I was privileged to hear today’s guest, Dominique Traverse Locke, read from her graduating thesis. I remember very clearly that I was inspired to laugh and moved to tears by her words. <img class="size-medium wp-image-1116 lazyload" title="DSC_0093a" src="https://ericswyatt.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/dsc_0093a.jpg?w=261" alt="" width="261" height="300" /> Poet Dominique Traverse Locke is the author of the chapbook, The Goodbye Child, available now, and the forthcoming book,

My friend and fellow Queens University of Charlotte MFA writer, Kelly Fordon, has a poetry chapbook available for purchase. Those of you who know me well know that I’m not GREAT with the poetry slice of the creative writing pie. It is one area where I feel least-able to offer critique or even respond beyond a, “Hey, I kinda like that one.” But, this is a book of poetry that I’ll be ordering. Why? For one, Kelly is a friend, and I want to support her work. Beyond that, though,