LESLEY WHEELER

Tag: poetry collection

  • Ephemerals pt. 2 (spirals, drafts, wildflowers)

    Ephemerals pt. 2 (spirals, drafts, wildflowers)

    I’m heading to Alaska shortly. During my residency, blogging and social media will be low priority, but my Storyknife cohort will give a virtual reading on April 24th, 6 pm Alaska Time–I’m planning to share new work with you, if you can make it. Look at the Storyknife website closer to the date for a…

  • Pleased as punch (with recipe)

    Maybe I need to blog about poetic self-doubt more often. As soon as I did, my luck seemed to shift under my feet. I had been doing math some of you have surely done, too: I’ve been showing the ms around for a while now. What if this poetry collection I thought was so great doesn’t…

  • Ruthlessly pruning the overstuffed closet of a poetry book manuscript

    After a shopping trip for school clothes on Saturday, my daughter, a rising high school senior, spontaneously cleaned out her drawers and closet to make room for the new. I cannot emphasize enough how out of character this was, but then again, she’s on the verge of so many changes. All summer she’s been doing…