Alex Polner’s opening at the Gaelen Gallery was amazing! Alex did the cover and illustrations for my book, Even the Dog Was Quiet. You still have a chance to see it. The show runs through Feb. 25, 2024, is open 7 days a week and admittance is free. Alex’s work appears with Mixed Media artist, Ry An. Check the website for times or contact Gallery Director, Lisa Suss at 973-530-3413, lsuss@jccmetrowest.org. And, if you can’t make it to the show, check out Alex’s website to take a look at his specatacular work.

I will be a featured reader with Gillian Sze and Catherine Graham for Parkland Poets (passcode is 2024) on Thursday, January 11, 2024, from 9-10:30 pm ET. (Note” the flyer states it is at 7:00 pm, but that is MST.) PLEASE JOIN US. Open mic available. Sign up during event. (See the flyer below.)

My poem “Wishing Stone” appears in the latest edition of Book of Matches: A Literary Journal! Thanks to Editors Kelli Allen and Nicholas Christian for their love and care with issue #10. Truly beautiful work. My writer friends, their submission window reopens 1/12/24 if you are interested in sending in work.