As of spring 2021, I have no plans to submit further work for publication.
2021
25 February 2021 “Art Saves Lives” at Brevity’s blog.
6 February 2021: “Bread Making” a brief essay at Complete Sentence website
2020
16 October 2020: “The Names of Flame” at Brevity‘s blog
17 June 2020: a photo essay for “Coronavirus Hopelings” on Bracken‘s website
15 May 2020: “Virtually Normal” at Brevity‘s blog [revised for publication after 6 April 2020]
24 April 2020: “Writing Prompts to Flight” at Brevity‘s blog [delayed twice due to covid19—stay cautious, stay well]
2019
November 2019: “Watching the Bats Come Out” fiction in The North Coast Squid, a publication of Hoffman Center for the Arts
30 September 2019: “Simplify, Simplify” a prose poem in River Teeth Journal’s Beautiful Things
9 August 2019: “Beyond Just Reporting: The Creative in Creative Nonfiction” at Brevity‘s blog
21 June 2019: “Review of Sarah Knott’s Mother Is a Verb“ at Brevity‘s blog
22 February 2019: “If Wishes Were Horses” at Brevity‘s blog
2018
12 October 2018: “EXPLAINING PAIN: How I Wrote ‘A Murder of Crows’ ” at Brevity‘s blog
September 2018 “A Murder of Crows” creative nonfiction in Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, Issue 59
August 2018 “If It Were True Owls Dream” fantasy fiction in Liminal Stories, issue 5
20 June 2018 “The Difference Between Possessing and Publishing a Story” at Brevity‘s blog
4 May 2018 “321: Teaching Writing to Teens” at Brevity‘s blog
30 April 2018 “Be Willing to Write Badly” at Brevity‘s blog
3 March 2018 “What I Learn from Submittable” at Brevity‘s blog
24 January 2018 “Ursula K. Le Guin Has Gone on Ahead” at Brevity‘s blog
8 January 2018 “Cut to Bleed” at Brevity‘s blog
2017
14 August 2017 “I Am, Therefore I Write” at Brevity‘s blog
17 July 2017 “Leaving Work—1970,” “Women’s Work,” & “Awful Work” poems in WORK Literary Magazine, Issue 8.45
Spring 2017 “Pododesmus macrochisma: Metaphor for Girls” poem in The Portland Review, Vol. 63
2017 “Can We Write About Race?” essay in RAIN Magazine
29 May 2017 “Painting the Snake: Ambient Accuracy in Creative Nonfiction” at Brevity‘s blog
2016
2016 “White Noise” creative nonfiction in the anthology, What Does It Mean to Be White in America?, 2Leaf Press
12 July 2016 “Follow the Rules, She Whispered” at Brevity‘s blog
15 June 2016 “On Teaching Exploration: The Pigeon Paper” at Brevity‘s blog
19 Feb. 2016 “On Critique: I Promise I Will Tell You” at Brevity‘s blog
2015
Spring 2015 “Teaching the Dead Deer” creative nonfiction/literary analysis in Oregon Literature issue of Oregon English Journal
21 Dec. 2015 “Coffee Shop” fiction in WORK Literary Magazine, Issue 7.17
2014
25 Dec. 2014 “On Yoolis Night” at Brevity Smile Contest (winner), blog publication
22 Dec. 2014 “Stocking Stuffer” at Brevity Smile Contest, blog publication
November 2014 “The Event” poem included in Convergence Exhibition audio documentary by Tessie Word
31 October 2014 “The Event” creative nonfiction in Tillamook County Pioneer special “scary story” issue
2013
Winter 2013 “Why I Run North” poem in StringTown, Issue 12
Summer 2013 “Zoöpraxiscope” poem in Weave Magazine, Issue 9 and a filmed reading
May-June 2013 “Smile, You’re Beautiful” nonfiction in The Humanist
2012
November 2012 “First Rite” creative nonfiction in VoiceCatcher
Fall 2012 “Lightening Stone” creative nonfiction in The MacGuffin, Vol. 29, Issue 1
Fall 2012 “Sojourn” poem in The Medulla Review, Issue 4.1
October 2012 “Landscape with Elk: True Story” nonfiction in VoiceCatcher, online publication
July 2012 “Otters, Aristotle, and Thomas Paine” nonfiction in Ontologica, Issue 4.1
Spring 2012 “Barnum’s America” poem in Monkey Puzzle Magazine, Issue 11
2012 “Letting Elvis Go” poem in RAIN Magazine
2011
December 2011 “The Girl at Taco Bell” poem in WORK Literary Magazine, Issue 3.13
2011 “We Might” poem in RAIN Magazine
2011 “Running in the Dark” nonfiction in RAIN Magazine
Spring 2011 “Remembering Snow” fiction in MUSED, Issue 14
January 2011 “Shooting Range” fiction in Ink-Filled Page
prior publications
July 2010 “My Aide” poem in WORK Literary Magazine, Issue 1.46, online publication
August 2006 “A Single Fact Can Spoil a Good Argument” fiction in CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, 30th anniversary issue
Mar.-Apr. 2006 “Eyebrow Wings” poem in North American Review
Winter 2006 “Living in Snake Land” fiction in Pacific Magazine
Fall 2005 “The Way Elephants Know Blind Men” fiction in StringTown
2004 “Baptism” fiction in StringTown
2003 “Scar Map” fiction in The Raven Chronicles, Issue 10.3
2002 “What You Wish for” fiction in StringTown
Autumn 2001 “Penance” prose poem in Manzanita Quarterly, Issue 4.1
2001 “Botany Lab” poem in StringTown
2001 “Patience” fiction in StringTown
2001 “Runner’s High” nonfiction in the anthology, Women Runners, Breakaway Press
Autumn 2000 “Bird in Hand” poem in Manzanita Quarterly, Issue 3.1
1970s & 1980s essays and creative nonfiction in dog magazines such as The Gazehound, Afghan Quarterly, and Sighthound Review
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