The Latest

The audiobook version of Shelter and Storm--read by me--is now available everywhere you find audiobooks.

My essay about collecting stories of disasters and refuges (and ultimately, love) during my recent book tour appears in the March/April 2026 issue of Poets & Writers magazine.

I'm honored to learn that Shelter and Storm has been shortlisted for Story Circle Network's 2025 Sarton Book Award, named after author May Sarton.

I'm thrilled to announce that Wisconsin Public Radio is reading Shelter and Storm on its Chapter A Day program, 7 PM weekdays from December 29, 2025 to January 12, 2026.

Many thanks to Bill Lueders at The Progressive for naming Shelter and Storm one of his favorite books of 2025. What an honor to see my book compared to Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek!

I'm delighted to host and produce Terrain.org's re-launched podcast. The first episode of Season 2 features poets from the recently released anthology, The Gift of Animals. Subscribe to hear more fascinating conversations with authors, artists, scientists, and others who share Terrain.org's passion for place and focus on climate, community, and justice.

I'm grateful for this Q&A about Shelter and Storm with Melissa Benton Barker of CRAFT Literary Magazine. It covers a wide range of topics, from awe to research to contending with climate anxiety.

Yale Climate Connections includes Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless on its list of twelve must-read titles about climate change for the summer of 2025.

I'm delighted that my essay, "What the Light is Hiding" appears in Driftless: An Anthology of Voices from Where We Live, edited by Sheree L. Greer and Stormy Stipe and published by Little Creek Press. More about the launch event on July 24th, 2025 is here.

Poets & Writers names Shelter and Storm one of its top twelve releases of spring in its May/June 2025 issue's "Page One" feature. The feature also includes an audio clip of me reading the opening of "An Ordinary Woman."