This page gives the most up-to-date list of work published and forthcoming. I'm including all written work, work that's published on paper and work that's published on web sites. For a list of my literary readings, my academic conference participation, and similar activities, please see my CV under the Academic tab.
Book Publication:
Whistling Past the Graveyard. Top 10 Finalist in the National Looking Glass Poetry Chapbook Competition. Pudding House Publications. 2004.
Chapbook Manuscript Honors:
The Archangels of Destructions Retire, semi-finalist, Concrete Wolf Publishers annual chapbook contest, 2009.
Precious Nature of Junk, semi-finalist, Concrete Wolf Publishers annual chapbook contest, 2007.
Dismantling the Fallout Shelter, top ten finalist, The Ledge journal’s annual chapbook contest, 2005.
Dismantling the Fallout Shelter, top five finalist, The Ledge journal’s annual chapbook contest, 2004.
Individual Poem Publications:
“Alternate Career Plans.” The Harpist Also Cooks. Forthcoming.
“Chronicle.” New Stone Circle. Forthcoming.
“Damnable Instruments.” Reprinted in Reeds Anthology. Pudding House Press. Forthcoming.
“Dismantling the Fallout Shelter.” Texas Review. Forthcoming.
"Immunities." The Healing Muse. Forthcoming.
“Licking to Adulthood.” Lit Magazine. Forthcoming.
“Liturgy of the Hours.” The Harpist Also Cooks. Forthcoming.
"Majesty Musted." Clackamas Literary Review. Forthcoming.
“Musicology.” The Harpist Also Cooks. Forthcoming.
“New Roots Music.” The Harpist Also Cooks. Forthcoming.
“Piano Lessons.” The Harpist Also Cooks. Forthcoming.
“Scalded to Cleanliness.” Alembic. Forthcoming.
“Scout at Midlife.” Afterwards (anthology). Forthcoming.
"Transfiguration Sunday on the Cancer Ward." The Healing Muse. Forthcoming.
“Triolet.” HazMat Review. Forthcoming.
“Waiting for Adulthood.” Dream International Quarterly. Forthcoming.
"Honeybees on Holiday." Poets and Artists. July 2010.
"Pollen." Poets and Artists. July 2010.
"I Stand Here Shredding Documents."Poetry East. Spring 2010.
"Looking for Bishop Tutu." A Generation Defining Itself. Cary, NC: MW Enterprises: 2010.
"Well of Poverty." A Generation Defining Itself. Cary, NC: MW Enterprises: 2010.
"Thanks Giving." Big Muddy. volume 9.2.
"New Kid." Chiron Review. Winter 2010.
“Lectio.” Innisfree Poetry Journal. September 2009.
“Missing.” Qarrtsiluni. August 12, 2009.
“Collective.” Qarrtsiluni. August 5, 2009.
"Watertight Seal." Naugatuck River Review. Summer 2009.
"Reunion." Southern Women's Review. Summer/Fall 2009.
"Drained." Chiron Review. Summer 2009.
"Basal Cell Penelope." Chiron Review. Summer 2009.
“Huck at Midlife.” New Delta Review. Winter 2009.
"Strange Communions." North American Review. March-April 2009.
"Lessons of the Rocking Chair." Clapboard House. March 2009.
"Middle Passage of Marriage." Clapboard House. March 2009.
"Progress." Clapboard House. March 2009.
“Eucharist.” Ruminate. Winter 08/09.
“Precious Nature of Junk.” Interdisciplinary Humanities. Fall 2008.
“Safe.” Descant. Volume 47, 2008.
“Lying in State.” South Carolina Review. Fall 2008
“Stalking the Southern Sky.” In the Mist. Volume 1.1 (2008).
“Spoon.” California Quarterly. Volume 34, number 2, 2008.
“Glory Days.” Sport Literate. Volume 5, issue 2, 2008.
“Eurydice in Miami.” Slant. Summer 2008.
“Flak Jacket.” HazMat Review. Fall 2007.
“Adjunct Faculty.” The Julia Mango. Summer 2007.
“Morning in America.” The Julia Mango. Summer 2007.
“Uncle Tom’s College.” The Julia Mango. Summer 2007.
“Seventh Grade Refugees.” The Julia Mango. Summer 2007.
“Lunar Eclipse.” Sunstone. March 2007.
“Kitchen Remodels.” Willow Review. 2007.
“One Fast, One Slow.” Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature. Fall 2006/Winter 2007.
“Eschatology.” The Powhatan Review. Winter 2006.
“Land of Heavy Metals.” The Powhatan Review. Winter 2006.
“ICBM Retirement.” The Ledge. Fall 2006.
“Ash Wednesday at the Trinity Test Site.” The Ledge. Fall 2006.
“Dreaming of England.” The Mid-America Poetry Review. Summer-Autumn
2006.
“Family Jewels.” CrossRoads: A Southern Culture Annual. 2006.
“Crusty Companionship.” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review. Winter 2005.
“Hiking Harper’s Ferry.” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review. Winter 2005.
“Baptismo Sum.” Sojourners. August 2005.
“Betting with Blueberries.” Mid-America Poetry Review. Spring 2005.
“Traveler’s ABC’s.” Hurricane Review. 2005.
“Quilting Towards Armageddon.” Out of Line. 2005.
“October Songs.” The Powhatan Review. Winter 2004/2005.
“Filling Holes.” Atlanta Review. Fall/Winter 2004.
“Modern Abolitionist.” The South Carolina Review. Fall 2004.
“Huck’s Midlife Crisis.” James Dickey Newsletter. Fall 2004.
“Cheating Heart.” Connecticut River Review. July/August 2004.
“Little Luxuries.” Connecticut River Review. July/August 2004.
“Last Neutrino.” The Powhatan Review. Summer 2004.
“Care Package.” The Distillery: Artistic Spirits of the South. July 2004.
“Heresies.” Poetry East. Spring 2004.
“Floods and Desert Canyons.” The Ledge. Winter-Spring 2003-2004.
“Basic Health for Everyday Life.” North American Review. November-
December 2003.
“Marked on the Body.” Fox Cry Review. Volume 29, 2003.
“Guile.” Chiron Review. Autumn 2003.
“Acting Out.” Caprice. Summer 2003.
“Mill Worker Heart.” Coal City Review. July 2003.
“Heaven on Earth." Coal City Review. July 2003. reprinted in The Worcester Review. Volume 24, 2003.
“Damnable Instruments.” Chiron Review. Summer 2003.
“Accessibility.” The Xavier Review. Spring 2003. reprinted in The Worcester Review. Volume 24, 2003.
Hurricane Me.” Journal of Florida Literature. Volume 12, 2003.
“Migrating at Night.” Journal of Florida Literature. Volume 12, 2003.
“Moth.” Journal of Florida Literature. Volume 12, 2003.
“Setting Free the Fireflies.” Palo Alto Review. Spring 2003.
“Peak Experience.” Karamu. Spring 2003.
“Relativity.” Haight Ashbury Literary Journal. Volume 22, number 1, 2003.
“Cartography.” Limestone. 2002.
“Shadow Lust.” Potpourri. Volume 14, number 4, 2002.
“Strange Shores.” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review. Winter 2002.
“Medieval Christmas Pageants.” The South Carolina Review. Fall 2002.
“The Necessity of Moisture.” Tar River Poetry. Fall 2002.
“Homespun.” Asphodel. Fall 2002.
“Radiation Sicknesses.” Lynx Eye. Summer 2002.
“Significant Other.” Blue Mesa Review. Volume 14, 2002.
“Picnic Envy.” Red Owl. Spring 2002.
“Bleak Houses.” Chiron Review. Spring 2002.
“Day Care.” The Mid-America Poetry Review. Spring 2002.
“The Muse to Her Poet.” Emrys Journal. Spring 2002.
“Inheritance.” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review. Winter 2001.
“Aquatic Life.” Crucible. Fall 2001.
“Martian Solstice.” Potpourri. Volume 13, no. 2, 2001.
“Hitchcock Virgin.” A Summer’s Reading. Summer 2001.
“Thirteen Miles.” A Summer’s Reading. Summer 2001.
“At the Museum of American Folklife.” The Alembic. Spring 2001.
“Spring Rights.” The Eagle’s Flight. 2001.
“Transport.” Collages and Bricolages. 2001.
“Breakfast.” Small Brushes. Spring 2001.
“Opportunity Cookies.” Lines in the Sand. November/December 2000.
“I Slash at My Own Skin.” Potomac Review. Fall 2000.
“Plots.” Caprice. Summer 2000.
“Adulteress.” The Worcester Review. Volume 21, 2000.
“Heavy Soles.” Slipstream. 2000.
“Meridian.” Foliage. 2000.
“Seasoning.” Bellowing Ark. July/August 2000.
“Bike Glove.” Lines in the Sand. July/August 2000.
“Yeast.” Chiron Review. Summer 2000.
“DreamGhosts.” Taproot Literary Review. Summer 2000.
“Gravity’s Sucking Power.” Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature. Spring 2000.
“Ice Cube Lover.” Connecticut River Review. Spring 2000.
“Rollercoaster.” The Iconoclast. Spring 2000.
“Daughterless Women.” Caprice. Early Spring 2000.
“Hedge Against Hunger.” Caprice. Early Spring 2000.
“Husks.” Caprice. Early Spring 2000.
“Homecoming.” The Rockford Review. Winter 2000.
“Dabbling with Evolution.” Luna Negra. Fall 1999.
“Demands of Dough.” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review. Winter 1999.
“Milking.” Writing for Our Lives. 1999.
“Elementary Lessons.” Tucumcari Literary Review. November/December 1999.
“Home Plate.” Tucumcari Literary Review. October 1999.
“Carnivals and Playgrounds.” Lines in the Sand. September/October 1999.
“Home Schooling.” The Pocket Poetry Parenting Guide. Ed. Jennifer Bosveld. Johnstown, OH: Pudding House Publications, 1999.
“Solar Solstice.” South Dakota Review. Summer, 1999.
“State Road 36.” Caprice. May 1999.
“Workfare.” Caprice. May 1999.
“Season of Migration.” Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream. May 1999.
“Pentecostal Red.” Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream. April 1999.
“Spring Rights.” Caprice. March 1999.
“Fetus.” Caprice. March 1999.
“Darwinian Conundrums.” Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream. February 1999.
“Mad Rain.” Piedmont Literary Review. 1999.
“Heritage.” Atlanta Review. Fall/Winter 1998.
“Hourglass.” Caprice. October 1998.
“Bowling.” Black Buzzard Review. 1998.
“Summer Storm.” Caprice. August 1998.
“Elemental.” Caprice. August 1998.
Battlefield.” Caprice. August 1998.
“Land Mine Treaty.” The Beloit Poetry Journal. Spring 1998.
“Arcing Towards Justice.” The Evening Reader. December 1997.
“Effluvia of Stars.” The Evening Reader. December 1997.
“Marvell’s Mistress.” The Evening Reader. December 1997.
Individual Poem Honors:
My poem, “Heaven on Earth,” was the featured poem for May 11, 2007 for National Public Radio’s The Writer’s Almanac, broadcast nationwide.
My poem, “Ash Wednesday at the Trinity Test Site,” was chosen as the featured poem for December 2006 on the website of The Ledge.
Fiction Publications:
“Second-Hand Hope Chest.” Sistersong: Women Across Cultures. Forthcoming.
“Rules of the Game.” Phoebe: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Feminist Scholarship. Spring 2001.
“Half a Deck.” Maryland Review. Winter/Spring 2000.
Round Robin.” Reader’s Break. 1999.
Essay Publications:
“Writing (and Teaching) on the Fringes.” Review Revue. August 2007.
Book Reviews:
Blue Colonial by David Roderick. Galatea Resurrects. #9. March 31, 2008.
Pioneers in the Study of Motion by Susan Briante. Galatea Resurrects. #8. November 30, 2007.
The Happiness Experiment by Lisa Fishman. Galatea Resurrects. #8. November 30, 2007.
The McSweeney Book of Poets Picking Poets edited by Dominic Lumford. Galatea Resurrects. #7. August 31, 2007.
Punk Poems by John Burgess. Galatea Resurrects. #7. August 31, 2007.
Becoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall Gailey. Galatea Resurrects. #6. May 24, 2007.
Academic Essays:
“‘Elegant Economy’: Narratives of Community in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford.” Narratives of Community: Women’s Short Story Sequences. Ed. Roxanne Harde. Forthcoming from Cambridge Scholars Publishing.