RESUME

Book Publications:
Deep Light: New and Selected Poems, 1987-2007 (Iris Press, 2007)
The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings(essays, University of Georgia Press, 2002)
Write Your Heart Out (instruction, Writer’s Digest Books, 2001)
Naked as Eve (poems, Copper Beech Press, 2000)
Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively (Writer’s Digest Books, 1999)
The Intersection of X and Y (poems, Copper Beech Press, 1996)
One Word Deep: Lectures and Readings (Ashland Poetry Press, 1993)
Mrs. Houdini (poems, University Presses of Florida, 1989)
Mother Tongue (poems, University Presses of Florida, 1987)

Books and Anthologies Edited:
I Dream So Wildly: An Anthology of Children's Poetry (Co-edited with Frye Galliard, Briarpatch Press, 1986)
Undercurrents: Conversations About Writing by Teachers At All Levels (UNCC Writing Project, 1985)

Honors and Awards:
Finalist, AWP Awards in Nonfiction, 2008. Glasgow Prize in nonfiction for The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings, 2005. New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship ($7000), 2003. Work selected for The Best American Essays and The Best American Poetry series. Carter prize for the Essay from Shenandoah, 2002 and 1997. Wood Prize from Poetry, 1993-4. N. C. Writers Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction, 1995 ($8000).  MacDowell Colony Residency, 1994. Pushcart Prize in Fiction, 1993. Bread Loaf Scholarship, 1993. P.E.N. Syndicated Fiction Award, 1991. N.C. Writers Fellowship in Poetry, 1989 ($8000). N. C. Governor's Award for Excellence in Education, 1988.

Anthologies in Which Work Has Appeared or is Forthcoming:
Creative Writing in Four Genres  (Bedford/St. Martin, December 2008), DIRT: Writers on the Quirks, Habits and Pleasures of Keeping House, (Seal Press, Spring 2009) Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction (Simon & Schuster, 2007), The Southern Poetry Anthology (Texas Review Press, 2007), After the Bell (Univ. of Iowa, 2007), The Movable Nest (Helicon Nine, 2007),  Kiss Tomorrow Hello (Doubleday, 2007) 5 Years of 4th Genre (Michigan State, 2006), Short Takes (Norton, 2005), The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction (Longman Press, 2004), Best American Essays, College Edition (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), O Taste and See: Food Poems (Bottom Dog Press, 2003), Proposing on the Booklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage (Poetworks/Grayson Books, 2003), Are You Experienced?: Baby Boom Poets at Midlife (Univ. of Iowa Press, 2003), We Used to Be Wives (Fithian/Daniel & Daniel, 2003), The Best American Essays 2001 (Houghton Mifflin, 2001);  Sorrow’s Company: Writers on Grief and Loss (Beacon Press, 2000), In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal (Norton, 1999), The Best American Poetry 1998 (Scribner, 1998), Bearing Life: Women’s Writing on Childlessness (The Feminist Press, 2000), Connecting: Twenty Prominent Authors Write About the Relationships That Shape Our Lives (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1998),  The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses XVIII  (Pushcart Press, 1993), Boomer Girls: Poems by Women From the Baby Boom Generation (University of Iowa Press, 1999),  Word and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (Carolina Academic Press, 1999), Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (University Press of New England, 1999), And What Rough Beast: Poems at the End of the Century (Ashland Poetry Press, 1999),  A More Perfect Union: Poems and Stories About the Modern Wedding (St. Martin’s, 1998), No Hiding Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Charlotte-area Writers (Down Home Press, 1999), and numerous others.

Magazine Publications:
Book, Ms. Magazine, Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Poetry, Indiana Review, Kenyon Review, Crazyhorse, Shenandoah, Southern Review, Quarterly West, Seventeen, Boulevard, Carolina Quarterly, Crescent Review, Bellingham Review, Malahat Review, New Virginia Review, Nimrod, North Carolina Literary Review,  Southern Poetry Review, Texas Review, English Journal, and numerous others.

Education and Additional Training:
Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina. Master of Arts in Teaching, University of South Carolina. Bachelor of Arts, California State University.  Studied with George Garrett and Audre Lorde (Atlantic Center for the Arts) and A. R. Ammons (Reynolda House).

Teaching and Other Professional Experience:
Writing Faculty, MFA program of Queens University (Charlotte), 2001-present, and MFA@PLU (Tacoma, WA) 2008; Gettysburg Review Writers Workshop, 2007-present; Kenyon Review Writing Workshop and Hudson Valley Writers Center, 1998-present; Distinguished Visiting Writer, University of Idaho, 2004; Writing Faculty of Peace College, 2003; Writer-in-Residence, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, 1998. Writing Faculty at North Carolina Writers Conference, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts, Asheville Poetry Festival, North Carolina Women Writers Conference, 1993-present. Visiting Writer /Workshop Leader for Davidson College, Wofford College, Presbyterian College, University of South Carolina, Meredith College, Ashland University, North Carolina Humanities Council, Charlotte Writers Club, and numerous other institutions, 1985-present. Graduate and undergraduate faculty: Queens College, 1994-95. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1995 and 1984-85. Western Carolina University, 1982. University of South Carolina, 1975-78.  Director, Reading-Writing Institute, UNC-Charlotte. Director, Writing Project Open Institute,UNC-Charlotte. Co-Director,Mountain Area Writing Project, Western Carolina University. Co-Director, UNCC Writing Project; Writer in Residence/Coordinator of Poetry in the Schools Program, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 1981-95.
(NOTE: for listing of readings, lectures, presentations, and media exposure, see separate document “Appearances”)