Day 6 and 7 of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing…teaching my Literary Publishing class, attending the closing ceremonies…then traveling home from that little island I love so much! Thank you so much to all the awesome attendees, faculty, and staff who made this MVICW 2026 such a warm and wonderful time!!!
Day 5 of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing…teaching my workshops Flash Away and Welcoming Surprises, then faculty Dinner at Oak Bluff’s Black Joy Kitchen followed by the traditional late night visit to Back Door Donuts!
Day 4 of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing…manuscript conferences with tons of awesome writers (not pictured 😀) followed by a faculty trip to Menemsha for sunset lobsters and then fog fog lighthouse fog fog!
Day 3 of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing…talking over manuscripts with writers at the Vineyard Arts Project and hearing the evening readings by the wonderful Hannah Bae and the wonderful Jackson Brown!
Oh, just 3 alumni from Indiana University’s MFA in Creative Writing strolling along the night-time docks in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard: Alexander Weinstein, Jackson Brown, and yours truly!
Day 2 of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing…exploring Edgartown, then giving my poetry reading tonight alongside the wonderful Vogue Robinson!
With a “skol” and a raised glass of elderflower wine Director Alexander Weinstein opens the first week of The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing 2026 Summer Conference. I’m teaching here for my 13th year, alongside Alexander, Hannah Bae, Vogue Robinson, and Jackson Brown! Here’s to a week of writing on the Vineyard!!!Â
I’m reading online for the Cobalt Poets series next week, May 12 at 10:30 pm Eastern. Stay up late! Do crimes! Then tune in to hear me read and then maybe read something yourself at the open reading that follows me lipping off!
Thank you to the Artisan Gallery in Binghamton New York for hanging the text pf my poem “Birds and Stars Suite” as part of their April gallery show. What a delight to be asked to be a part of this. The show is not longer up, but if you want you can read the poem online at Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts:
https://blackbird.vcu.edu/birds-stars-suite/
Hot golly! I’m teaching in Greece again this September…and you should join us! Register by April 10 to receive special grant pricing at https://www.mvicw.com/greece
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Write in paradise this September! MVICW’s Freeing The Muse Retreat is returning for our second year at the Ionian Center for the Arts & Culture on the Greek Island of Kefalonia!
Silence your Inner Critic and let your creativity flow on the beautiful island of Kefalonia. Work with award-winning authors and poets, enjoy home-cooked Greek meals, and go on outings to caves, castles, and beautiful beaches! Join us this fall and dive into your writing and creativity with a deeply nurturing community.