As part of a new regular feature on the Accents Blog, we want to keep our readers up to date on the status of our poets. Today, we’re covering the author of our newest full-length book, Square Feet, Lori A. May.

• The blog for Wilkes University’s Creative Writing program, The Write Life, recently interviewed may about Square Feet. For a taste, May said about writing:
  • “Inspiration is overrated. Persistence gets the work done.”
• Kim Loomis-Bennett of Collage: Book Reviews covered Square Feet, saying, “In the style of William Carlos Williams’s ‘The Red Wheelbarrow,’ May hones the collection’s brief moments into homages of daily life.” Wow.
• May will be at AWP for an off-site reading for Pirene’s Fountain literary journal.
  • Friday February 28, 6-9pm at East Olive Way Starbucks in Seattle, Washington
• May will be reading with Joy Gaines-Friedler in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Monday March 17, 7pm at Literati Bookstore
• 1966 Journal‘s spring 2014 issue features a Lori A. May essay titled “After the Winds Die Down”.
• And last but not least, May recently published an the essay “AWP: An Opportunity to Exercise Literary Citizenship” for The Write Life.

As part of our new feature, we not only want to highlight the achievements of our poets, but we want to keep the community informed. If you want more information about your favorite Accents author, leave a comment. Or if you have any feedback on the “Accents Update” feature (such as a more engaging title), let us know. We’d love to hear from you!