I couldn’t be more grateful that my article on the prison minstry at Bibb County Correctional Facility was named one of the editors’ ten favorite articles of 2025 in byFaith magazine. It was a privilege to research and write, and I remain in debt to those men on the inside who shared their lives and stories with me — I only wish their names appeared on the byline too.

Sonnets are back! (As if they ever left.) I’ll be leading a workshop at the Willow School this week for their creative writing students, based out of the Mid/South Sonnets anthology published by Belle Point Press. Future public workshops are in the works; more information to come.

Following the launch last night at the Words and Music Festival, I’m honored that a chapter from my forthcoming memoir is included in the 2024 lmnl arts anthology, available here. The book will be published in early 2027 by University Press of Mississippi; until then, it’s an honor to rub shoulders with so many writers whom I admire in these pages.

I’m delighted to be appearing at two events at this year’s Words and Music Festival next weekend: at a reading celebrating the launch of the lmnl anthology on Thursday night, and at the reading celebrating the Katrina and Rita anthology on Saturday night. More details are available at the festival website — it’s one of the city’s best. Free and open to the public!

I’m honored to be joining Dennis Formento, Olivia Clare Friedman, Skye Jackson, Chuck Perkins, and Gina Ferrara at this year’s Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge next weekend, on November 1. One of the best literary festivals in the South, the LBF only increases its poetry offerings year on end, and this year is an absolute feast. Free!