NEWS:
Park Bugle Poetry Contest 2nd place: Thanks to poetry judge Ann Reed for selecting my poem “The Girl’s Mother and Father Disagree at Breakfast” for 2nd place in the Park Bugle Poetry Contest! Read more here: Bugle Announces Poetry Winners for 2023.
My poem “Dragonfly” is in the sidewalk near the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul! A few years ago my poem was selected for the Sidewalk Poetry Contest in St. Paul and stamped in mostly residential locations. I stumbled across it in a freshly-repaired sidewalk in St. Paul, such a wonderful surprise!
Lyricality’s Read Poetry Central Minnesota 2020!: I was honored to choose the five poetry finalists for Lyricality’s “Read Poetry Central Minnesota 2020.” All five poets, through a range of subject matter, skillfully illuminate and explore the ways we connect with our landscapes, intersect and sometimes collide with each other, and navigate the complexities of what it means to be human. Congratulations to Kris Bigalk, Ed Bok Lee, KateLynn Hibbard, Su Hwang, and Joyce Sutphen on your amazing books!
Rain Taxi Review of Books Review of Suspension: Thanks to Denise Low for her review of Suspension, featured in the Summer 2019 Rain Taxi Review of Books! (Volume 24, #2)
The Writer’s Almanac: I am thrilled to have Garrison Keillor choose and read my poem “Things That Cannot Die” from Suspension for the August 13, 2019 poem!
Radio interview: Thanks to Amy Fladeboe at WriteOn! Radio on 90.3 FM Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul for interviewing me on April 30, 2019. Listen here.
News: Thanks to WJON in St. Cloud for covering my visit to the St. 
Cloud Libraries for National Poetry Month: Guest Author Visits St. Cloud Library for National Poetry Month
Interview: Thanks to Water-Stone Review for the interview!: In the Field: Conversations with Our Contributors–Paige Riehl
Book News: Suspension is available for publication! I couldn’t be happier for it to have found a home with Terrapin Books, a publisher dedicated to high-quality, beautiful books of poetry.
AWP 2019 in Portland: I am happy to be presenting on two panels at AWP in March 2019:
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- “Throwing Money into the Wind?: Submitting and Publishing a First Book of Poetry”
- “Tapping the Untapped: Building a Vibrant Reading Series for Authors & Audiences.”
I am thrilled to be one of the six finalists for the 2017 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry! Thanks so much to Milkweed Editions and Lindquist & Vennum for this amazing opportunity. You can read more in the Star Tribune.
Join me on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Target Performance Hall in Open Book for the National Poetry Month reading, featuring all six finalists.
I’m pleased to announce that Crab Orchard Review has accepted my poem “Restraint” for publication in their double print issue in July 2017!