I’m thrilled to announce that my new poetry book, Why Trees Stay Outside, was published today by Unsolicited Press. Thank you to the amazing editors and production team!

If you are interested, you can order the collection from the publisher or from most book retailers, including your local bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or bookshop.org.

I’m looking forward to my launch event at 6pm Sunday 10/6 at Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, where I will be in conversation with my talented friend Susan Ito. We promise a good show, and we would love to see you there. For more info: https://www.ggpbooks.com/event/whytrees

Please check my events page for additional readings and updates.

I greatly enjoyed my live stream reading and conversation with Taylor Garcia, which was hosted by Rosalia Scalia and sponsored by Unsolicited Press. Taylor is engaging and fun.

I read a selection of poems from my upcoming collection, Why Trees Stay Outside, and we chatted about writing, inspiration, and encouraging young authors.

Check out the video:

My new poetry collection, Why Trees Stay Outside, will be published 10/1/24 by Unsolicited Press. Unlike my previous poetry book and novels, which have words extending back thirty years or more, these poems were written in the last 5-6 years with echoes of our contemporary social, political, and natural environment along with flashes of romance and humor. There’s more information HERE

The title poem was inspired by a question our son John asked me when he was a preschooler. You can check out the poem in the literary journal Rust + Moss, where it first appeared.

You can preorder the collection from the publisher and from most book retailers, including your local bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or bookshop.org. Posting a review on Amazon or Goodreads will bring my undying gratitude.

Here are a few celebratory events for those of you in the SF Bay area, and I would be thrilled to see you there. There are more appearances listed on my Events page, and I also plan to schedule some zoom events.

Great Good Place for Books
Sunday 10/6/24, 6 pm
In conversation with Susan Ito
6120 La Salle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611

Green Apple Books on the Park
Thursday 10/17/24, 7 pm
with Anna B. Moore and J.J. Eliott
1231 9th Ave. (@ Lincoln Way)
San Francisco, CA 94122
https://greenapplebooks.com/event/2024-10-17/9th-ave-jj-elliott-anna-b-moore-terry-tierney

Books, Inc.
Thursday, 11/7/24, 7 pm
In Conversation with Sophia Raday
1491 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709
https://booksinc.net/event/2024-11-07/terry-tierney-books-inc-berkeley