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Publications & Presentations

Books

Guitar Without StringsGuitar Without Strings

"Regarding the poems: I could quote one sharply honed, poignant, pitiless, merciful passage after another, but wouldn’t know where to start. I highly recommend reading Guitar Without Strings and look forward to future work from this relatively young poet." - Marjorie Power

Fiction

"Not Broken," Wheelhouse Magazine/PRESS Anthology August 2009
"Empty," Space & Time Magazine Issue #104

Nonfiction

"The Age of the E-Poet?" Poet's Market 2011 (note: the article of the same name in Poet's Market 2010 was miscredited to me - that article was written by Jesse Randall)
"A Little Perspective," Touch: The Journal of Healing, Issue 1 (also, Strong Voices: A Year of Touch; Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
"A Little Bit of Wild," Spirit of Corvallis
"You Are Here: Activism from the Edge of the World," forthcoming
"Review of D.A. Feinfeld's Rodin's Eyes," Rattle E-Reviews
2007 Interview with Philadelphia Inquirer, no longer available

Poetry

Featured poet with two poems, OW News, Cancer Issue, Nov 2010
Two poems, Untitled Country Review, Issue 2
Three poems, The Nepotist, July 2010
"Marriage at Work"; Cloudbank Issue 2
Four Poems (Editor's Choice); Touch: The Journal of Healing May 2010
"Spring Rain" Autumn Sky Poetry Spring 2010
Three poems, Touch: The Journal of Healing, Issue 2 (Hospital Hush also in Strong Voices: A Year of Touch)
"Darwinian Sky," The Oregonian May 17, 2009
"Moral Imperative," PEMMICAN February 2009
"Pine Ridge Indian Reservation" & "Mother Tree," Thresholds Fall/Winter 2008
"Route 7," Hanging Moss Journal October 2008
"Seeking Wisdom, We Sink Between Dreams," Eight Octaves Review September 2008
"Winter Nesting," The Guardian Poetry Workshop January 2008
"Long Drive to Portland," Autumn Sky Poetry
"Dancin' with Anna Mae," The Guardian Poetry Workshop May 2007
"A Note from the Narrator," The Guardian Poetry Workshop March 2007
"The Clock," Night Roses Issue #17

Photography

"My Zack," Touch: The Journal of Healing Issue 2
"Forest Bridge," Thresholds Winter 2009/2010

Awards

Friends of Oregon Graduate Education Scholarship 2010
2nd place, 2010 Da Vinci Days Poetry Slam for poem "Manic"
Fan of the Week: Women on Writing, 2010
"Sunflowers," 8th Place 2009 Writer's Digest Poetry Competition
"I See God Standing in Stout Grove," 2nd Place August 2007 Interboard Poetry Competition
"A Little Perspective," Pushcart Nomination 2010 by The Lives You Touch Publications

Speeches

"Milestones," 2008 Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services Annual Reception
"I Am Not Broken," 2003 Idaho Partners in Policymaking Graduation
"Alcoholism is Forever," 1990 Speech Competition

Presentations

"sub * mit: v. To offer up for approval," Writers on the River 2011
"The Poet Online"; Northwest Poet's Concord 2010
"The Writer Online"; Writers on the River 2010
2008 PRESS: a cross-cultural literary conference panelist on disability, activism, and literature, Evergreen State College
"Working with Parents of Children with Disabilities"
"Organizing Your Child's Medical History"
"People First Language in the Workplace"

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