Very honored to be published in VIDA. Essay about White Stockings and conflict in Ukraine. Report from the Field: White Stockings: A Poetic Study of Mythical Freedom Fighters

I am very honored to be featured in this article in the Vilnius Review alongside many contemporary Lithuanian/American/Canadian writers. Many thanks to Violeta Kelertas!   http://vilniusreview.com/articles/141-deviant-sheep  

Back in March, I was interviewed for The Conversant by Virginia Konchan. We discussed my new poetry collection, White Stockings, identity and displacement, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. http://theconversant.org/?p=10143

Since 2004, Ukraine has been locked in a struggle with Russia to maintain autonomy—be it via puppet government officials, propaganda, or bloodshed. To date, more than 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have died defending their right to be independent. As a Lithuanian-American with some Ukrainian roots, I am deeply disturbed as I watch this series […]

I recently arrived at the intersection of two personal discoveries and a small poetic experiment—Umwelt—was the result (poems are being collected and edited currently).   So here we had a: A vague genealogical connection + An old MySpace “diary” from 2005 = Umwelt (German = “environment”)   Jakob Johann Baron von Uexküll I uncovered that I […]

I’ve been tirelessly working on a new poetry manuscript called WHITE STOCKINGS for the last year (since the unrest erupted in Ukraine). As a Lithuanian-American, I strongly support Ukraine’s right to independence. I stand with many in the Baltic countries who are banning together to back the Ukrainian people. My contribution is small, it is an […]