Recent Credits
- Woman with Crows, poetry chapbook published by Finishing Line Press, 2021
- “inventory of daughters without mothers,” Songs of Eretz, Fall 2024
- “Sarah in Winter,” “Wicked Hungers,” and “Mina Harker’s Complaint.” The Power of the Feminine I, vols 1 and 2. Eds. Christal Rice Cooper and Donna Biffar. ThreshPress, 2024
- “A Story for Metis,” poem, Artemis Journal, 2024
- “Rules of the Table,” “The Good Girls Strike Back,” and “The Teacher Answers.” Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Ann Pancake vol. 2024
- “Why I Don’t Walk So Good Anymore: The Minor Regional Writer Tells All” and “No Such Thing As Writer’s Block,” Up Your Ars Poetica anthology, 2023
- “The Executrix,” Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, 2023
- “The Error of the Moon,” Gyroscope Review, 2023
- “Warhol’s Marilyn, 1967,” Artemis Journal, 2023
- “All the Places I Love Become CVS,” Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Barbara Kingsolver vol. 2023
- “Canning Time,” The Southern Poetry Anthology: Virginia,Texas Review Press, 2022
- “Chickenpox Confessions,” “Services,” and “The Web” (short story), Bloodroot: The Literary Magazine of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, 2022
- “Counter Craft,” “Red in Truth,” “All Saints Day,” Anthology of Appalachian Writers, 2022
- “My Uncle’s Matinee,” Artemis, 2022
- “A Testament for Margery,” The Alchemy Spoon: The Body Issue, 2021
- “Scrunchie Jubilee,” Artemis, 2021
- “Witnesses” (short story), Floyd County Moonshine, Winter 2021
- “Sarah in Winter” and “SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING COED,” Floyd County Moonshine, Summer 2020
- “A Petition for Merciful Salvage,” Floyd County Moonshine, Winter 2020
- “Canning Time” and “The True Story of Eric’s Head,” Anthology of Appalachian Writers, 2020
- “Song of the Old School,” Artemis, 2018
- “Snowdrop in the Supermarket at Midnight,” Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Gretchen Moran Laskas vol., 2013
- “Wreckage” (short story), Still: The Journal, Winter 2013
- Angela Carter, reading recommendation, Deep Cuts: A Horror Anthology, 2013
- “PostScript,” Virginia Education Bulletin, 2009
- “Cathryn Hankla” and “Nikki Giovanni,” Encyclopedia of Appalachia, 2006
- “Last Song of Black Creek” (short story), published in Appalachian Voice, 2006
- “Youngest Son,” The Sow’s Ear, 2004
Presentations and Readings
- “’Where I’m From’: Sharing the Creative Power,” presentation for “Our Turn” faculty development at Radford University, May 2024
- “Where the Roots Wind Around the Heart: Two Contemporary Voices in Appalachian Women’s Poetry,” reading with Annie Woodford, March 2024
- “From the Roots Up: Teaching Appalachian Studies in 2024,” co-presenter for learning session at Alpha Delta Kappa State Convention, March 2024
- “A New Summer: Reviving Appalachian Studies at Radford University,” convener, panel at the Appalachian Studies Association Conference, March 2024
- “A Summer Revival: Signs of Life at the Highland Summer Conference,” presentation for Appalachian Studies Association Conference, March 2024
- “Literary Communities: From Hindman to Radford (And All Points In-Between),” presentation for Winter Burrow: Literary & Arts Conference, December 2023
- “From the Roots Up: Teaching Appalachian Studies in 2023,” co-presenter for Alpha Delta Kappa Founders Day, October 2023
- Guest Reader for Wythe Arts Council gathering, April 2023
- “Sisterhood Through Poetry,” reading with Angela Vaughan Clevinger, Women’s History Month at Radford University, March 2023
- “Inquiry,” online reading and discussion with the Virginia Women’s Poetry Collective, Stockbridge Library, 2023
- Featured Reader with Caren Stuart, “Virginia Voices” series, Poetry Society of Virginia, Spring 2023
- “The Refuge of Witnessing,” online reading and discussion with the Virginia Women’s Poetry Collective, Stockbridge Library, 2022
- “Putting the ‘Person’ in the Personal Essay” and “Writing Poetry,” workshops for the Virginia Governor’s School, Radford University, June-July 2022
- Poetry reading, Spalding University Alumni Celebration, May 2022
- “Online Poetry: The Virginia Women’s Poetry Collective,” reading for the Stockbridge Library Online Poetry Series, May 2022
- Featured reader, National Poetry Month, Pulaski County Library, April 2022
- Poetry reading, The June Bug Center, April 2022
- Poetry workshop for National Poetry Month at Pulaski County Library, April 2022
- “Writing Across the Valleys: Sharing Creative Community Across Distance,” convener and presenter, Appalachian Studies Conference, March 2022
- “Writing Women: Poetry by April J. Asbury and Angela Dribben,” reading at Radford University, March 2022
- Poetry Pop-Up at the Taubman Museum of Art, March 2022
- Featured Reader for “Virtual Poetry Reading & Open Mic,” Poetry Society of Virginia, Sept. 2021
- Guest presenter for “Sharing Identities and Building Relationships,” featuring George Ella Lyon and the National Writing Project, Sept. 2021
- Guest Speaker at Highland Summer Conference at Radford University, July 2017
- Speaker and chair for “Advocating Appalachia,” featuring guest Jeff Mann, NCTE 2016
- Featured author, Highland Summer Conference at Radford University, June 2016
- Speaker for “Creative Connections,” featuring George Ella Lyon, NCTE 2014
- “From Song Paths to Pit Crews: The Power of Research in the Writing of Sharyn McCrumb,” Appalachian Studies Conference, 2013
- New River Valley Voices Juried Reading, November 2012
- Featured Speaker, Poetry and Spoken Word Night, Barnes & Noble, 2012