Earlier this month, I did a reading at Gail Borden Library to commemorate National Poetry Month. I also invited a couple of friends to read alongside. Since the event was held in the River Road, we each read poems inspired by the river. Elgin is one of several cities that are nestled along Fox River.
During the reading, I took questions from the audience about how I write poems and the creative process.
I shared new poems for a collection I am working on about Elgin’s early African American residents.
These photos were taken by James Harvey.
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I'm an Alabama native leaving in Chicagoland. I graduated from Belmont University's Honor Program with a journalism degree. I worked as a newspaper reporter at The Tennessean and The Daily News Journal before heading to graduate school. I earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Now, I teach freshman and adults how to write at Judson University. My poem "Pasadena Summer" will be published in this summer's edition of Bitterzoet Magazine. I'm also studying Counseling in Liberty University's doctoral program. When I am not studying, writing or teaching, you can find me cooking, sewing or biking.
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