EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Dissertation Title: Hybridity in the Fourteenth-Century Esther Poems of Israel Caslari (Hebrew and Judéo-Provençal)
2004 M.A. Medieval Studies, Centre For Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
2000 M.A. English, Concentration in Creative Writing, City College of New York
1986 B.A. Liberal Arts, Hampshire College
Books
To Suture What Frays. December 2017, Aldrich Press (Kelsay Books).
Sonnet Medicine and Then Some. In preparation for review.
Chapbooks
the corpus undone in the blizzard. Espresso Chapbooks, forthcoming, Fall 2019.
Of Gazelles Unheard. Beautiful Outlaw, May 2013
The Tao of Loathliness. Fooliar Press, October 2005, Second edition April 2008
Literary Anthologies (individual poems)
“Bones.” In Heat the Grease, We’re Frying Up Some Poetry. Gnashing Teeth Publishing, forthcoming Fall 2019.
“Demeter” and “Westended.” In Goddess: When She Rules – Expressions by Contemporary Women, edited by Catheine L. Schweig. Golden Dragonfly Press, 2017.
“Kisielin.” In Grandfather, Father and Me…Memories, Poetry and Good Food, edited by Donna Clark Goodrich. Hidden Brook Press, 2013.
“El Dia de los Muertos [Day of the Dead].” In Crave it Anthology, edited by Kim Aubrey, Elaine Batcher, K.D. Miller and Ruth Parker. Toronto: Red Claw Press, 2011.
“Recipe to Overcome Loneliness While Waiting for a Lover.” In Garden Variety Anthology, edited by Lily Contento. Toronto: Quattro Books, 2007.
Literary Journals (individual poems)
“At the bench,” New American Writing 38, forthcoming Spring 2020.
“Chemotherapy and the Tasmanian Devil,” r.k.v.r.y., forthcoming 2019.
“A Shared Revival,” “Blue Spice,” “The Stitches we Leave,” “Field Guide,” “After Night’s Barge” and “Hypothermia and Haphazard Warmth,” Former People Journal, forthcoming 2019.
“Sequins and Graffiti,” “'Pound of Unrest” and “About the Quiet Tingle of Your Leg, My Uvula, Unwieldy Heart,” Big City Lit, forthcoming Spring/Summer 2019.
“Weptswind,” Poetry in Performance 46, Fall 2018.
“An Assay,” New American Writing 36, June 2018.
“Before Interpretation” and “The Hastening Blueprint” (Collaborative Poems), Belmont Story Review 2, forthcoming Spring 2018.
“Skin,” “Talk of Deer,” and “Love and Other Falsehoods,” Burning House Press, February, 2018.
“Questionable Eyes, Brown Hair,” La Presa 2, May 2017.
“Glossa Inordinaria and the 28th Moon,” “Ex Nihilo,” and “Man and Spider: The Web on the Handlebars, New American Writing 35, 2017.
“Skeleton Coral,” Three Line Poetry Issue 42, April 2017.
“An Index of Speech,” (Collaborative Poem), Bearings Online, Collegeville Institute, April 12, 2017.
“Roots,” and “Face Value,” Contemporary Verse 2, Vol 39, No. 4, Spring 2017.
“Demure Origins” and “Fury: In Praise of Stone,” (Collaborative Poems), Young Ravens Literary Review 5, Winter 2016.
“The Need to Disappear” and “At the End of Circumference” Cough 7, September 2015.
“The Annals of Red,” The New Quarterly 114, Spring 2010.
“A Prayer for Insomnia,” Poetry in Performance 33, 2005.
“Empathic Physics,” Poetry in Performance 32, 2004.
“The Banquet of Empty Spaces,” Poetry in Performance 31, 2003.
“Winter,” Poetry in Performance 29, 2001.
Four Poems: “Elsewhere,” “Our Lady of Un,” “Desert,” “Surrendering,” Crosscurrents 51(3), Fall 2001.
“White, Red, Blue,” Poetry in Performance 28, 2000.
“Why She Ate Her Hair,” Barrow Street, Summer 2000.
“Selections from a Dream Dictionary,” Columbia Poetry Review 13, Spring 2000.
“Mother of Pearl” Poetry in Performance 27, 1999.
“New Year’s Eve,” WV Magazine 1(2), 1999.
“Graces,” Poetry in Performance 26, 1998.
Book Reviews
Review of Everywoman Her Own Theology: On the Poetry of Alicia Suskin Ostriker. University of Michigan Press, 2018. Forthcoming, American Book Review, 2019.
“Expect the Unexpected: Review of Thomas Lux. The Street of Clocks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.” American Book Review 23 (3), March-April 2002.
“The Idea of Space: Review of Emmanuel Hocquard. A Test of Solitude. Providence: Burning Deck Press, 2000.” American Book Review 22 (3), March-April 2001.
“Defiance: Review of M.L. Liebler. Written in Rain: New and Selected Poems, 1985-2000. Tebot Bach, 2000.” American Book Review 22 (2), January-February 2001.
“Infused with Love and Eroticism: Review of Elena Georgiou. Mercy, Mercy Me. University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.” Soujourner: The Women’s Forum 26 (3), November 2000.
“Poems that Melt in the Mouth: Review of Barbara Guest. Rocks on a Platter: Notes on Literature. Hanover, N.H.: Wesleyan University Press, 1999.” American Book Review 21 (5), July-August 2000.
“Conjure House: Review of Patricia Eakins. The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste: Father and Mother/First and Last. New York: New York University Press, 1999.” American Book Review 21 (4), May-June 2000.
