Column: On Poetry
- “9/11′s Endless Sorrow Replaced with Celebration?“ The News Journal, May 8, 2011
- “Chew On This: Poetry, like Food, to be Savored,” The News Journal, April 24, 2011
- “Some Places Are ‘Best Left Holy’,” The News Journal, April 17, 2011
- “Good Poems Convey the Truth, But Often Lie,” The News Journal, April 10, 2011
- “Strong Hearts: A Look at Mothers,” The News Journal, May 9, 2010
- “On the Delicate Nature of Parenting,” The News Journal, April 25, 2010
- “To Be New in the World: Verses for Children,” The News Journal, April 11, 2010
- “Unlocking Doors to the Present,” The News Journal, April 4, 2010
- “A Fleda Brown Reunion,” The News Journal, October 18, 2009
- “Making Sense of Dark Times,” The News Journal, September 22, 2009
- “The healing power of words after a tragedy,” The News Journal, May 24, 2009.
- “From Portuguese bull jumpers to an ancient Minoan wall fresco,” The News Journal, April 26, 2009
- “There are so many places like home,” The News Journal, April19, 2009.
- “Carry a favorite poem close to your heart–it could be a life line,” The News Journal, April 12, 2009
- “Poet laureate ponders our lonesome roads, lives,” The News Journal, April 5, 2009.
- A 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