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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 (Samovar).

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

“Your Heart and How It WorksDIAGRAM.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)

                       

Poetry in selected journals

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

 

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 LivesDelaware Today, November 2004.

Newspaper Articles (PDF)

109kb “A Fleda Brown ReunionThe News Journal, October 18, 2009

99kb “Making Sense of Dark TimesThe News Journal, September 22, 2009

363kb “The healing power of words after a tragedyThe News Journal, May 24, 2009.

324kb “From Portuguese bull jumpers to an ancient Minoan wall frescoThe News Journal, April 26, 2009

323kb “There are so many places like homeThe News Journal, April19, 2009.

276kb “Carry a favorite poem close to your heart--it could be a life lineThe News Journal, April 12, 2009

330kb “Poet laureate ponders our lonesome roads, livesThe News Journal, April 5, 2009.

363kb “A chance to nurture creativity, alone or with fellow authorsThe News Journal, July 13, 2008.

           


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