Thank you to Joseph Levens, editor of Summerset Review! Read the story here.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Story "The Rooms of the Day" in Summerset Review!
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Poem "Sky Burial" in Poetry Northwest's 60th Anniversary

A slice of Tibet in the great Northwest. Check out my poem "Sky Burial" in the 60th anniversary issue of Poetry Northwest. Can't believe my name is on that gorgeous cover, and in awe of all the amazing poems mine is wedged between. I kept reading it weeks after, in the tram, by the lake, at the Vevey wine festival (left). Because what is wine without poetry?
www.poetrynw.org/summer-fall-2019-2/
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Story in "Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction"

Great to see this story sandwiched between the work of so many brilliant fiction writers of color. The anthology is available to order here.
Want to hear my serious just-getting-over-a-cold voice reading "How to Catch a Sun"? Of course you do! Listen on Soundcloud.
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Friday, November 30, 2018
Poem in "Writers Resist" Anthology
We The People Who March
We walk because that is all to be done
all our bodies can do
when so much has been done to us...
The night before the Women's March in DC in 2017, I wrote this poem "We The People Who March." I was scared, hopeful and still had no idea of the institutionalized cruelty and bigotry we were going to see since then. Now that I'm back in Switzerland, feeling helpless over the constant hail of heart-breaking news, I like to think back to that first march and know that we have so much more ground to cover.
The poem is now featured in the Writers Resist Anthology along with other word-fists of resistance.
Order the anthology here, and check out the schedule of readings all over the country: www.writersresist.com/anthology
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Writing Workshop at IWWG NYC Conference April 15th
What can Poetry and Fiction learn from each other? Join me at the International Women's Writing Guild Conference at Poets House this Sunday, April 15th, and find out!
Poetry and fiction are perceived as separate and opposing forms, governed by different values and objectives: fiction, as leading with narrative and characterization; poetry, as a more effective vehicle for abstraction and the aesthetics of language. In this workshop, we will examine how the structures and devices of one form can generate stronger work in the other and provide a framework for editing. We will look at how the characterization and logistics of fiction can sharpen the purpose of your poems, and how poetry can calibrate the voice and language of your fiction, and act as a catalyst for experimentation.
Register at: https://www.iwwg.org/spring-big-apple/
Poetry and fiction are perceived as separate and opposing forms, governed by different values and objectives: fiction, as leading with narrative and characterization; poetry, as a more effective vehicle for abstraction and the aesthetics of language. In this workshop, we will examine how the structures and devices of one form can generate stronger work in the other and provide a framework for editing. We will look at how the characterization and logistics of fiction can sharpen the purpose of your poems, and how poetry can calibrate the voice and language of your fiction, and act as a catalyst for experimentation.
Register at: https://www.iwwg.org/spring-big-apple/
Friday, January 5, 2018
Story "The Lady Clock" Nominated for Best Small Fictions 2018
Must be writers nomination season because here's another from Decomp Magazine for "The Lady Clock" - a story about a boy, a girl and a bouncing orchid in Geneva. OK now I can go home, eat a whole bag of chips AND chocolate almond bar, and dance like I've been drinking. Wait, I am drinking.
Read at: http://www.decompmagazine.com/theladyclock.htm
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Story "How to Catch a Sun" in Wigleaf & Nominated for Pushcart!
My story “How to Catch a Sun” about life after an eclipse is now out with Wigleaf Journal. Bonus: it’s nominated for the Pushcart Prize! It follows one woman's life across six decades, a couple of wars and two continents - all in about 800 words.
When I first got the yes from Wigleaf, I was visiting a lighthouse in Provincetown, and started jumping up and down, then ran over to Norman Mailer’s grave to jump some more. Why was I jumping? I’ve been addicted to their perfect little bundles of fiction for years, and they’re all perfect because of Scott Garson' sharp editorial eye.
Double bonus: they’ve included a delirious postcard written on the plane on my way back from Nigeria.
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