I finally navigated the rough waters of Kindle Direct Publishing and CreateSpace to publish a collection of my short stories, all of which have appeared in literary journals. A Long Night’s Sing & other stories is now available on Amazon:  Kindle Here Hard copy Here. Share this:ShareDiggEmailGoogle...

The latest issue of Swamp Lily Review, which I publish and co-edit, is published today. Click through to it HERE and enjoy photographs by Frank DiCesare, poetry by Stella Nesanovich, Michael P. McManus, Gina Ferrara, and Kasandra Larsen, plus an amazing interview with award-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Do not miss, and tell...

  PUBLICATIONS   A Long Night’s Sing & other stories, Kindle edition  A Long Night’s Sing & other stories, POD, CreateSpace Book reviews on the following websites:  The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog, LitStack, and The New Book Review. A Small, Good Magazine, 1/4/2012, short story...

I was born and raised in south central Louisiana, in the heart of Cajun country. My family were farmers and oilfield workers, most of whom spoke Cajun French as a first language, English as a second — if at all. I grew up surrounded by rice fields and gravel roads, which I roamed all summer. I earned a Master of Fine Arts...