in the news
Our Lively Kingdom named a finalist in the 2023 Paterson Poetry Prize!
Our Lively Kingdom selected as Bordighera Press’s Feature Friday Selection of the month December 2022!
Recent reviews:
reviews of Our Lively Kingdom
New Pages, review by Chloe Yelena Miller
Ovunque Siamo, review by Chad Frame
MER Journal, review by Olivia Kate Cerrone
Cultural Daily, review by Bess N Mobley
review of Always
Washington Independent Review of Books: Grace Cavalieri’s Exemplar column
review of Terrain
“Mapping Motherhood: A Review of Terrain” in Literary Mama, by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza
readings, interviews & collaborations
Readings:
Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series: December 2021
With Julia Lisella and Cammy Thomas
A reading for the Medford Farmers Market, on Facebook, spring 2021
Collaborations:
“Walk in the Neighborhood”—artwork, “Stories Untold,” by Sharon Santillo
“Walk in the Neighborhood” – artwork, “The Encounter,” by Marilyn Davidson
“Low Tide, Ryder Beach, Truro, MA”—artwork, “What Remains,” by Sioux Gerow
“In New England’s February, I Worry About What the Crocuses Will Tell Us”—artwork, “New England Rebirth,” by Ose Manheim
Telephone, a game of art whispered around the world
In this collaborative art project, I participated with hundreds of artists and writers across the globe during the year of 2021—the game was based on the children’s game: “A message is whispered from one person to another and changes as it is passed”—follow the game throughout to see how one work, or two, or three, inspires another!
You can find my poem and the gorgeous videos that inspired me, at this direct link. I still haven’t finished making my way through the whole project yet!
Interviews:
An interview with host Laura Duggan on Medford Community TV’s Looking Back at Medford History, September 6, 2022
In this hour-long interview, I talk with Laura Duggan about my new book, Our Lively Kingdom, for her long-running Medford Community TV show, “Looking Back at Medford History.”
Cultural Daily, Poets On Craft, interview with Bunkong Tuon, August 15, 2022
“Poets on Craft is a cyberspace for contemporary poets to share their thoughts and ideas on the process of poetry and for students to discover new ways of approaching the writing of poetry. In the face of a pandemic that is both viral and political, it is a resource for strength and creativity, friendship and beauty, love and rejuvenation. It is thus a celebration of the beautiful and eclectic minds of contemporary poets.”—Bunkong Tuon