| Publications: | |
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| Books: | The Standing Wave, National Poetry Series selection (HarperCollins Press, NY, 2003). |
| Journals: |
"And It Begins," "Atlas," Prairie Schooner (forthcoming, 2009). "The Hive," "Grubbing," Roger (Spring, 2008). "Masterful," Cimarron Review (Summer, 2007). "The Bargain," "Cabbageworm," Dogwood (Spring, 2005). "At the Medical Waxworks, Bologna," Carolina Quarterly (Fall 2004). "All the Rage," Prairie Schooner, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Summer 2004). "The Aerialist," Midway," "Studies for a Portrait," "Tarantula," Missouri Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, (2003 ). "Leopard," Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. XLI, No. 3 (Summer 2002). "Moon Jelly," Southern Review, Vol 38, No. 1 (Winter 2002). "Sushi," Poetry, Vol. CLXXVIII, No. 4 (July 2001) "José Mendías," Epoch, Vol. 50, No. 1 (2001). "After the Peace," Folio (Winter 2001). "Cleanliness," "United Parcel," Prairie Schooner, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Spring 2001) "The Monarchs of El Rosario," "Snake Farm," Crazyhorse No. 57 (Winter 1999) "In a Field Outside the Town," Poetry, CLXXIV (April 1999). "The Bats," "Mosquito Spawn," Laurel Review, 33:1–2 (Winter/Summer 1999). "The Mission Olive," Southern Review, 34:4 (Autumn 1998). "Idle Hands," DoubleTake, 4:2 (Spring 1998). "Work Boots," "Vacation in Stone Harbor," Ontario Review No. 44 (Fall/Winter 1995–96). "Balkan," Poetry CLXII:138 (June 1993). "Antonio in Tijuca," "Beach Bum," "Without a Sequel," Chicago Review 39.1 (1993). "Corcovado," Chicago Review 38.4 (1993). "Mr. Daly," Poetry CLX (April 1992). "The One That Almost Got Away," New England Review/Bread Loaf Quarterly 14.2 (Spring 1992). "My Ex-Husband," Poetry CLIX (February 1992). "Traveler's Advisory," The Greensboro Review No. 47 (Winter 1989–90). |
| Anthologies/ Textbooks: | "My Ex-Husband," Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers 3rd Ed., J. Schilb and J. Clifford, Eds. (Bedford/St. Martin's Press, New York, 2005). "Idle Hands," "Kindness," "My Ex-Husband," Literature Across Cultures 4th Ed., S. Gillespie, T. Fonseca, C. A. Sanger, Eds., (Allyn & Bacon/Longman, New York, 2003). "Sushi," And We the Creatures C.J. Sage, Ed. (Dream Horse Press, San Jose, CA, 2003). "Balkan," The POETRY Anthology, 1912–2002 (The Poetry Press, Chicago, 2002). "In A Field Outside the Town," The Best American Poetry 2000, D. Lehman, Ed. (Simon & Schuster, NY, 2001). "My Ex-Husband," Literature and the Writing Process, 5th/6th Eds., E. McMahan, S. Day, R. Funk, Eds. (Prentice Hall, NJ, 2002). |
| Awards: |
National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship, 2009 Dana Awards, 2005, finalist Dogwood Poetry Prize, 2005, finalist PEN USA-West Literary Book Award for Poetry 2004 Pushcart Prize 2003, Nomination National Poetry Series 2002. Villa Montalvo Biennial Poetry Competition, Honorable Mention, 1995. Associated Writing Programs, Intro Award, 1991. Randall Jarrell Fellowship, UNC-G, 1989. |
| Education: | 1989–1991: M.F.A., Poetry, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC. 1984–1988: B.A., English, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
| Readings: |
Meta Eppler Gilpatrick Writers Series, Furman University, Greenville, SC, October 3, 2005 Holloway Reading Series, University of California-Berkeley, February 23, 2005 University of California-Riverside, May, 2004 Books and Books, Coral Gables, FL, March 2004 dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA, January 2004 A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, November 2003 20th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival, November 2003 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, September 2003 Universtiy of North Carolina-Greensboro, September 2003 Poem.X, Santa Monica, CA, September 2003 Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, September 2003 "Corners of the Mouth," Linnea's Cafe, San Luis Obispo, CA, February 2002. 18th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival, November 2001. Upcountry Booksellers, Waimea, HI, April 1997. Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA, February 1996. |
| Professional Experience: | Director, 2005–present, The Aerospace Press, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA. Senior Technical Writer, 2001–2005, The Aerospace Press, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA. Editor, Medical Device Link, 1997–2001, Canon Communications, Los Angeles, CA. Freelance Technical Writer/Editor, 1995–1997, Oakland, CA Managing Editor, European Medical Device Manufacturer, 1993–1995, Canon Communications Inc., Santa Monica, CA. Associate Editor, Medical Product Manufacturing News, 1993, Canon Communications Inc., Santa Monica, CA. |