Poet
Publications & Prizes
Foley Poetry Prize, 1990, from America; 1992-1993 National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher-Scholar Sabbatical Award to study Emily Dickinson; United Black Artists 1994 Pioneering Teacher in the Arts Award; 1997-2000 Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Poet-in-residence, Henry Ford High School Detroit, MI; 2002 John Ciardi Prize for Escape Artist (BkMk Press); 2010 Pablo Neruda Prize from Nimrod International; 2013 Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship; 2013 Springfed Arts Poetry Prize; Tennesse Williams Scholarship in Poetry, 2019 Sewanee Writers Conference.