I’m so excited to share that my mini-chapbook of poetry, The Inca Weaver’s Tales, is available for purchase from Sword & Kettle Press!  These seven all-new poems cover mythology, beginnings and endings, and female-centered themes, all inspired by my Ecuadorian and Peruvian roots on my dad’s side of the family. 

The Inca Weaver’s Tales has been two years in the making—I wrote the original draft back in March 2022, then I worked with the amazing editorial team at Sword & Kettle Press over the next year or so to get everything polished up.  Special thanks to Monica Robinson for her careful editing and for creating the lovely cover, to Naseem Jamnia for their stunning work on the layout, and to founding editor Kay Allen for overseeing the New Cosmologies series and including my work as part of it.  They’ve put in hours of work stitching each chapbook by hand. 

I’ve dreamt of having a physical book consisting of my own work, and I couldn’t be happier that this is my single-author debut! 

If you’re curious about more of the background that went into this—my research and family connection—I spoke about it on the Into the Looking Glass podcast, and also on last week’s Speculative Sundays StarBurst reading.  When I have a link to the latter recording, I’ll be sure to share it.