I began writing poetry in high school. Those were troubled times, and
what I wrote was mostly depressing, want-to-connect kind of stuff.
Then, in college at C.U., I attended a poetry workshop and became aware
of a wider spectrum of possibilities for poetry.
My poetry
has been published in POEM and Quarterly West, as well as many prisoner-focused magazines such as Cell Door, Inside Out, and Writing on the Walls. A short story of mine appeared in Red Wheelbarrow.
I am working on a book-length manuscript of prison poems, entitled
Poems of Internment.
Recently, I’ve become interested in short
fiction—which is generally
more accessible to the average reader, yet also very open to creativity
in form and subject. Writing continues to be a part of my quest for
self-understanding. I’d go crazy without it. Writing is a process that
heals me, challenges me, surprises me, and encourages me. I wish I had
more dialogue around writing and have really cherished the writing
workshops that we’ve had at the prison. I implore anyone interested to
organize one.
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