At Books Can Save a Life, I write literature-inspired reflections on our personal journeys and collective survival.
I wrote and produced “From Where I Stand,” an audio nature series, and my poetry has been published in online and print journals.
ARTICLES
Library Journal: “Reading and Living the Creative Life,” May 15, 2013
AUDIO ESSAYS
From Where I Stand, a nature series on Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments.
POETRY
“At Casa Guidi,” Loveliest Magazine, Winter 2016
“My Sicily,” Mediterranean Poetry, Winter 2016
“Confession,” Origins, Fall 2015
“Nadezhda, If You Were Here,” Great Lakes Review, Fall 2013 and Verse-Virtual June 2015
“City Beautiful,” Great Lakes Review, Fall 2013 and Soul-Lit, Winter 2016
“Our House,” Writer Online, 2000
ESSAYS
Writer Online: “Confessions of a Shadow Artist” 2000
Democrat & Chronicle: “Virginia Woolf, Mental Illness & ‘The Hours'” 2002
Writer Online: “Tomcat” 2003
INTERVIEWS
“Simplify and Persist” Creative Nonfiction, August 2016
Depression Getaway, July 2016
BOOKS
Three educational books for children, Franklin Watts/Grolier
HONORS & AWARDS
H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Artist’s Residency
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Artist’s Residency
Honorable Mention, “Looking for Grace” (Personal Essay), Writer’s Digest
The National Alliance for Mental Illness, New York State: Exceptional Public Awareness Award
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