Poet Alarie Tennille shares her experiences about the 2024 AWP Writing Conference in Kansas City.

Poet Alarie Tennille wishes you a happy, healthy year filled with great reading. She shares reviews of some favorite books read in 2023 to inspire you.

Poet Alarie Tennille gives tips on how to decide if you are left brain or write brain and tips on how to compile a poetry book.

Poet Alarie Tennille reviews and recommends five favorite books she read in 2020.

Like you, poet Alarie Tennille didn’t much enjoy the 2020 pandemic and quarantine. Why not try joining a pirate crew at least for a change of scenery. Include video to Alarie’s Zoom reading at The Writers Place on July 23, 2020.

Poet Alarie Tennille doubts any one enjoyed the COVID quarantine, but there was some comfort in sharing misery and finding new ways to cope and entertain ourselves. Perhaps reviewing what it was like will make us more thankful for how far we’ve come. Includes the poem Self-Portrait in Quarantine.

How did her first storybooks shape the life of Alarie Tennille? If you guessed they made her an avid reader and a writer, you are partially right. Includes artwork by Richard Eric Disney, thank you to Lorette C. Luzajic for giving Alarie the first Editor’s Choice Fantastic Ekphrastic Award, plus Alarie’s poem Angel of Showing Up.

Poet Alarie Tennille is a regular contributor to The Ekphrastic Review, and is pleased to have the opportunity to introduce Lorette C. Luzajic, the Review’s editor and founder.

Most writers are known for having a voice, but poet Alarie Tennille believes there are many good reasons to speak as someone else. Please stop by to read her poem, A Seagull Vaguely Remembers.