
On Saturday, February 21, 2026 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. I’ll be reading a short story of mine included in the anthology “The White

CHRISTAL ANN RICE COOPER aka Car Cooper is a newspaper writer, feature stories writer, poet, fiction writer, photographer, and painter. She read an essay I

I’m honored that my poem “Power Plant” was selected by Orange County’s Poet Laureate, Gustavo Hernandes, for the upcoming Bright As Life: Southern California Poets exhibition at

Citric Acid, An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly of Imagination and Reimagination, generously gave me the space in their latest issue to celebrate the

Come down to Belmont Shores on October 19th and peruse some great books. I’m on a panel at 1:00 p.m.

Voyage LA gave me the chance to talk about my routine, my mother, and whether or not I’m tap dancing to work. (Spoiler alert, I

Francesca Lia Block believes that “the very best way to learn to write, and read, is to closely study fine writing”, which is why she

Women’s Writer, Women’s Books published my essay “Imposter or Outsider” in their latest blog post. Here are two snippets. “Feeling like you don’t “fit in” to