“A  true storyteller with a powerful imagination, a wonderful sense of structure and prose that resonates with rich yet lucid and restrained imagery.”

— Zakes Mda

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Curriculum Vitae


Education

  • Ohio University, Athens, OH. Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing

  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. M.F.A. in Fiction

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. B.A. in Education (Minor in Theatre)

Publications

Magazine, Journal Articles and Literary Magazines

  • “The Voices of Collateral Damage,” Ms. Magazine (2018)

  • Hopeaction.org, “Mont Blanc,” “Wild,” “Tripping the Nightmare Fantastic” (2018)

  • great weather for MEDIA, “My Life as a Vase” (2017)

  • Your Impossible Voice, “A Woman Writes the Unicorn Butterfly” (2017)

  • DISARM, Black Heart Publishing, “Of Guns and the Failure of Words” (2017)

  • The Manifest-Station, “Black Lace” (2015)

  • International Journal for Transpersonal Studies, “Of the World That Freely Offers Itself” (2016)

  • Fredericksburg Literary Review, “Persephone to Spear Maiden” (2015)

  • The Toast, “On Having a Retreat of One’s Own” (2014)


  • Helen Literary Journal, “Aria” (2015)

  • 5 X 5, “Seed Stories” (2015)


  • NonBinary Review, “Aphrodite in Manhattan” (2015)

  • So to Speak: a feminist journal of literature and art, “Slow Dance of the Heart” (2012)

  • Black Warrior Review, "The Survivors"; nominated for Foley Award (1976)

  • College English, "Fishing in the Holy Waters" (1986)


  • Kalliope, "In Whose Hands We Trust" (2001)


  • FictionFix, “Leaving and Letting Go” (June 2011)


  • Terraspheres, “Cooling the Spotlight on Global Warming” (October 2011)

  • Cezanne’s Carrot, “You Tell A Man Your Story” (2010)


  • Umbrella Issue 6, “The Keys to the Kingdom...and the Roller Skates (2008)


  • Kartika Review, “Strangers in Our Midst” (2011);“A Christmas of Her Own,” (2007)


  • Dunes Review, "Back When the Land was Country," (2004)


  • The North Atlantic Review, from The New Wave World (2002)


  • Adelina Magazine, "The World According to John Irving" (1980)


  • Alternate Currents, "Plenty in the South Bronx" (1980)

Book Contributions

  • Art in the Time of Covid, “Hunkering Down in a Timeless Space,” San Fedele Press (2020)

  • Instructor’s Manual to accompany Pearson’s Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, Compact Edition, Sixth Edition. Wrote copy, descriptive and instructive, for most recent edition (2014).

  • Visions of Peace (Book of children's peace poems that came from classes I taught as writer-in-residence at several schools on Long Island. I edited and wrote an introduction to this book), The World Peace Prayer Society (1994)

  • Handbook of Poetic Forms, "Odes," Teachers & Writers Collaborative (1987)

Anthologies

  • Fantastic Imaginary Characters, Madville Publishing (2024)

  • Waves, A Confluence of Women’s Writing, “Writing in Mothertime,” “Spear Maiden to Persephone,” (2024)

  • Poems from the Wellspring, "Of Pronouns and Wellspring," Poetic License Press (2020)

  • A Neighbor Anthology, “Writing the Kingdom on Skates,” Ohio University Press (2019)

  • STARS/Anthology TallGrass Writers (Outrider Press) “Stars, Bones, and The Book of Tziril” (2018)

  • DISARM, Black Heart Publishing, “Of Guns and the Failure of Words” (2018)

  • Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, “In the Beginning of the End” (poem); “Slow Dance of the Heart” (story). Edgar V Roberts and Robert Zweig, eds. Pearson Publishing (2014)

  • Best of Books by the Bed I, Cheryl and Eric Olsen, Bright City Press (2014)

  • The Wreckage of Reason II: Back to the Drawing Board, “All Traces of the Fallacy Dawn” (story); Spuyten Duyvil Press (2014)

  • Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers, “Spear-Maiden to Persephone” (story); Spider Road Press, (2014)

  • Women Writing on Family…, "To Everything There Is a Season: Or What to Expect When You're a Writer Expecting a Baby"; "Mother Professor: Going Back for the Ph.D." Key Publishing Company (January 2012)

  • The Light of City and Sea (anth., ed. Daniel Moran) poem "What Remains of Hope" (2006)


  • Voices Within the Ark: Modern Jewish Poets, anth. Eds.Anthony Rudolf and Howard Schwartz) poems by Ewa Lipska, translated with Peter Jay (1980).

  • Writing from the World, (anth. Eds. Paul and Hua Ling Nieh Engle) trans. poem. from Polish by Ewa Lipska, “Censored” with Peter Jay (1976).

Interviews

  • We Wanted to be Writers (extensively interviewed) by Eric Olsen, Skyhorse (2011)

Audio Recordings

  • We Don't Scare (Halloween Barnyard Monologues)—self-produced cassette (1994)

  • May Peace Prevail on Earth (cassette) "Peace Song," The World Peace Prayer Society (1994)

Newspapers and Newsletters

  • The New York Times, “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1986)


  • Tabloid for Ohio University’s “LitFest,” article about Peter Ho Davies (2009)


  • Huntington Arts Council Newsletter, “A Mother’s Response,” (2002)


  • The North Shore Woman's Newspaper. Interviews of women in the arts (bi-monthly column,1994-2001)

Translations

  • Voices Within the Ark: Modern Jewish Poetry co-translated (w/ Peter Jay) poems by Polish writer, Ewa Lipska (1980)

Awards

  • Finalist—Tartt Fiction Award, Livingston Press(Story Collection, titled Autobiography of a Dreamer, 2024)

  • Pushcart Prize Nomination (“St. of the Lepers,” story, by BigCityLit (2023)

  • Pushcart Prize Nomination: (“Song without Words,” story, by Orca Literary Magazine (2022)

  • Semi-Finalist: (Poesies & Other Brutalities) Hidden River, Willow-Run Poetry Award (2021)

  • Longlisted—(Grace before the Fall) Eyewear Publishing (2016)

  • Finalist—(Grace before the Fall) Subito Press (2016)

  • Finalist—Gertrude Press, chapbook prize/publication (2016, 2017)

  • Writing residency—Sundress Academy for the Arts (January 2017)

  • Finalist—Iron Horse Literary Review, chapbook competition (2015)

  • Third Place—OdysseyCon, story selected by John Joseph Adams/ OddContest (2015)

  • Finalist—New Rivers ebook (novel) competition (2014)

  • Finalist—(Grace before the Fall) Eludia Award for novel (October 2013)


  • Fiction prize 2012—So to Speak: a feminist journal of literature and art

  • Novel excerpt nominated for AWP “Intro Awards” (2012)

  • Nominated for Outstanding TA Award (2011)

  • Finalist—Black Lawrence Press, fiction chapbook (2008)

  • Finalist—Glass Woman Prize, short story (2008)

  • Special Opportunity Stipend (S.O.S.), New York Foundation for the Arts, administered on Long Island, East End Arts Council, for "Rising Above the Shadow" (March 2002)

  • Honorable Mention—World Peace Prayer Society, Peace Music Initiative (1993)

  • Semi-Finalist—Heekin Award for Novel-in-Progress (1993)

  • Fellowship in Fiction—Creative Arts Public Service Program (CAPS) New York State (1981-1982)

  • Research Assistantship—University of Iowa (1974-1975)

Productions

  • A Community Project: Women's Voices After 9-11, Rising Above the Shadow. An evening of performances, including nineteen acts, that I performed in
and produced. Summer Festival at Heckscher Park, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY. July, 2002.

  • Rising Above the Shadow: A Gathering of Women's Voices (A three-day event that
I produced at Custer Institute, in Southold, NY: women's artistic responses to September 11; featuring the work of more than 50 women artists, including painters, poets, playwrights, dancers, and musicians. March 2002.

  • If You Ask Me (Performance piece using children's peace poems) Huntington Village Theatre, Huntington, NY (1995)

  • The Light at the End of the World (Play)
Staged Reading. Directed by Rob Bundy. The Acting Company, NY (1990)

  • Once Upon the Present Time (one-woman show that I wrote, directed and performed in) Woodie King, Jr., Producer, New Federal Theatre
. Butch Morris, Composer (October 10-27, 1985)

Conferences

  • Mountain Field Farm Residency (2024)

  • Mt. Holly Writer’s Residency (2021)

  • Caroga Lake Inter-Arts Residency (Summer 2017, 2018, and Winter 2019)

    Writer’s Residency—Firefly Farms, Sundress Academy for the Arts, Knoxville, TN (2017)

  • “Transitions and Transactions III: Literature and Creative Writing Pedagogies in Community Colleges,” paper for panel, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Violence.” Borough of Manhattan Community College, April 2016

  • “Transitions and Transactions II: Literature and Creative Writing Pedagogies in Community Colleges” “The Many Voices of a Community College Creative Writing Classroom,” Borough of Manhattan Community College, April, 2014

  • African Literature Association (ALA) April, 2011, Ohio University, “Choosing Marginality: A Paradigm for Reconstituting White Privilege?”

  • Associated Writing Programs (AWP). Panel member: We Wanted To Be Writers. Washington, D.C. February 2011.

  • “Defining the New: Experiments and Innovations in English Studies,” Graduate Conference. Ohio University. Co-chair/panel; “Restaking the Boundaries: Fiction and Nonfiction,” November 2010.

  • Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Pedagogy paper, "A Way of Writing," Teaching multi- genre (creative) writing in the community college. Denver, CO. April 2010.