01 — retribution forthcoming, winner of Ohio University Press’s Hollis Summers Prize, is available now!

Claire Wahmanholm chose my collection, retribution forthcoming, for Ohio University Press’s Hollis Summers Prize. Thank you to editor Sarah Green and judge Claire Wahmanholm for supporting my work!

Order the book here.

02 — Two new poems in swamp pink

Thank you to the editors of swamp pink for including my poems “Gone” and “Desert” in their beautiful new issue.

Read the whole issue here.

03 — Read Brittany Micka-Foos’s review of retribution forthcoming in Heavy Feather Review

Thank you to Brittany Micka-Foos and Heavy Feather Review for featuring retribution forthcoming. Micka-Foos says, of the book, “Berta speaks through these poems with a ticking-timebomb urgency. It draws you in and forces you to reckon with what’s impending.”

Read it here.

04 — Poems included in “Rorqual” song cycle by Wally Gunn

Versions of three of my poems were included in “Rorqual,” a 60 minute song cycle by brilliant composer Wally Gunn. “Rorqual” premiered on Friday, December 6th at Temperance Hall in South Melbourne, Australia.

Read more about it here.

05 — Three new poems in Colorado Review

Three poems of mine are up in the new issue of Colorado Review, edited by beloved poet Felicia Zamora.

Buy the issue and read her editor’s note here.