Stick Figure Poetry

Give Poetry a Chance

It’s National Poetry Month, so it only makes sense for one of the poets of the Parisian Phoenix family to weigh in with a blog post. I’m not positive, but I get the feeling that most non-poets envision poetry events as a bunch of uppity snobs reciting John Keats and Robert Frost. Or, perhaps theyContinue reading “Give Poetry a Chance”

Exploring whether or not my art features ‘enough’ disability

Last May, I appeared as a featured reader for the online event Spofest (which stands for spoken word fest). Among Spofest’s many segments was a Q and A where the host asks participants three questions about writing. The first two are the same for all three presenters, but the third is a question that theContinue reading “Exploring whether or not my art features ‘enough’ disability”