Autumnal Updates 2018

December 04, 2018

  1. Glad to have my story “Grandfather Rat” in Marvels and Tales, the  Trickster Issue
  2. Pleased that “The Cant of Winds” was published in Writing Texas Volume 5
  3. Grateful to recently learn that my poem, “To Watch The World Burn,” was nominated for “Best of the Net” and a Pushcart Prize by Abyss and Apex.
  4. Read a brand new story, “Succulent Ribs” at the Texas Association of Writing Teachers Conference back on September 29th in San Antonio, TX
  5. Now,  something serious: one of my students needs help.  Please read here about the struggle with cancer that Steven Anderson is facing and see his Go Fund Me Page

AWP Tampa & Black Box Speaks 2018

March 08, 2018

1. Currently at AWP in Tampa.  Organized a panel for Friday at 12PM: (Re)Writing the Right Words: Revision Pedagogy. Has a great group of people (John Dufresne, John Lavelle, Gabriel Scalia, Susan Stabile) focusing on revision techniques to teach students.

2. Had a dedicated group of students read poetry and prose this last weekend in Bryan as the culmination of Texas A&M’s BlackBox Writers’ Residency, where Mick White, Flo Davies, and I worked with their drafts on revision as well as generation.  Visiting writers–Roger Reeves and Christine Granados also helped the students and then performed as well: