Eye to the Telescope, Mipoesis IArtistas, LitCrawl and Other October Adventures

Just in time for Halloween, there is a new issue of Eye to the Telescope, focused on issues of race and edited by Jason McCall, up, and I have three poems in it, “Horror Comics,” “Mermaid on Land,” and “Introduction to Alien Autopsy.” All kinds of speculative and scary stuff, and I think you’ll enjoy reading it. Check it out!

Also, I’m featured in the new Mipoesis IARTistas issue (click on “Preview” and go to pages 4-5 to see it or buy it!) thanks to Rita Maria Martinez-Puccio who wrote the feature! My name is a bit misspelled (it’s Gailey, not Galley) but it’s a really nicely written interview with two poems from The Robot Scientist’s Daughter in it. Thanks to editor Didi Menendez and Rita for their hard work!

I’ve got a bunch of exciting stuff coming up next week – a visit to a Bainbridge Island book club and a reading with LA Review at LitCrawl in the 7-7:45 slot at Capitol Cider (which I’ve been meaning to go to – a cider bar with an all gluten-free menu!) Both are going to be exciting!

I’m hoping to shake off a new ankle injury (after a dental appointment this week I was taking a walk to try to relax after a harrowing hour with a particularly aggressive dental hygienist …and attacked by a Cujo-esque off-leash dog, which didn’t get a chance to bite me, but I hurt both ankles in my escape…) Yes, I would enjoy a whole week in which I was neither sick nor injured. Come on, universe!

Here are two pictures wishing you a happy October from my husband G and I at two local pumpkin patches! Can you tell which is the most sincere? I now have an assortment of weird pumpkins – Cinderella pumpkins, ghost pumpkins – and gourds sitting on my porch. I’ve been putting sweet potatoes in my morning hash and delicata squash in all my desserts…and trying to ignore the increasing darkness (sunset at 5:30, now!) and the upcoming time change!