I'm thrilled to announce that my second poetry chapbook Traumas is now available for preorder from Yellow Flag Press! You can order your copy here! What writers are saying: Tyler Sheldon composes poems to place in the vacancy left in the world by the departure of his twin brother—poems that name what might have been, poems that identify silence as a speaking place, a place to discover the survivor’s vocation: remember, wonder, suffer, and tell. --Kim Stafford, author of 100 T

Holy smoke! This is an event that hasn't happened in such magnitude for approximately 38 years: a total eclipse of the sun visible over large swaths of the United States. Here in Lake Charles, peak vieiwing time (70% coverage) is at 1:20 PM. Other areas of the country are having more sensational moments, with viewing being more optimal., The Midwest, for instance, is getting the lion's share for a large part of the day. But before I sound like a weather reporter--as I don't h

So, the new semester is upon us! Several developments are in the offing, are lurking around the corner, are breathing down our...well, you get the idea. For starters, there are new MFA students at McNeese State University! Not only are there four talented new poets and four new fiction writers in the program, but this means I'm a s-s-second year already! When the heck did that happen?? I'm looking forward to working with the new folks, several of whom are working on projects