sponsored by Friends of the Pomfret Library, this three-week workshop is a crash-course in no-notes storytelling.

To adhere to COVID-19 protocols, this workshop will be outside on the deck where your audience will be me, fellow attendees, and lightning bugs. 

For more information or to register, click HERE

Register at WESTPORT WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

june 12 5:30 

pomfret Green

taking a knee against racism

a peaceful demonstration of poetry & music

readings of inspiration & justice

Nora Ephron famously said “everything is copy.” But is it–really?

What Happens When Something Happens

my follow-up essay to

What Happens When Nothing Happens

on The Writer in the World

I’m honored and delighted that my essay, “Renovating a Family” is a feature on Longreads. The gorgeous illustration is by Missy Chimovitz. 

Well, holy moly.

The Connecticut news site CT By the Numbers has published my essay “Women’s March on Washington: A Self-Portrait”

Previously published in the print-only journal PAGE, it’s now available online. March on. 

so looking forward to this!

october 5, 2019 10 AM- 6 PM at Real Art Ways

The first annual Connecticut Literary Festival will be a full day for writers & readers, with panel discussions, all-day readings, and a marketplace. I’ll be there wearing two hats: representing PAGE, a Connecticut-based literary magazine where I am a contributing editor and providing information for the Connecticut Poetry Society.

see you there!

The accomplishments of these six Connecticut poets are extra-ordinary. I’m thrilled to emcee. Open mic and all donations benefit TEEG. Don’t miss it!

this is so cool

An all-girl improv troupe of high schoolers will dance in front of a live audience while I read a personal essay about lying to get into a ballet audition when I was sixteen years old. 

Don’t miss it!

Tickets are $10 and available HERE