Last week, I was appointed as Portland Review‘s new Editor-in-Chief. Portland Review has been publishing exceptional local and international writing and art since 1956. To learn more, visit portlandreview.org.

Come to the Independent Publishing Resource Center at 5pm on September 27th for the inaugural reading of the 2015-2016 Last Sunday MFA Reading Series. My MFA cohort and I will be sharing our written works-in-progress alongside guest reader Charles McLeod.

My course Introduction to Horror Fiction has been accepted by the Chiron Studies program at Portland State University for the Winter 2016 term. To learn more about Chiron Studies and their multidisciplinary course offerings, you can visit www.pdx.edu/chiron.

On July 23rd, I will join the Logophile Reading Series at Reading Frenzy with Leni Zumas as the special guest reader.

Fouladi Projects presents The Prieto Family Show: A Growing Tradition of Artistry. On view will be new and historical work spanning three generations of Prieto family artists: ceramics by Antonio Prieto, Eunice Prieto Damron, and Mark Prieto, as well as hand-blown glass by Esteban Prieto, wood and stone pieces by Paco Prieto, porcelain ware by Nori Obata, screen prints and zines by Laurel Prieto, plus my own written contributions. The exhibition will be on view June 9th – July 10th. Opening reception for the artists: June 12th, 6 – 8pm.