Rebecca Danelly Oxley graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in Creative Writing and is currently an MFA candidate in poetry at Texas State University. She is a mother, grandmother, and USAF veteran. She’s had poems published in literary journals and anthologies, had a poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and is co-founder of Poetry Around, a monthly online generative writing workshop that got started in her hometown of Houston, Texas.
Content by Rebecca Danelly Oxley
Reviews,
Riding That Train: Justin Jannise’s How to Be Better by Being Worse
Jannise’s poems traverse a thrilling landscape that is at times funny, at times shocking, and at times heartrending. The collection delivers surprise after surprise with eye-opening mastery of voice, wit, and language.
Interviews,
An Interview with Justin Jannise: On How to Be Better by Being Worse
Justin Jannise’s first book of poetry, How to Be Better by Being Worse, was selected by Richard Blanco as winner of the 2019 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. While reading it, I was delighted by the way the poems braved emotional, intellectual, and social dilemmas with deftness, wit, and vulnerability. I had questions for Justin […]