Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Books:
The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting (Random House, 2003)
, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear (Bantam Books, 1998)
, Impossible Furniture (Nightshade Press, 1993)
Fiction
Book:
The Hypothetical Girl: Stories (Other Press, 2013)
Poetry
Anthology:
Walk on the Wild Side: Urban American Poetry Since 1975 (Scribner, 1994)
Books:
Martini Tattoo (Alien Buddha Press, 2022)
, The Patron Saint of Cauliflower (Saint Julian Press, 2019)
, Bird Light (Saint Julian Press, 2018)
Chapbook:
Wonder Electric (Kelsay Books, 2021)
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with:
Teenagers
Fluent in:
English, Spanish
Born in:
Indianapolis,
IN
Indiana
Raised in:
Albuquerque,
NM
New Mexico
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Last update: Jan 11, 2023