If you’re in Louisville or thereabouts come see me at this year’s Book Festival. I’ll be signing Bullet Points (thank you Carmichael’s Bookstore) and joining a panel of other women authors to talk about publishing.

RSVP to riverriverbooksevents@gmail.com for a Zoom link

I am really thrilled to have an essay in the summer 2023 issue of Hopkins Review alongside folks like Terrance Hayes, Claudia Rankine, Rahne Alexander, Camille T. Dungy, Moira Egan, and others whose work I really admire. I’ll be reading at JHU on September 8th to celebrate the release of the issue – which includes a special folio on walking. And a map! And gorgeous artwork. I’m grateful to editors Anna Maria Hong and Christine Hume for choosing my piece. I’m excited to share it with you.

I’m going to struggle to finish this challenge this year. I have several hefty projects on my desk at work. But here’s my plan, in no particular order. I prefer to pile up the books I’ve been wanting to get to and then read whatever appeals on any given day, and if I can do it in a shady spot, beneath a canopy of bird-and-cicada song, then great. But the living room sofa at 8:39 p.m. is also good.