Writing

I am an award-winning poet and essayist with several collections. My themes include relationships, family, identity, motherhood and daughterhood. You can find my books and sample work below.

Books

Chapbooks

Textbooks

Other Sample Writing

Poems

“Summer, Storm” at Germinate: Environmental History Review

“Petunias” and “The Pool” at Waxwing

A suite of poems about Round Baby at Menacing Hedge

“Round Baby Fills in the Blanks,” at Rogue Agent

“You Would Become” and “It Take Strength to Be Gentle and Kind” at Sweet: A Literary Confection

“Criterion Films of the Long Married,” and “Aubade” at Hobart

 

Essays

“After the Verdict We Watch Fireworks,” at The Rumpus

“Meat Ragu a la Squillante,” at Sweet: A Literary Confection

“All Things Edible, Random and Odd,” in Literary Mama 

“Cry, Baby,in Literary Mama 

“On Fire,” in Brevity