Word Perv
(noun): One who takes delight and is skilled at constructing, writing or saying naughty phrases or dialogue.
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December 29, 2023

Journals of 2023

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Last year, I filled five notebooks with poems and this year was the same – five notebooks filled with words. (That first one was obviously a gift, y’all know writers are always getting journals and notebooks as gifts!) So much

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November 29, 2023

One Week

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Because I want to be honest, this post is hard to write. Because being vulnerable is always hard, even if it’s often worth it… Anyone who’s read my newest collection, Her Whole Bright Life, knows I struggle with disordered eating.

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December 10, 2022

Journals of 2022

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It’s been one helluva year for writing for me. I won the Jack McCarthy book prize and wrote poems that are included in my forthcoming collection, Her Whole Bright Life. I spent two weeks in Crete, writing and soaking up

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Today is the final day of my 11-day fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. As such, I thought a roundup of my time here would be appropriate. Number of days at VCCA: 11 Number of speeding tickets:

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July 6, 2022

Hello from Greece

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It took longer than planned (because of course my flights were delayed which meant I missed my connection which meant I had to get completely rebooked and rerouted) but I arrived in Greece and am a few days into my

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