ANNOUNCING SPRING 2018 READINGS!:

  • 3/27 : SKAZAT! Reading Series in Ann Arbor, MI (7pm)

  • 4/27 : SPECTRA Reading Series w/ jamie mortara in Rock Island, IL (8pm)

  • 4/28: Workshops @ Midwest Writing Center in Rock Island, IL

 
 
 
View fullsize Someone should tell this very professional little girl that she got tenure ✨✨✨ (She’s me btw)
View fullsize Happy Sunday, all! This is just your reminder that you can buy any of my three books and I will mail signed copies of them to you. They are fully approved by Ducky, as you can see. We can do Venmo or PayPal! Just DM me. 🥰 #torturedpoet #helpgalepayh
View fullsize Here’s where I get to brag a little, because being cheesy about my students is the best thing about being a teacher: one of my senior poets, @addisynclapp, is officially heading to the UMass Amherst MFA program in the fall! Yes, it feels like f
View fullsize It was a pretty good eclipse birthday. Thank you, all, for your well wishes and happies yesterday! “Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him.” (Annie Dillard). I
View fullsize Last week I visited Fort Collins, Colorado, to celebrate a year of MOUNTAIN AMNESIA being the winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry. It was a short but incredibly meaningful trip, packed with some of the kindest and genuine people you’ll ever
View fullsize If you’re anywhere near Fort Collins, CO, I’ll be reading at the CSU Creative Writing Reading Series this Thursday, 4/4, at 7:30pm with Hermione Hoby! I’m so excited to share Mountain Amnesia and thank the staff who worked so hard t
View fullsize No animal of mine wants to sit on the actual couch.
View fullsize Bringing back these Jesus Christ Superstar Valentines just in time.
View fullsize For real though, if you missed out on my book at AWP or tried to buy it when it was sold out, DM me to buy one and I’ll mail you a signed copy! ✨
View fullsize Small haul, but mighty. Thank you for an amazing AWP, everyone! Thank you, especially, to those who supported and bought Mountain Amnesia, contributing to its SELLOUT by the end of day 2! If you missed it or me at AWP, dm me to purchase a signed copy
View fullsize I do have a pretty great view of KC from here. READING ALERT: Join us tonight at Spokes Coffee/Cafe (starts at 7!!!) for some of the best poetry you’re gonna get this side of the mississip (to be honest I know know which side of it we’re
View fullsize Okay y’all, here is my #AWP24 schedule this year, just me and my little friend MOUNTAIN AMNESIA! If I’m not at the @yesyesbooks booth, I’ll be at the @coloradoreview table signing my little heart out, or I’ll be out looking fo