Catherine Fletcher

Up the Staircase Quarterly 's themed summer issue, Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love, is out, including my poem "Last Night at Good Luck Bar" for my friends Jeff and Tony. I'm thrilled to be in great literary company. Many thanks to editor April Bratten and the USQ team!  

Hampton Roads, Virginia, come on out for an evening of work-working this Friday, July 25, at the Muse Writers Center. With Grey Hues, Odeah Ward, and me. Hosted by Synnika Lofton.    

My friend Vaughn M. Watson has a new poetry collection out: going out & being normal . I had the opportunity to speak with him about the book, his creative process, and what inspires him for Green Linden Press . I'm excited to have our conversation in the journal's summer issue. Many thanks to editor Christopher Nelson!  

Save the date for the May 18 NEW ANTHOLOGY RELEASE PARTY! From 4-6pm at The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk, celebrating the new anthology We Were Supposed To Be Quiet ? Featuring work by Virginia Women Poets: Tatina Anew Cowell, Terra Leigh, Kailyn Rae Sasso, Miko Marsh, T onie Sheeley, Cassandra Jenkins, C.J. X. Pression, and yours truly. 

On Saturday, March 29 at 12pm, please join Queens Writers Lab , including yours truly, for an AWP offsite reading of city and environmentally-themed poetry and prose in honor of Los Angeles at Arts District Brewing near downtown LA. Hope to see you there!    

QUEENSBOUND is a poetry project by, for, and about Queens , New Yor k. Founded in 2018, the project has produced four editions featuring poems from over 60 emerging and esteemed poets writing about the World’s Borough. QUEENSBOUND now has a podcast, including a track by yours truly (from my days as a Queens poet). Congratulations to KC Trommer and the QUEENSBOUND team!   https://podcasts.apple.com/.../queensbound/id1801743013    

I'm thrilled to have my poem "Ursa Poetica" out in the spring issue of Tears in the Fence , a journal I have long admired. Many thanks to editor David Caddy for including my work.  

I'm excited to have  two of my recent poems included in THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders . I'm grateful to co-editors Luisa A. Igloria , Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler.