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Three poems from my book, Choosing a Stone, have been reprinted in The Monterey Poetry Review, which publishes “the highest quality work from artists, photographers, and poets with a connection to the Monterey Peninsula.” Many thanks to editors Dr. Jennifer Lagier Fellguth, Kate Aver Avraha, and Laura Bayless.

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Colorado-based journal Hidden Peak Review is featuring “Kite” in its current artist spotlight, the second of my poems to receive this honor. The Review showcases “gut-punch free verse and eye-opening prose from across the U.S. and abroad. A no-frills, cut-to-the-core publisher,” of “relevant, grounded, engaging and sublime literature.” Many thanks to poetry editor Kyle Newman. 

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“Canned,” was published by Gyroscope Review, a quarterly magazine of contemporary poetry, in their Summer 2024 issue (page 18). Thanks to editor Constance Brewer for including my work.

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“The Great Horned Owl’s Sermon,” (April 2023 Poem-of-the-Month) is can be found in Pensive-A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts. Pensive, an acclaimed global journal housed at the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service at Northeastern University, publishes work that deepens the inward life; expresses a range of religious/spiritual/humanist experiences and perspectives; envisions a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world; advances dialogue across difference; and challenges structural oppression in all its forms. Many thanks to editors Soo Laski and Alexander Levering Kern for this honor.

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In 2023, I served as Coordinator of the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books. Many thanks to Laraine OBrien, Candy Decker, and Calvin Leszczynski, UWM at Waukesha Foundation President, for this honor and opportunity, The festival, which ran November 2-4, featured a keynote address from Bob Woodward, among others.

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I was happy to join the faculty of AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop as a creative writing instructor. AllWriters’ is an international creative writing studio with students in 20 countries, offering online and on-site classes in all genres. Many thanks are due to Director and Founder Kathie Giorgio.

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Soundings East, the literary journal of Salem State University, published “Tuesday: Definition,” in its annual print issue. Founded in 1973, the journal is distributed nationally and published with support from the university’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts, and is “dedicated to publishing high-quality poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.” Many thanks to Poetry Editor, Michael Mahin.

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The D.C.-based zine, lacuna, published my poem, “Avian.” Lacuna publishes art, poetry, fiction, prose, and political commentary. According to its website, their mission “is to defy traditional literary arts magazine publishing by grounding our practices in radical politics of anti-establishment and free expression.”

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“October Sunflower,” and “Streets of Old Milwaukee” are now live in Volume #31 of Albatross Poetry Journal. “October Sunflower” is the title poem of my upcoming new book. Thanks to Chief Editor/Publisher, Richard Smyth, for publishing both poems.

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The Fall, 2023 issue Chicago literary journal Packingtown Review features three of my poems: “Night Wind,” “November Lines,” and “The Museum of Saturday.” Many thanks to editor Snežana Žabić, and the review’s editorial board for honoring my work. The journal publishes poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, reviews, and translations, by American and international writers.

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My poem “All Souls” is live on Shark Reef literary journal’s website. According to its mission statement, Shark Reef is committed to publishing original writing of high quality, and persists in giving accomplished writers a place to showcase their work. Many thanks to Poetry Co-Editors Richard Widerkehr and Linda Conroy for honoring his work.

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My poem “Needle in a Haystack” is featured in the The Stockholm Review of Literature. Many thanks to Cian McCourt, Poetry Editor, and Kelvin Kellman, Editor-in-Chief, for honoring his work. The Review “publishes superlative literary fiction, poetry and essays, and undertakes to promote the writers and artists that produce it.” 

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Many thanks to all the aspiring poets who helped us celebrate 414 Day at the Milwaukee Public Museum on April 14th, 2023, and contributed to the success of our second Pop-Up Poetry event. We saw some really terrific poems from a broad range of visitors, all of whom were clearly having a great time writing original verse about Milwaukee history. Much gratitude to poet and typewriter enthusiast Chris Rundblad for typing up some of the poems on her vintage portables.

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I was honored to serve as a Visual Arts panelist for the 2022 National Endowment for the Arts projects grant program. Founded in 1965 by an act of Congress, the NEA is an independent federal agency that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. His nomination was submitted to the NEA’s Director of Museums by Dr. Brandon Ruud, Abert Family Curator of American Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Additional thanks for the support of Wendy Clark, Director of Museums, Visual Arts & Indemnity/Visual Arts.

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