-swamped days. Thank you Ross Gay! Thank you Lee Upton! Thank you Diane Seuss! Thank you Dean Young! Thank you!

“It’s Something People in Love Do” Published in A Constellation of Kisses

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What a delight to have my poem “It’s Something People in Love Do” appear in A Constellation of Kisses, the new anthology from Terrapin Books. Thank you so much to editor Diane Lockward. 100 poems about kissing, written by the likes of Kim Addonizio, Denise Duhamel, Jeffrey Harrison, Allison Joseph, David Kirby, Dorianne Laux…just to name just a very few. Yes please!

Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Week 1 June 2019

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What a joy to share the reading stage here at week 1 of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing with Samantha Ocena, reading her poetry, and Randi Ocena, reading her poetry and fiction!

Samantha Ocena, reading her poetry

Randi Ocena, reading her poetry and fiction

My 2nd Book Has Won Elixir Press’ 2019 Antivenom Poetry Award!

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Holy moly!!! My second poetry book manuscript has WON the 2019 Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award. Thank you judge Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis! Thank you Dana Curtis! And thank you to everyone who has been supportive and encouraging on my journey to get my second poetry book published–I am truly grateful. It’s so incredibly, heart-thumpingly delightful that “If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun” has found a home at Elixir Press!!!