On the Blink

Looking for some creative nonfiction? Here are links to my published work.

Some links may be temporarily unavailable, as Wordgathering has migrated to a new internet home.

Reviews

• Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems by Dan Simpson and Ona Gritz
• Danse de la Folie by Sherwood Smith
• Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey by Stephen Kuusisto
• Love and Kumquats: New and Selected Poems by Kathi Wolfe
• More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art by Georgina Kleege
• Suites for the Modern Dancer by Jill Khoury

Essays

• “Am I Poet Enough?” Wordgathering, vol. 15, no. 1, 2021.
• “The Blood and Candor of Craft.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 14, no. 1, 2020, Syracuse University.
• “Will You Say Yes to My Blindness?” Blind New World.
• “The Seven Gifts: What Poetry Offers Prose Writers.” BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog, 30 Oct 2019.
• “Remaking the Ideal Teacher.” How We Get to Next, 30 Apr 2019.
• “I Am Reading, I Am Read.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 13, no. 1, 2019.
• “Sacred Positions: A Personal History of Blindness and Singing.” Disability Studies Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3. [Blindness Arts special issue edited by Dr. Hannah Thompson and Dr. Vanessa Warne.], 2018. 
• “Sounding Out Poetry.” AWP Writer’s Notebook, 2017.
• “Shades of Shame.” Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability. Temple UP, 2017, pp. 151-156.
• “Working Resonance: Concerto for Guide Dog, Handler, and World.” The Hopper. 29 May 2016.
• “Border Talk.” Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women (Vol. 2),  edited by Jessica West. DayDreams Dandelion Press, 2016, pp. 183-190.
• “Stylish Negotiations.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 10, no. 1, 2016. Reprinted in BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog.
• “Sketching the Rose: The Life of Perfect Pitch.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 9, no. 2, 2015.
• “Designing the Parachorus.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 9, no. 2, 2015.
• “Quartet Beyond Measure.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature vol. 9, no. 2, 2015.
• “Barbershop singing: A true test of vocal prowess, with or without straw hats.” Classical MPR. 18 Feb 2015.
• “Voices in Error: Counting against Competence.” Disability Rhetoric. 18 Dec 2014.
• “Introducing my guide dog to the world of classical music.” Classical MPR. 14 Oct 2014.
• “Sight and Singing.” Breath & Shadow: A Journal of Disability Culture and Literature, vol.11, no. 4, 2014.
• “Review: Courtney Lewis leads the Jacksonville Symphony in a rousing Symphonie Fantastique.” Classical MPR. 30 Sept 2014.
• “Expecting the Invisible.” I Am Subject Stories: Women Awakening,  edited by Diane Z. DeBella, Wild Ginger Press, 2014, pp. 117-122.
• “Therapeutic music: Edith Moore-Hubert on the healing properties of classical music.” Classical MPR. 3 Sept 2014.
• “Lightspending.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 8, no. 3, 2014.
• “Dialogue on Blindness and Writing.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 8, no. 3, 2014.
• “The Tutor’s Voice: Exploring the Magic of Writing Tutors.” NCLCA Summer Newsletter, 2014.
• “Answering Blindness: A Poet Makes Amends.” Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, vol. 8, no. 2, 2014.
• “Surprising summer reads for classical music lovers.” Classical MPR. 27 May 2014.
• “What is opera like for a listener – and singer – with limited vision?” Classical MPR. 5 Mar 2014.
• “Surprised by Disability.” Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, vol. 3, no. 3, Johns Hopkins University, 2013, pp. 207-210.
• “In the Care of a Chorus.” The Pitch Pipe, 2012.