Professional
EDUCATION
M.A., Counseling Psychology
M.A., Literature
M.F.A., Poetry
Ph.D., Literature and Women's Studies
CONFERENCES AND RESIDENCIES
Poetry Fellow. Hambidge. Rabun Gap, GA.
Fiction Residency. Dairy Hollow Writer’s Colony. Eureka Springs, AK. Poet-in-Residence. University of Arizona. Invited Participant. UCLA Book Fair in conjunction with The Anaïs Nin Trust. Spring 2010. Presenter. Creativity and Madness Conference. Santa Fe, NM.
FEATURED WRITER
Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
A Few Good Women Writing Series. Books, Inc. Alameda, CA.
FEATURED WRITER
Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
A Few Good Women Writing Series. Books, Inc. Alameda, CA.
WRITING AWARDS
Finalist, Rita Dove Poetry Prize. “Foaling Season.” Fiction Scholarship. “Krishna’s Cat.” Dzanc Books’ International Literary Program.
Fiction Scholarship. “Coconut Milk.” Dzanc Books’ International Literary Program.
FEATURED WRITER
Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
A Few Good Women Writing Series. Books, Inc. Alameda, CA.
WRITING AWARDS
Finalist, Rita Dove Poetry Prize. “Foaling Season.” Fiction Scholarship. “Krishna’s Cat.” Dzanc Books’ International Literary Program.
Fiction Scholarship. “Coconut Milk.” Dzanc Books’ International Literary Program.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
“The Body Speaks: Somatic Subversion in the journals of Anaïs Nin and Rosemary Daniell.” A Café in Space.
Contributions
“Credos.” Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women’s Lives.
Essays
“Two Cups Orgasm, A Measure of Taboo.” Desire: Women Write About Wanting.
Fiction
"Coconut Milk.” Pearl magazine.
Poetry
“Angie Flies High.” The Ledge.
“Bay Bridge, High Wind, Hatchback.” Lake.
"Fifi Bakes Like A Good Little Woman." Kalliope.
"Fifi and Julia: A Love Story." Kalliope.
"Mother, May I." Hurricane Review.
“On the Road.” Mad Poets’ Review.
“My Cup Runneth Over.” Wild Violet.
“Overlay.” A Café in Space.