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We're back on! After initially cancelling this in-person event, we've now moved to a virtual event this Thursday, May 7th at 8 PM. To register, click here.  I'm thrilled to be joining Houston-based poets Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton and Erin Belieu for an evening of...

For my latest "Craft Club" interview over at Catapult, I interviewed the amazing fiction writer (and my fellow UH alum) Selena Anderson. We unpacked the process that she went through to write "Godmother Tea," which you can read online in its entirety at Oxford...

My Rumpus interview with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo about his incredible new memoir Children of the Land just posted....check it out here.

For my second "Craft Club" column for Catapult, I interviewed the incredible poet José Olivarez about his poem, “My Family Never Finished Migrating, We Just Stopped.” Check it out here!

I've just started a monthly "Craft Club" column for the Catapult community page in which I'm interviewing a diverse set of a contemporary writers about the craft choices they made while working on a single short story, essay, or poem. Each of the pieces we...

Please join me on Sunday, October 27th from 2-3:30 pm central time for a free 90-minute workshop on writing memoir. I’ll share some of the tips that helped me get my first draft onto paper, as well as suggestions for refining your draft and finding the heart of your...