Jack Straw Videos! Readings!

Jack Straw Readings On May 18th I read my essay that was published in the Jack Straw Anthology, “Avoiding Burnout in a 365/12/7 Work Environment,” at Jack Straw. Watch it on their YouTube channel here! On May 29th I read my essay, “Babes with AIDS,” about the start of the Babes …

Jack Straw in Full Swing

The Jack Straw Anthology is published!!! Available at Open Books, at Jack Straw, and I have a few available as well; it contains my essay, “Avoiding Burnout in a 365/24/7 Work Environment,” presented in their studio reading on May 19th, it was livestreamed, so is available to watch on YouTube. …

Memoir, AWP, Poetry, & Three Anthologies

Memoir News I am so grateful to spend three and a half weeks as a Vashon Artist-in-Residence!! I had a room with a view! It started on March 27th, till I returned home on April 20th! I worked on my memoir manuscript tentatively titled: “Secrets & Life Stories of an …

Seventh Decade Shout Out!!

Congratulations to the new U.S. Poet Laureate: Ada Limón!!!  Her reading at the W.S. Merwin Conservatory in Honolulu was moving, listen to it here. Julene’s Memoir News! I completed a three-week Memoir Bootcamp with Allison K. Williams, author of Seven Drafts. It was an excellent workshop by a seasoned editor …