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Montgomery, Alabama (BA), and at the University of Chicago (MA) before earning her MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has taught at colleges and universities in Illinois and Florida but feels settled in the Eastern Oregon high desert town of Pendleton where she lives with her partner Jared and son Liam. Her awards include: First place Karen Fredericks and Frances Willitts Poetry Prize (2008), Grand Prize Co-winner Trellis Magazine sestina contest (2008), First place Dylan Days Poetry Competition (2007), Award-winning poem published, Eleventh Muse (2006), Honorable mention, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Awards (2005), Honorable mention, Juniper Creek/Unnamed Writers Award (2005), and the title poem from this collection, A Brief History of Time, was nominated for a Pushcart prize (2004). She is the Poetry Editor of Contrary Magazine (www.contrarymagazine.com) and is an Instructor of English at Blue Mountain Community College. The Children’s War is her second poetry collection from Salt. She is also working on a short story collection.
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