“…Although we have not yet determined a winner, I am delighted to tell you that your manuscript, “Why My Mother is Still Afraid of Heights,” has been selected from among over 900 submissions as a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Press’s Brittingham Prize and Felix Pollak Prize poetry competition. Your manuscript, along with the 30 other finalists, has been sent along to our outside judge for a final decision…”

Should know by January. Pardon me if I can’t stop freaking out before then. Professional!

Also,  I got an acceptance from LEVELER, and my poem will be appearing in January.

My poem “Small Talk” appeared in Day One. Buy it here for just $1.99!

Finally, I have a poetry reading on December 10th in Philly. Come!

Ages ago, Washington Square Review posted my poem “What if I don’t even like you?” and I am only just now sharing it. Apologies!

The title and line in italics are borrowed from Dorothea Lasky‘s stellar poem “Depression.” I was introduced to her poetry by Mark Wunderlich when at Bennington, and it has had a hearty influence on me.