Poetry matters - especially now!

Poet Bio: I am a poet, translator, and Professor of Psychology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California. I received my MFA in Flute from the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag, The Netherlands. After about a decade as a professional flutist, I went back to school and received my PhD in Psychology and Medical Ethics from the Vrije University in Amsterdam. After about 20 years in academia, I received my MFA in Creative Writing from Otis College of Art and Design. My poetry and creative writing has appeared in OR, The New Review, Vinyl and The Rumpus. I was a contributor at Bread Loaf in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Author Statement: I want to write bravely and openly, and to show up in the world wherever I can best help in these currently troubled times.

Your support gives me vital inspiration as I write for thirty days this month.

Tupelo Press provides the canvas, I bring my words, accompanied by other fine poets, writing thirty poems in thirty days, all ours to edit and submit as we wish. 30/30 poems have been taken by over 90 journals and featured in over 40 published chapbooks, all so Tupelo Press can keep publishing exquisite and diverse voices that might never be heard otherwise.

Every dollar gives me confidence to write more, and helps the press place more poems in gorgeous books. Please help me to help this distinguished press. They have published some of my favorite poets, they are help to keep the work alive!

Thank you!