LESLEY WHEELER

Tag: writing residency

  • Ephemera pt. 3 (the wild life)

    Ephemera pt. 3 (the wild life)

    You should tune in, Friday, if you can, to hear brief readings by each of the fellows at this residency! My cohort is wonderful. Friday from 6-7 pm Alaska time, Zoom link here. No ephemeral flowers are blooming in this part of Alaska yet, but there’s a lot to watch and listen to. Excerpts from…

  • The Great Pink Sea Snail rides on

    The Great Pink Sea Snail rides on

    During my ridiculously lucky 3-night residency in Miami last week–praise to SWWIM and the Betsy Writer’s Room!–I worked on a multipart poem I started in October. The sequence begins by conjuring a tiny land snail. A brainstorm occurred to me on the sand, because in South Beach you’re basically obligated to do some of your…

  • Stars, luck, and revelations

    Stars, luck, and revelations

    “The Instagram astrologers says big positive changes are coming for me this week!” I yelled from my reading chair to my spouse at his laptop, although the cats seemed interested, too. He said something like “that’s nice, honey,” or maybe just a neutral “mmm” because he was concentrating on the hundredth book of comics scholarship…