News...

Award Nominations for "Morning...":

The Conference on Christianity and Literature's Book of the Year Citation (no cigar)
The Pushcart Prize (no word yet)
The Kentucky Literary Award (no word yet)


Publications:

Ars Poetica ("The Room," link on the right)
Riverwind ("After Chuck's Zen Garden)
Words ("Spofford Lake")
The Chrysalis Reader ("In January," tentatively accepted)
New Southerner ("Your Days Are Waiting", link on the right)



Public Appearances:

January 29 @Holly Hill Inn, 6:30pm for "Tapas Tuesday" reading with Lynnell Edwards, Erin Keane, and Ben Lesousky.

February 9 @ The Carnegie Center in Lexington, 9am-12pm for a lecture/workshop on William Stafford and Practical Poetics.

Every Monday in March @ Asbury Theological Seminary, 5:30pm for a reading of "Psalm: A Meditation on God and the Hebrew Alphabet" and a workshop on "Modern Psalmists." See J.D. Walt's blog for more details.


...and the best for last...

Baby Gigi

She's happy and healthy and giving Amanda hell doing ninja moves in the womb. Amanda is taking it in stride--still looking beautiful, still going strong. We're really looking forward to April 28th (and the surrounding weeks...)!