Today I got a couple of emails reminding me that my Wordpress renewal is tomorrow. I thought that was odd, since I'm on auto-renew and don't have to manually pay my bill. That's when I noticed the email was from a user at "hosting.com" and the link address was to some long url that wasn't associated with Wordpress at all.

This weekend, we took a trip to Vicksburg for my reading and discovered some of the many things it has to offer.

Some book club invitations may turn out to be too good to be true.

Reading an small-town Mississippi bookstores is so much fun, no matter how many people are there.

I talke about my experience signing an AI opt-in agreement and with learning about tne Anthropic settlement.

Seeing where A Writer's Craft has been sold leads to insights and confirms my plans as I work toward a second edition.

September is shaping up to be a busy month with appearances at the Mississippi Book Festival, Millsaps College, The W's Alumni Assoc. and Bookends of Pontotoc.

My response to Poets & Writers recent advice essays for MFA Applicants

I add an anecdote to my Substack post about Staround's performance of my poem "Orpheus" in Serbia.

Today, my poem "Orpheus" will be performed at the Nisville Festival in Serbia, though I'm still in Mississippi. Here's the story...

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This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, Lauren Rhoades talks with poet Kendall Dunkelberg, whose newly released collection of poetry is titled TREE FALL WITH BIRDSONG. The episode airs on MPB Radio th...

This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, Lauren Rhoades talks with poet Kendall Dunkelberg, whose newly released collection of poetry is titled TREE FALL WITH BIRDSONG. The episode airs on MPB Radio th...

Should you read this title as a statement or a command? Going on book tour has me thinking about how writers can engage readers through personal appearances, and how that promotes the value of human-generated writing to counter the influence of AI.

Things are heading up for August! I'll be hitting the virtual road and going up the street with events for Tree Fall with Birdsong this month. Here's what I know so far.

Finding an old post about the Tennessee Williams Tribute, leads me to a realization about the value of blogging (or journaling).