News

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5/1/2025 An article based on my visit to my alma mater Xavier University: "Guarding Goals and Crafting Stories."

1/30/25: Here's an article about my art exhibition at Minnesota State University: “Words in Flight”: A Journey of New Endeavours .

11/15/24: The Keeper has been selected as a pick for Choose to Read Ohio Books for 2025 by the Ohio State Library and Ohio Center for the Book. 

10/1/24 My graphic essay about George Elliston (lady reporter!) was nominated by Cincinnati Review for The Best of the Net.

9/30/24: I curated the annual Graphic Reviews issue for Rhino Poetry. Check out the gorgeous book reviews in comic/graphic form!

9/24/24: The Keeper was mentioned on this awesome list of 7 Books About Places for Women by Maggie Cooper for Electric Literature. 

7/15/24: My short comic, "Letter to My First Love," was published in SWING.

5/20/24: My co-edited book The Field Guide to Graphic Literature:

-is a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year in the Anthology Category 

-was selected by the ALA/Booklist as a Top-10 Reference book

-received Honorable Mention in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards Reference Category 

4/2/24: Article for my visit to  Valparaiso University: Writing a Future: Kelcey Ervick on Becoming a Writer

3/10/24: The Keeper featured in an article at Forbes, "How to Become a Fearless Storyteller and Leader"

2/1/24: New graphic essay at Cincinnati Review: "George Elliston: The Poet & the Paper Doll"

11/3/23: Illustrated interview at Craft Literary

9/29/23: "5 Ways to Start Making Graphic Essays" at Brevity

8/25/23: I wrote a list for Electric Literature titled "9 Graphic Poetry Collections That Reimagine Text and Image." But the tagline is even better: These poets are slicing up the patriarchy by disassembling found texts and reclaiming the self.

8/12/23: I went to London with my sister, and we visited Richmond, home of Ted Lasso AND Virginia Woolf! Swoon! We also met the cast of The Invincibles, a new play that combines England's women's football (ahem, soccer) history with its present! We also played walking football (ahem, soccer) with my friend Steve Bolton, the grandson of a famous "lady footballer"!

7/25/23: The Keeper won an OHIOANA BOOK AWARD!

7/19/23: My latest book, which I co-edited with Tom Hart is now available: The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature. It's about making all kinds  of comics, collage, and graphic poetry. 

[Note: I recently cleaned up this section. I moved most of the reviews and press to the individual book pages.]