On Sunday evening I launched my new chapbook, The Violence Within. It was published in February 2018 by Flutter Press, but for a variety of reasons I didn’t have the launch party until early May. There was books and booze and lots of support from poetry loving friends.

Ready for my book launch!

 

I read a mix of new poems and older poems, some from the book and some that aren’t in there. I read First Date and Love is a Lesion on Your Brain and We Carry and because and Unsolicited Advice to My Younger Self. I ended with an ode because really, a poetry reading ends nicely with a poem that praises and thanks something. Mine just happened to be the Ode to My Vibrator – you can watch that poem here.

If you couldn’t make it to the book launch, no worries, you can still get a copy. Send $10 (as a gift) and make sure to include your mailing address!