About Me:
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​I'm a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and a South Dakota transplant. My poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. I'm the author of five books of poetry, Finger Bones & Other Relics (Three Graces Press 2008), The Sea is My Ugly Twin (Finishing Line Press 2018), The Book of Crooked Prayer (Finishing Line Press 2020), Hysterian (Finishing Line Press 2025), and Stroke, Stroke (Finishing Line Press 2026).
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I'm honored to serve as the current president of the South Dakota State Poetry Society and co-founded their program Poetry on the Road, which annually takes poetry readings and open mic readings to communities across South Dakota (21 communities in 2024-25). I strongly believe in writers and writing as an essential part of culture and community. I taught composition, literature, and creative writing at the University of South Dakota for over two decades, and I continue to teach writerly online and community ed classes in creative writing, journaling, haiku, dream journaling, an introduction to the Magdalene Laundries of Ireland, and more.
My husband and I live in a multi-species home in southeastern South Dakota, where we can watch turkey vultures circle overhead and hear coyotes sing along the Missouri River.
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