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I am striving to understand how we can live more kindly, create more joy, and find more freedom to be who we are. Because I believe that telling the truth is the most important choice we can make in reclaiming our lives, I write.
Lately, I find myself passionate about disproving two widespread stereotypes about poets: that we don't write when we're happy and that we can't make a living through our craft.
When I discovered that I am one of approximately 3% of women who are not seriously offended by the word "moist," I finally understood why I've never fit in.
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I am a Jersey girl gone west. After living in San Francisco for a decade (with a two year detour to NYC in the middle), I moved to Portland in 2003 in pursuit of greater spaciousness, a worm compost bin and the freedom to cut a cat door into the side of the house, with no one to tell me it's not allowed.
I am the author of
Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry, Writers Digest Books, 2009 and the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World. My poetry, essays, fiction and articles have been published in many print and online magazines, journals and anthologies. For more than 15 years, I have taught creative writing at universities, hospitals, writing conferences, and also online. I publish the Writing the Life Poetic blog and zine and also serve as managing editor and columnist for The Writer Mama zine. Other monthly columns include: Writers on the Rise and Get Known Groove.
In 2005, I founded the monthly reading series at Bold-Sky Café where I've had the pleasure of working with some of Portland's most enchanting writers. In 2007, the series relocated to Barnes & Noble at the Lloyd Center where I co-host with Tomas Mattox. In 2008, I was delighted to join the VoiceCatcher editorial collective; this year I am serving as Poetry Editor.
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Since 1997, I have been the principal of Sage Communications, a marketing communications firm serving clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Dell, Wells Fargo and Intuit.
- Make googly eyes at my son and husband
- Pet and admire my dogs and cats
- Breathe in the green of lichen-laced forests;
breathe out forgiveness
- Dance, drum, read, run, eat potatoes
- Make lists of things I have every intention of doing
- Try to quit chai, talk about trying to quit chai, drink chai
- Search for the gift in the wound; annoy my friends by
insisting that they do the same
- Marvel that the cedar has hundreds of arms, none of which
are grasping for anything beyond themselves
I received my BA in Comparative Literature at Brown University and MA in English, Creative Writing from New York University. But the real learning laboratory is life!
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