It  Is  Coming soon.  Like  in  the  next  month.   Seriously.  Someone  is  publishing  it. 

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​This is for anyone who ever played in a band, put out a zine, booked a show, or passed out a flyer

This is for Metro in the Sterling Hotel, Metro on South Main Street, and Homebase

This is for all those bands who provided the soundtrack to my adolescence

This is for all those bands who wrote the songs that shaped my life

This is for all the punk kids who were fucking there

This is for all those the ex-boyfriends

This is for the Wilkes-Barre scene
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​Out January 21, 2021 on EMP Books

Pre-orders January 10, 2021
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TAFFETA & TATTOOS
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I am a mess of contradictions, fan of parallel structure, and nostalgic pack rat who writes poetry about punk rock kids, takes photos of forgotten places, and rescues discarded treasures. Most importantly I believe in the beauty of the ordinary, the power of the vernacular, and the history of the abandoned. My work strives to reveal the art in what we see, say, do, ignore, and forget every day.

I hold Creative Writing degrees from SUNY Purchase (BA) and Wilkes University (MFA). I have been published in several kick ass journals and am actively looking for a publisher for my first collection, Mix Tapes and Photo Albums.

Prior to all the fancy education and publication credits, I was raised by rock n’ roll parents who knew the importance of concerts and going past the no trespassing signs. I spent my adolescence in a small town punk rock scene where I moshed, fell in love, and produced a few cut and paste zines, before I escaped to New York City and caused a ruckus in Alphabet City. Currently I am one step behind nature when keeping up with an antique house, at the whim of a feisty terrier, and navigating the poetry world in Pittsburgh. 

 
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