And Thanks to the Filmmakers

who invited Tina and me to read our poems about tornadoes, their devastation, and discuss the connection between tornadoes, religion, and politics in Alabama for an upcoming film. You can find those poems in Tina’s book, Known by Salt, and in our book, Glass Cabin.

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In addition to the poems, I read the postcard op-ed I wrote for the New York Times after the tornadoes came through in April 2011. Below is a link to that Times essay. Underneath is the essay I wrote a year later on the anniversary published by the Birmingham News.

“What the Wind Carried Away”

— New York times

“Living with the Reality of Tornadoes”

— Birmingham News