New review: Water
I have a new review at North of Oxford, Water: A Scientific and Visual History by Jack Challoner (MIT Press, 2021). This may be my first “science book” reviewed . . . ever?
A new poem in SPREAD
Another SPREAD, another poem.
A poem for the solstice
Below is the poem I wrote for and read at the View.Point.2 solstice reading yesterday.
Three new reviews in the latest Rain Taxi!
If you like reviews by me, you might want to pick up the latest Rain Taxi print edition (Summer 2022). The following reviews you will find: Bamboophobia by Ko Ko Thett; Instrument for Distributed Empathy Monetization by William Lessard; and Elephants in Our Yard by Meral Kureyshi.
Another re drum poem published
I am happy to announce that another re drum poem, “ARREST,” is now live thanks to The Writing Disorder.
Selected images from the Bellevue Botanical Garden
Visiting with a group of photographers from Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
Selected images from Walla Walla, Washington
During a recent visit to poet Charles Potts.
Selected images of trees from City Park, New Orleans
Taken in May 2022.
New publication: SPREAD #75
I am pleased to announce my poem “Old Benches” has a home in the new issue of SPREAD, the monthly poetry zine published by Chris Dusterhoff. For copies and subscriptions, email spankstra@hotmail.com.
New event: View.Point.2
I’m excited to announce an event for the summer solstice: View.Point.2!
New review: Boat People
My second contribution to Exacting Clam is now live.
New review: Kim Vodicka’s Dear Ted
My monthly review in North of Oxford features Kim Vodicka’s Dear Ted.
Hand to Mouth Reading Recording
Last weekend, I had the pleasure to read with fellow Hand to Mouth poet Teri Zipf at Walla Walla’s Grandma’s Kitchen.
Narrative Bio
I’ve been writing and creating across time and space between Maine and Washington for the last two decades. I live on Duwamish and Coast Salish land, and work at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland.
Upcoming Reading from Of Spray and Mist in Walla Walla
From Charles Potts: Teri Zipf of Walla Walla will be joined by Greg Bem of Issaquah, Washington, in a pubic reading of their poems, both from new books published in Walla Walla by Hand to Mouth Press.