Periodic reminder: student journalists in Appalachia, young writers in Appalachia, young folks in Appalachia who see something happening in their community they want to write about! Please pitch. (If you need pitch advice, message me! There's guidance in the link below but glad to brainstorm.)

The whiplash of writing poems about pretty trees and flowers and then for days (weeks?) only being able to find words for the climate disaster grief that is so deeply in my body....

Six months ago the problem was too much water. Today, the problem is not enough. But Hurricane Helene and these fires are symptoms of the same disaster - climate disaster.
God I'm tired and heartbroken.
Please keep these mountains in your thoughts and prayers.

"I drive to our house for the first time since evacuation. All the downed trees in the road make me weep. National Guard tanks wait at a red light. I pass my house and head straight for New York and Allen. I want to see it—the burned-down streets where I’d walked and dreamed."

Following devastating flooding, EKY Mutual Aid posted that they've raised & redistributed over $7k to communities, supporting hotel rooms for shelter, replacing medications, and more. They've been sharing ways to support mutual aid for impacted areas if you can: www.instagram.com/p/DGMvTaXs30...

The richest men in the world have decided to undermine NC's Hurricane Helene recovery and destroy the lives and livelihoods of ordinary people doing some of the most important and humbly-compensated work being done today.

www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...

Just a couple more days for your order to act as a donation to the North Carolina Arts Disaster Relief Fund! Consider buying Plenty as a gift for yourself, a loved one, or a little free library in your area 💜

The book is finally available for PREORDER! Pre-orders are super important—they help publishers and bookstores gauge interest! You can order from Indigo or your local shop!

If you buy a copy by Jan 1, DM me the receipt I will badly doodle something for you

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/760991...

Grief and hope. Grief and hope. That’s what fills my heart, my lungs, my bones.

Happy 2nd birthday to my chapbook, Plenty! 💜

From now until January 1st, I will donate any royalties I earn from the sale of Plenty to the North Carolina Arts Disaster Relief Fund which is working to support artists impacted by Hurricane Helene in my beloved Western North Carolina.

Happy 2nd birthday to my chapbook, Plenty! 💜

From now until January 1st, I will donate any royalties I earn from the sale of Plenty to the North Carolina Arts Disaster Relief Fund which is working to support artists impacted by Hurricane Helene in my beloved Western North Carolina.

"What we love and praise well, we will inevitably come to grieve."

orionmagazine.org/article/seas...

Proud to announce that I have two poems published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's 2024 Pinesong anthology!
If you would like to read these poems and/or purchase the anthology, contact me and I'll assist.

Reported on student debt + mental health for @teenvogue.bsky.social's student debt series, IOU. Grateful to people who shared their experiences, including forgoing mental health care because of student loan debt and payments, and the impact of debt on mental well-being.

"These are our people, I meant to say, from whom we come and to whom we belong."
orionmagazine.org/article/gutb...

"They’d sought life and a future in the sanctity of this hospital, thinking, mistakenly, that it would be safe."