Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Translation
2019 International Beverly Prize for Literature Finalist (Eyewear Publishing, London); 2011 New American Prize (New American Press, publication award for collection of poems, The Last Sacred Place in North America, 2012, selected by T.R. Hummer); 2009 Ohio Poet of the Year (book prize for Dust and Bread); five Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist grants; 3 residency MacDowell Fellowships, 2 residency Yaddo Fellowships, one residency fellowship Djerassi Foundation; Fulbright teaching fellowships to universities in Beijing, 1990-1991 & 1997-1998