(And, no, that’s not a typo.) Talking to students and strangers about my particular brand of bookiness and poetry can sometimes be a little weird at the beginning. It generally starts with an awkward self-deprecating intro, followed by assorted blank … Continue reading 11 book for 13 schools…
Update (August 2016): I am excited to say that this book is now in the permanent care of the Goucher College Special Collections. I am so happy to have placed my horseshoe crab somewhere I care about so much — … Continue reading living fossil book…
I’m so excited that my poem “Wallflower (For Eva Hesse)” is up today in What Weekly, and specifically, in the very first installment of its new “What Lit” section. What Weekly is a supercool online magazine that’s “documenting the Baltimore … Continue reading inspiration for a wallflower…
I do love haikus. Here’s a shot of the first five days of my Baltimore Fun-A-Day project, for which I’m writing a haiku about something that happens each day, and then attempting to illustrate it. (Emphasis on the attempting.) At … Continue reading 17 syllables of awesome…
Two of my poems — “Canvas,” and “Lemon Tree” — are featured in today’s online version of The Rusty Nail, forthcoming in print. This link goes directly to the poems. Both of these poems are part of a bigger project … Continue reading poems in the rusty nail…
Jenny O'Grady 