Fevers of the Mind Poetry Showcase

As a few people are aware, one of the projects I'm currently working (yes, I said “one of…"“) is a collection of ekphrastic poems: I’m expanding Dust & Ashes into a full-length collection.

To that end, I've spent a good part of the summer visiting a bunch of art museums in three different states (so far) to balance the literary art responses with some visual art. Some fruits of that labor were published today in Fevers of the Mind. Here is the link to the poems:

Below are the links to the works they are based on (each opens in a new window).

Arbol de la Vida

“Morning Sun”

Flora, Meeting House Hill Cemetery, Princeton/Enslaved by Governor Moses Gill and Rebecca Boylston Gill

“Woman Who Once Had Wings”

“October 19, 2022”

Review of Dust and Ashes at Sundress Reads

I didn’t know this review existed until my publisher tagged me on Facebook.

I read it and learned that review writing is an art form all its own. This one: a masterpiece. I am honored and humbled and embarrassed and exposed.

Good feelings all around.

You can read the review here.

You can buy your copy here.

Buy MEH's poetry from MEH!

I finally figured out how to sell my collections directly to those good people brave (or crazy) enough to be interested in a copy.

While you can still buy direct from my publishers, Teaching While Black and Dust and Ashes can now go directly from my hands to yours.

Dust and Ashes now available for purchase from Californios Press

Dust and Ashes, my new chapbook of ekphrastic poems, is now available for purchase from Californios Press!

Read samples and learn more here (also buy a copy).

Dust and Ashes - Chapbook Accepted for Publication by Californios

My chapbook Dust and Ashes was officially accepted for publication by Californios Press and is scheduled to be released this Fall.

This collection is a series of responses to a variety of visual and literary art, using the Jewish Torah and Christian New Testament as a (rough) backdrop.

I figured I should put my Masters of Arts in Theological Studies (concentration: Hebrew Bible and theology and the arts) to good use this time around.

More information to follow.