I am very excited to announce that I will have a poem in the upcoming May/June issue of American Poetry Review! Eeeep! I have been reading APR for so many years and can’t believe I’m finally appearing there! And it’s from my third book manuscript. Which I may have news about soon…

Speaking of appearances, here is an appearance that I am honored to be be invited to…the Japan Language Meetup on April 10, where we will be talking about haiku. Here’s a little bit more about it.

In other news, have been running a 101 fever and head feels like it is rattling full of hammers. Going on a week now. Note: this is not as conducive to poetry, dear universe, so how about a break with the thundersnow and such, just some regular nice spring weather would be great! (My home town of Cincinnati today was a sunny 77 degrees. Way to make us look bad, midwest!) Basically, every time I walk outside, I get sicker. Cough. Achoo. Blusterhailsnow. On the plus side, my husband has provided me a vase full of daffodils, some British fashion magazines, and a page of My Little Pony stickers as “get-well-soon” totems. And he learned how to make wheat-free crepes.
On the downside, even looking at consolidating my student loans made me so depressed I had to quit looking at them, and still in the anxiety-about-finances-provoking state of house-searching. Kids, a little life lesson courtesy of Auntie Jeannine: if you’re going to spend a lot of money on a degree, be sure it enables you to do something that actually makes money. That is all.