I sat cross-legged on a curb in the middle of New Jersey in the middle of the 1970s and wrote a poem about despair. I was fourteen, it was humid and windless, and I was waiting outside my father’s girlfriend’s apartment to go home where my father and I had barricaded...
Usually, I am one to find the thread of dark humor even in the worst of circumstances. But I found myself at a loss. I had been increasingly depressed and anxious since a confluence of world and family events descended, including family deaths and friends’ severe...
A special writing workshop with Sunu P. Chandy benefiting Mission Belonging programs for Veterans, Service Members, Military Families, and Healthcare Workers. Creating Joyful Community with poet Sunu P. Chandy UPDATED WITH NEW WORKSHOP DATE: Now on September 7th, 2023...
A special writing workshop with Aaron Caycedo-Kimura benefiting Mission Belonging programs for Veterans, Service Members, Military Families, and Healthcare Workers. Freedom with Form: The Contemporary Sonnet with writer Aaron Caycedo-Kimura – July 13th, 2023 at...
A special publishing-centric workshop with author Courtney LeBlanc to benefit Mission Belonging programs for Veterans, Service Members, and Healthcare Workers. How To Submit: Submitting Your Work to Presses and Journals with Author Courtney LeBlancJune 8th, 2023 at 7...
