Hi, y’all,
Thank you for taking a look at my work. Over my writing career, I’ve published short stories, essays, radio commentaries, novels, memoir, magazine articles, and a “how to” writing guide based on my eight years leading a weekly writing group of men and women experiencing homelessness. I’m a former Peter Taylor Fellow, runner-up in the William Faulkner Literary Competition, Pushcart Honorable Mention recipient, and current Writer-in-Residence at 100 Men Hall, an iconic Mississippi Blues site. My work has been in Gulf Coast, Image, Porchlight, Salvation South, Mississippi Free Press, Unleash Lit, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, Fourth Genre, Luna Station Quarterly, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Admissions Project, Brevity, EAP the Magazine, and elsewhere. I’m excited for Literary Wanderlust to release my first traditionally-published novel in 2026—When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women.
Weaving through all my work is the joy of creating in community. In addition to the writing group for folks experiencing homelessness, I co-founded the weekly Contemplative Writing Group at the School for Contemplative Living, which you can check out at the School’s website. I’m also Writer-in-Residence at 100 Men Hall, a historic Mississippi Blues site, where we talk craft and write together each month. We’d love to have you join us at either or both.
I’m on a long journey of anti-racism and ancestral work. I currently serve on the Mississippi Episcopal Diocese Becoming Beloved Community Racial Reconciliation Task Force. I’m a former attorney who practiced law for 19 years in Jackson and an obsessive swimmer.
I split my time between Memphis, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and New Orleans, where I (and my husband and my dog) can frequently be found in costume.
