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Rush of Wingspan: Poetry Film
Poetry film featuring imagery from Rush of Wingspan including original sound track and bird song plus cameos of pianist Panos Gklistis and I. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry Film
Tag: Music
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Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert
The first book launch for Rush of Wingspan will be Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert
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Rush of Wingspan: Inspirations
As a guest blogger for McGill-Queen’s University Press, I explore what inspired Rush of Wingspan. Plus additional news! Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Inspirations
Official Release Date
It’s the official release date for Rush of Wingspan. You’ll enter alternative worlds with lots of seaside imagery, and of course some owls Continue reading Official Release Date
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Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals
Rush of Wingspan has arrived. “Outwards from a northern wilderness childhood these poems thrum musically with intuitive environmentalism in urban, coastal, and boreal forests.” Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals
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Rush of Wingspan: Blurbs
I’m grateful for the beauty of nature, and grateful to have endorsements for Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026) from J. Mae Barizo, Kevin Irie, Stephanie Bolster, Brian Bartlett and Julie Sedivy. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Blurbs
Amazing year of 2025
Highlights of 2025: Athens Epidaurus Festival, Early Music Vancouver Festival, and forthcoming Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026). In the ongoing tumult of the world may 2026 also reveal wonder to us. Continue reading Amazing year of 2025
Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages
Rush of Wingspan feels truly real now. I love viewing the proof pages, and I enjoy working on the final details so that the book can be as perfect as it can be (while realizing one can never actually reach … Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages
Viewpoint Gallery Opening
I’m an alumni of Viewpoint Gallery and my image “Wild Horses” will be on display in September. I took the photograph in the dune landscape of the Netherlands earlier this year. Continue reading Viewpoint Gallery Opening
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Rush of Wingspan
Rush of Wingspan (MQUP) will be published in March 2026. Cover reveal. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan
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Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] Athens Premiere
During the weekend of June 7th I was in Greece. I attended rehearsals and watched the premiere of Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival. It was an immense experience.
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Book Contract
My forthcoming poetry collection Rush of Wingspan will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2026. I’ve just signed the contract. Plus more info about music-theatre and song premieres. And photos. Continue reading Book Contract
The gifts of 2022
It has been a wonderful year and I’m grateful to all of you for your ongoing support and encouragement. In this post you’ll find a summary of the year including photos. Continue reading The gifts of 2022
Return to Crete
I retraced some of the memories that formed Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete along with doing new research in the form of notes and photographs (some of which you can view in this post). Michalis Paraskakis and I sat in… Continue reading Return to Crete
Strella
For those of you who watched my January poetry in conversation with composer Michalis Paraskakis you may also be interested in knowing about his forthcoming opera Strella which was commissioned by the Greek National Opera. Plus the Field Guide is featured in the Queen’s Alumni Review.