News and Links
Here are some other places to find out about me and my work:
I just received a 2025 Creative Individuals Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board!!! More info here: FY 2025 Creative Individuals Grant
Just received my first Pushcart Prize Nomination!! for my essay “Stage Makeup” in Last Syllable Lit https://lastsyllablelit.com/stage-makeup
One of my poems got nominated for Best of the Net 2024 by Whale Road Review: Check it out here!!!! https://www.whaleroadreview.com/about/nominations/
Check out this article about me in Canvas Rebel
I received one of the Central Minnesota Arts Board’s 2024 Individual Artist Awards!!!! Check it out here: https://www.centralmnartsboard.org/news-events/iaa-award-announcements/
A CCX Media news story about a launch for Shannon Gibney’s brilliant Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight, which I helped organize and host, and in which I am interviewed and quoted: New Children’s Book
Blog post on the North Hennepin Community College website (where I direct the AFA in Creative Writing program) describing an event with Cathy Park Hong, Sun Yung Shin, and Su Hwang, which I organized and hosted: Cathy Park Hong Common Book Event at NHCC