Grateful acknowledgment from the author to the editors of the literary journals, magazines and anthologies in which the following poems and stories first appeared:
POETRY
Buffalo Bones, Vol. II, No. 3 (1996): “Girlfriend”
Clackamas Literary Review, Vol. V, Issue 1 (2001): “Afternoon Alone,” and “The Lesson”
Concrete Wolf, Vol. 1, No. 6 (1996): “To Write a Poem”
Controlled Burn, Vol. VII (2001): “One in Every Box”
Curious Rooms, No. 4 (2007): “Jamsweet Tango”
Driftwood Review, Vol. IV (2000): “Home”
Driftwood Review (2003): “Kisses”
Edge City Review, Number 15, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2001): “The Scent of the Sky”
Free Focus (1996): “Running with that Dream” and “All Night Movie”
Free Verse, Issue 96 (2002) “Bomb Shelter Drill”
Heartlands, Vol. 2, Fall 2004: “Insiteful” and “Every Word”
Into the Teeth of the Wind, Vol. III, Issue 1: “God Discusses Life with the Last Woman on Earth”
Kumquat Meringue, #6 (2001): “Pillow Poem”
Main Street Rag, Vol. 8, No. 3 (2003): “Dear Jim” and “Cleveland Rocked”
Maverick Press, Vol. 12, Fall (1992) “Pretending to be a Fence”
Möbius, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2003): “Popular Art Meets the Pet Rock”
Muddy River Poetry Review, 1996: “Coming Off Zoloft”
Now Here Nowhere, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1999): “Living a Shelter Life” and “Colorblind”
Now Here Nowhere, Vol. 2, No. 4 (2000): “Leaving Carolina”
Poetry Motel, No. 22 (1995): “It’s All Over”
Permafrost, Vol. 23 (2001): “The Next Stop”
Rattle, Vol. 9, No. 1, (2003): Girls in Tijuana
Slipstream, No. 24 (2004): “Interesting”
Spoon River Poetry Review, Vol. XXIV, No. 1: “Almost Near, Much Less Perfect” and “Picking Up Speed”
Stray Dog, 2 (2002): “Advice on Love”
Thema, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1997): “You Never Know”
Touchstone Literary Review, Viterbo College, Fall (1995): “Tied”
Wayne Literary Review, Fall 2001: “Practice”
White Pelican Review, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2002): “Dear Psychic Friend”
The following poems first appeared as a First Place Chapbook Award titled “In the Curve of Space and Time” from Heartlands, published in Vol. 7 (1997): “Cigar Stains,” “He Ain’t Nobody,” “What Ma Never Knew,” “Friday Night, Brookpark Skateland,” “Chocolate Caramels” “Incurable Heart,” “Face It,” “Leave Your Boots by the Door,” “Eulogy on Main,” and “Ice Dance.”
The following poems first appeared in a chapbook titled “Postcard of a Naked Man,” published by March Street Press (2003) “Russell Edson’s Matter,” “Interesting,” “The Circus Runs Away with my Life,” “In Lavender,” “Eviction,” “Postpartum Psychosis,” “Color of Broken,” “This Night,” “On a Postcard of a Naked Man,” “Pet Names,” “Leave your Boots By the Door,” “Behind the Willow Theatre.”
The following poems first appeared in the anthology Almost Touching, published by Plain View Press (1996): “What Matters,” “Anaconda,” “Toronto Trolley,” “Nightly Grind,” “Order Toll Free,” “Cosmic Misconnections,” “Smile, Baby,” “Jackie Junior,” “Sleepwalker,” “Running with that Dream,” “All Night Movie,” “Tattooed in Jocko’s Parlor,” and “Kiss the Sun”
SHORT STORIES/PROSE
A Twist of Noir (2009) # 185 online: “Family Secrets”
Cleansheets (2002) online: “Soldiers of Love”
Free Verse, Issue 96 (2002): “Security”
Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex, a Cleis Press anthology (2008): “Take Note, Please”
Monkey Bicycle (2009): “It’s Over”
Strut, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (2007): “Phone Sex”
ARTWORK
CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women , Volume 23:2 ,
Summer/August 2006
The MacGuffin, Vol. XXII, No. 3, Summer 2006 issue: Cover and art inside
Tar Wolf, Issue 7, Summer/Fall 2006
From East to West, Summer 2008
ESSAYS
Detroit Free Press: 1998, My First Car
MetroParent Magazine, August 2002: Cutting: Why Teens Hurt Themselves
MetroParent Magazine, January 2003: Domestic Violence: Kids: The Secondary Victims
MetroParent Magazine, February 2003: Parents’ Guide to School: “My Teacher Doesn’t Like Me”
AWARDS
1995 National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Hon. Mention: “Nightly Grind”
1997 Heartlands, Poetry Chapbook Award, 1st place
1996 Detroit Writer’s Voice Poetry Contest, 2nd place: “Anaconda”
2000 Pushcart Prize Nomination: “Leaving Carolina”
2000 Finalist, Sow’s Ear Review Chapbook Contest
2000 Maryland State Lit & Poetry Society Chapbook Contest, Hon. Mention
2001 Detroit Working Writers Spring Competition, Hon. Mention, poetry manuscript
2001 Concrete Wolf Finalist, Chapbook Contest
2001 Redgreen Press, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
2001 Bone & Flesh, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
2002 Frith Press, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
2003 Detroit Writers Voice, Hon. Mention Poetry: “Russell Edson’s Matter”
2003 Main Street Rag, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
2005 Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers, 2nd Place Poetry: “Shimmer”
2005 Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers, 3rd Hon. Mention, poetry: “Device”
2006 Inkwell Poetry Contest, Finalist, Judge Billy Collins: “What Every Mother Hopes For”
2006 Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers Prose Competition, 2nd place, Judge Craig Holden: “Swerve”
2008 Black Lawrence Press, Semi-Finalist, Chapbook Contest
2009 Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers Prose Competition, Hon. Mention, Judge Jack Driscoll: “Obsessive Possessive”
