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Poetry in selected journals

Caesura, Can We Have Our Ball Back?, Delaware Poetry Review, Delmarva Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Harpur Palate, Kweli Journal, The Pedestal Magazine, Pearl, Philadelphia Stories, Rolling Stone Magazine, Salt Hill Journal, Smartish Pace

 

Poetry in anthologies

Comfort, Cape Henlopen.” On the Mason Dixon Line: An Anthology of Contemporary Delaware Writers (University of Delaware Press, 2008)

“History Textbook, America.” Best New Poets 2007 (Meridian/Samovar).

“Bringing Home the Cows” & “Song of a River.” Art and Poetry (Biggs Museum of American Art, 2007).

Your Heart and How It Works.” DIAGRAM.2: Poetry, Prose and Schematic (Del Sol Press, 2006).

“Quiet Evening, Away.” Returning a Borrowed Tongue (Coffee House, 1996).

“Shake the Famous Tail.” North of Wakulla: An Anhinga Anthology (Anhinga Press, 1989)                    

Column: On Poetry (PDF)   

228kb Strong Hearts: A Look at Mothers,” The News Journal, May 9, 2010

27kb  On the Delicate Nature of Parenting,” The News Journal, April 25, 2010

294kb “To Be New in the World: Verses for Children,” The News Journal, April 11, 2010

27kb  Unlocking Doors to the Present,”  The News Journal, April 4, 2010

109kb A Fleda Brown Reunion,” The News Journal, October 18, 2009

99kb  Making Sense of Dark Times,” The News Journal, September 22, 2009

363kbThe healing power of words after a tragedy,” The News Journal, May 24, 2009.

324kbFrom Portuguese bull jumpers to an ancient Minoan wall fresco,” The News Journal, April 26, 2009

323kbThere are so many places like home,” The News Journal, April19, 2009.

276kbCarry a favorite poem close to your heart--it could be a life line,” The News Journal, April 12, 2009

330kbPoet laureate ponders our lonesome roads, lives,” The News Journal, April 5, 2009.

363kbA chance to nurture creativity, alone or with fellow authors,” The News Journal, July 13, 2008

 

Essays

“Jane Bowles on Tangier: A Source of Endless Pleasure,” (Mirrors on the Maghrib: Critical Reflections on Paul and Jane Bowles, Caravan Books, 1996).
Ralph Cheever Dunning” and “Solita Solano,” (Dictionary of Literary Biography: Americans in Paris 1920-1939, Thompson Gale, 1980, 2005-2006).

 

Review

Elvis is Back: Fleda Brown’s The Women Who Loved Elvis All Their Lives,” Delaware Today, November 2004


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