Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Matt at Radio, Rhythm, and Rhyme for Roundup.
It's October, aka my most favorite month! There's a lot going on, including Mother Nature's regular October show, which I adore.
AND I'm excited to share about my debut historical fiction novel for adults, Some Starry Night, coming from Historium Press in 2026!
Some Starry Night imagines the story behind Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting, Starry Night, and the secret love affair with American poet Emily Dickinson that inspired it.
So...it's a marriage of two of my favorite things: poetry & art! And LOVE. Always, always love.
Y'all I had SO MUCH FUN writing this book. I'll be sharing more about this very soon!
Next week, I'll be on tour with the Alabama Library Expo, traveling across the state of Alabama from south to north, stopping in a different city each day. My presentation focuses on "backyard history," so I'll be talking about my historical fiction titles, particularly the ones with Alabama ties, like Leaving Gee's Bend, Meet Miss Fancy, and African Town (co-written with Charles Waters). I'm super-excited to share this time with Alabama educators!
For this week's ArtSpeak: PICASSO, I've selected one of his animal line drawings, which I love! Somehow I missed writing after this particular one back in 2022 during my ArtSpeak: Animals year.
I love these pieces! How satisfying might it be to be able to say I've written poems after all 24 drawings in this series? And what better time than now, during my Picasso year, to add some more poems to my tally? (I think this is number 15!) Thanks so much for reading.
the whisper of grass
as mouse disappears in hole
winter is coming
- Irene Latham
What an intriguing plot! Must have been fun to write. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new novel!! Love the premise, can't wait to read it!! Thanks for another sweet Picasso drawing poem. :)
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