News

🗓️  August 14, 2026
Staged Reading
Temple Civic Theatre in Temple, TX will present "A Sister Alone" and "Shirley's Chair" as part of their New Works Festival.

🗓️  October 3, 2026
New Works Festival
The Chameleon Theatre Circle will hold its New Play Festival at Inver Hills Community College in Inver Grove Heights,  MN. "A Sister Alone" has been named a winner of their Ten-Minute Play Contest.

🗓️  Date to be announced
Book Publication
Finish’d!: A Pleasant Trip to Hell with Byron’s Don Juan is forthcoming from  Word Galaxy Press.

🗓️  July 17 – 31, 2026
Production
The Pear Theatre in Mountain View, CA presented "After Amy" as part of Pear Slices 2026.

🗓️  July 15, 2026
Poem republication
"The Self"(originally published in Pulsebeat) appeared in Form in Formless Times.

🗓️  July 1 - 2, 2026
Production
Gi60 International presented "Lost Things," a one-minute play, as part of Gi60 Houston 2026.

🗓️  June 18,  2026
Squib published
A four-line encapsulation of Frost's "The Road Not Taken" was among the winners of Competition 3454 in The Spectator. 

🗓️  June  2026
Poems published
"The Burned-Out English Major" and "What are You Made Of?" appeared in Light. 

🗓️  June 2026
Poem published
"Spoilers" appeared in Snakeskin.

🗓️  May 29, 2026
Squib republication
"Pointedly" (originally published in Snakeskin) appeared in Form in Formless Times.

🗓️  May 18, 2026 at 5 p.m. PST
Zoom Performance
Drama with Friends in the San Francisco Bay Area presented "Intimacy Enough," directed by Andy Hamner, featuring John Alister Chandler and Catherine Hampton, and "Dubai Chocolates," directed by Maura Stevens, featuring , A.J. Davenport and Sheldon Stone.

🗓️  May 15, 2026
Staged Reading
"A Sister Alone" was presented by  Sam Bass Theatre in Round Rock, TX as part of the 2026 Sam Bass Theatre Association 10-Minute Play Festival. The reading featured Sheryl Gilchrist, Peg Patrone, and Erin Peña.

🗓️  May 14, 2026
Humor piece published
"The Secret Meanings of Pop Stars' Names"a collaboration with humorists Szilvia Gutmann and Isaac Gutmann, appeared on McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

🗓️  May 2026
Poem published
"The Self"appeared in Pulsebeat.

🗓️  May 2026
Poems published
Four short poems appeared in Snakeskin.

🗓️  April 22, 2026
Poem published
"Other Rooms" appeared in Shadowplay.

🗓️  April 22, 2026
Personal Essay broadcast
"The Browsing Dilemma" was broadcast as a KQED Perspective.

🗓️  April 20, 2026
Zoom Performance
Drama with Friends in the San Francisco Bay Area presented "After Amy,"directed by Maura Stevens and featuring George Sapio and Micheal Lighty.

🗓️  April 12, 2026
Staged Reading
Ross Valley Players in Ross, CA presented "History of Us,,"directed by Annie Stuart, and featuring Rachel Ka'iulani Kennealy, Michael Paul Thompsett, Diego Hardy, and Karen Hirst.

🗓️  March 4, 2026
Poem Republication
"Junipero Serra" (originally published in Snakeskin) appeared in Form in Formless Times.

🗓️  February 16, 2026
Zoom Performance
Drama with Friends in the San Francisco Bay Area presented "A Sister Alone,"directed by Andy Hamner and featuring Catherine Hampton, Carolyn Jayne, and Linda-Ayres Frederick.

🗓️  January 2026
Book Excerpt
"Byron Grows Unwelcome" from Don Juan Finish'd (later retitled as Finish'd!--see above) appeared in Pulsebeat.