Professional

Education

M.A., Counseling Psychology
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M.A., Literature
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M.F.A., Poetry
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Ph.D., Literature and Women's Studies

CONFERENCES AND RESIDENCIES

Poetry Fellow.  Hambidge.  Rabun Gap, GA.
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Fiction Residency.  Dairy Hollow Writer’s Colony. Eureka Springs, AK.
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Poet-in-Residence.  University of Arizona.
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Invited Participant.  UCLA Book Fair in conjunction with The Anaïs Nin Trust. Spring 2010.
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Presenter.  Creativity and Madness Conference. Santa Fe, NM.

FEATURED WRITER

Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
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A Few Good Women Writing Series. Books, Inc. Alameda, CA.

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.
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“Bay Bridge, High Wind, Hatchback.” Lake.
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"Fifi Bakes Like A Good Little Woman." Kalliope.
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"Fifi and Julia: A Love Story." Kalliope.
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"Mother, May I."  Hurricane Review.
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“On the Road.”  Mad Poets’ Review. 
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“My Cup Runneth Over.”  Wild Violet. 
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“Overlay.” A Café in Space.

WRITING AWARDS

Finalist, Rita Dove Poetry Prize. “Foaling Season.”
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Fiction Scholarship. “Krishna’s Cat.” Dzanc Books’ International Literary Program.
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Fiction Scholarship. “Coconut Milk.” Dzanc Books’ International Literary Program.