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Conversation with Jennifer Givhan at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (In Store and Virtual, Dec. 8, 7pm PST)

UPDATED: Watch a recording! I’m super excited about this in-person and virtual hybrid event I’m doing with author Jennifer Givhan through the amazing Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego! We’ll have a short conversation about our novels, followed by a Q&A with the audience and booksigning, where both virtual and in-person folks can get booksContinue reading “Conversation with Jennifer Givhan at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (In Store and Virtual, Dec. 8, 7pm PST)”

Virtual Reading and Q&A with Malaprop’s–Thursday Aug 4, 6pm ET

UPDATED: Watch a recording! This Thursday night, 8/4, at 6pm ET/ 5pm CT! I’ll be presenting The Book of Gothel in conversation with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, author of The Witch and the Tsar, through the wonderful Asheville, NC bookstore, Malaprop’s, virtual reading series! It’s a free event, but you must register to attend. Here’s theContinue reading “Virtual Reading and Q&A with Malaprop’s–Thursday Aug 4, 6pm ET”

Limited Pre-Order Campaign for THE BOOK OF GOTHEL!

The publication date for The Book of Gothel is coming soon–only three weeks to go–and the international pre-order campaign is live through the end of the month (while supplies last)! The Book of Gothel is the secret history of Rapunzel according to the medieval peasant woman who would become known as the witch. The conceitContinue reading “Limited Pre-Order Campaign for THE BOOK OF GOTHEL!”

Interview and excerpt from The Book of Gothel in Enchanted Living

An interview with me about The Book of Gothel appears online here and in the spring 2022 Fairy Tale issue of Enchanted Living, which also contains an excerpt from the beginning of the book! To read the excerpt, you can order the summer issue here or purchase it in brick-and-mortar bookstores in the U.S. YouContinue reading “Interview and excerpt from The Book of Gothel in Enchanted Living”

Women in SF&F Month: Feminist Retellings

Why are fairy tales told the way they are told? What secrets do they hide? Huge thanks to Fantasy Book Cafe for inviting me to do a guest post about The Book of Gothel for Women in SF&F month! I got to write about fairy tales, how much I love feminist retellings of folklore andContinue reading “Women in SF&F Month: Feminist Retellings”

The Book of Gothel–Forthcoming from Redhook and Orbit UK in 2022!

I’ve been sitting on this news for an unbearably long time, but now I’m finally able to shout it from the rooftops. My debut novel, The Book of Gothel, the secret history of the Rapunzel folktale as told by the witch, will be published in 2022 by Hachette Orbit/Redhook in the United States and OrbitContinue reading “The Book of Gothel–Forthcoming from Redhook and Orbit UK in 2022!”

“Der Froschkönig” and “The Frog Princess [Remix]” in Cimarron Review

I received my contributors’ copies of Cimarron Review in this afternoon’s mail. It’s an honor to have two poems from the full-length poetry manuscript I’m working on appear alongside work by Karen Skolfield, Sidney Wade, and Edmund White.  Highlights for me, in addition to work by the above-mentioned poets, included Katherine Kaufman’s prose poem, “The Foxes,” and Miriam Cohen’s wonderfullyContinue reading ““Der Froschkönig” and “The Frog Princess [Remix]” in Cimarron Review”

Wolf Skin at Baltimore Composers Forum

My prose poem, “Wolf Skin,” had its musical debut this week at the Baltimore Composers Forum concert with the original score by composer Elizabeth Skola Davis.  Watch the video below to see the performance by Joseph Regan, tenor, and Tim McReynolds, piano! The lyrics originally appeared as a prose poem in the Los Angeles Review and asContinue reading “Wolf Skin at Baltimore Composers Forum”

Frostburg, Jackalope-Girl, and Rose Red Review

I’ve been remiss in not writing about my wonderful experience at Frostburg Indie Lit Festival in October, where I was invited to be part of a panel on Fairy Tales Reimagined by Sarah Ann Winn. I stayed with a fabulous group of writers at a beautiful cabin in the mountains outside town, where the view on my morning runsContinue reading “Frostburg, Jackalope-Girl, and Rose Red Review”

The Gossamer Pleasures of Faerie Magazine

Last summer, I started editing poetry for Faerie Magazine, the lush quarterly edited by Carolyn Turgeon, which was just profiled in the Style section of the New York Times. If you haven’t heard about Faerie yet, you should check out this article, which examines the magazine’s “gossamer pleasures” and calls it “wonderfully curious and deeply weird.” I have to say, it’s been a delight to read allContinue reading “The Gossamer Pleasures of Faerie Magazine”

Wolf Skin Wins 2015 Elgin Chapbook Award

I received news yesterday that my debut poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin, won the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s 2015 Elgin Chapbook Award! The award honors the best speculative poetry chapbook published in 2013-2014. I was honored to be nominated, and I’m just plain thrilled to win! I’ve been writing speculative poetry since I was a kid, and I’m amazed to haveContinue reading “Wolf Skin Wins 2015 Elgin Chapbook Award”

New Review of Wolf Skin in American Book Review

I have been traveling on and off, since early May, so I only just got the chance to be amazed by this wonderful new review of Wolf Skin in the latest issue of American Book Review!  Huge thanks are in order to Saara Myrene Raappana for her insightful close  reading. Here’s an excerpt: Reaching beyond the simple retelling or recastingContinue reading “New Review of Wolf Skin in American Book Review”

Two Poems in Ninth Letter

The latest issue of Ninth Letter features two of my poems, “The Sleagh Maith: A Nocturne,” part of my series on folklorist Robert Kirk, and “Open Letter to the Frog Princess,” a poem retelling the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, The Frog King or Iron Heinrich, popularly known as The Princess and the Frog. Also in the issueContinue reading “Two Poems in Ninth Letter”