Just wanted to say hello from Bread Loaf! I started a new blog a bit ago, and you can read what I have to say about workshops, craft classes, and various sundry bits at independent study, where I will continue to muse on about thoughts on reading and writing. Oh, and I'm in Ellen Bryant Voigt's workshop.

I returned to Palm Beach this winter, and it was well worth it: I've wanted to work with Kimiko Hahn for a long while now, and I can fully recommend her as an instructor: she will challenge you, she will push you.

More photos here.

This fall semester, I'm working with the poet Jude Nutter through Intermedia Arts' Writer to Writer program.

I've begun writing a series of poems based on my grandfather who has Alzheimer's--all the poems are incredibly immediate and urgent.

Working with Carolyn Forche, the week the bridge collapsed. Split Rock Arts. More images here.

Carolyn has become a mentor for me, working with me through a series of poems, which I hope will become a chapbook. I am eternally grateful to her, this poet I've admired for so many years.