Ghosts, Talking

 

Fifteen years ago, my son and daughter were my first audience for this story. I read the beginning to them during a heat wave. We sat beneath a dogwood tree, cooling our feet in a plastic kiddie pool. 

Later, they graduated from high school, then college. Then went back to college and graduated again. Got jobs. Meanwhile, I was coming back to this story again and again, believing there was something there.  Looking at it from different angles. Shaping it. Trying to decide how it ended. Renaming it.

And here it is. 

All that time and thought makes the happiness of seeing "Ghosts, Talking" in the new Issue of Gold Man Review all the sweeter. You can take a look here. 

Thank you to the editors!

awe/struck

 

Here's my Willamette Week review of the world premiere of Christopher Oscar Peña's awe/struck at Profile Theatre.

Getting to Know You

 

Thank you, Willamette Writers! What a great time chatting with Francesca G. Varela, Mark Teppo and other writers at The Portland Book Festival. 

Photo by Gail Pasternack.

Meet Me at the Fair!

I'll be at the Willamette Writers booth at the Portland Book Festival this Saturday, November 4, 1 - 1:30 p.m. Come say hello and check out my book Not Me: Poems About Other Women, which was published in 2022 by Finishing Line Press.

Blood Wedding

My review of Shaking the Tree Theatre's fabulous production of  Blood Wedding is online. Director Samantha Van Der Merwe's artistry makes Lorca's poetic play bloom with thrilling life. You can read the whole review here.