- John Gardner
MFA Reading Series. State College, PA. March 2004.
Women in The Arts. State College, PA. October 2003.
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Grant. Bonn, Germany. 2005-2006.
Best New American Voices. Fiction nomination. 2005.
Conferences
Breadloaf. Fiction Contributor. August 2007.
Grub Street Writer's. Advanced Fiction. Winter 2001.
Publications
"Tousand Baht" Word Riot. Short Fiction. March 2006.
"Imported Breads: Literature of Cultural Exchange" Rain Taxi. Book Review. Winter 2004 online.
Word Riot March 2006
... Martin glanced around the room, ignoring the thumping American music vibrating the floor beneath his feet. A window covered in yellow and black soot and let slightly ajar was opposite the door, an old wooden chair placed consciously nearby. He wondered why the chair was there, in the corner; who had thought to put a chair in a room so lacking.
He clipped across the floor in his thong sandals, his faux-silk shirt growing damp with stifled sweat, his forehead stinging from perspiration. His concentration focused on the chair, its wiggling, unsturdy legs, and he slouched into it carefully, letting the girl come by her own initiative. ...
Book review of anthology edited by Phillip Sterling ::: RainTaxi Winter 2004 online
Recipients of Fulbright grants situate themselves intimately in the countries they visit for educational scholarship, whether they arrive as student, scholar, or lecturer. The position affords these people a prestige that shines through in many of the pieces included in Imported Breads: Literature of Cultural Exchange, an anthology comprising work by American Fulbright grant recipients. ...
