Books ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Other Things that Grow (poems) Final Thursday Press, 2010

 

On Our Knees: Scripture-based Prayers for Worship Tally-Ho! Press, 2009

 

Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sugar Maple in October Front Porch Journal, Issue 12, October 2009

Lines Written After Sex (while peeling carrots) Front Porch Journal, Issue 12, October 2009

O Tree, Squished Pop-can-like Onto the Canvas of My Yard Front Porch Journal, Issue 12, October 2009

August Haiku Front Porch Journal, Issue 12, October 2009

Death Etude North American Review, May-August 2008, 293/3-4

Looking Down the Barrel of a Flute The Facebook Review, TFR4.5, March 2008

Soup Spoon The Daily Palette, an online project of The Iowa Review, November 2, 2007

Last Night I Dreamed Jabberwock Review, Winter/Spring 2007; Volume 28.1

Catalog of Red The Briar Cliff Review, Spring 2007

A Martian Sends Another Postcard Home Innerweather, 2006, (First place, Tamres Sci-Fi Award)

Cottonwood Tree Mid America Poetry Review, Spring, 2006, Volume VII, Number 1

Carly's Poem Lyrical Iowa, 57th Annual Publication, 2002

Voice Mid-America Poetry Review, Spring, 2000; Volume 1 Number 1

Iowa Cows Lyrical Iowa, 54th Annual Publication, 1999

Garden Lions 100 Words: Stone, Volume 5, Number 2; 1997

Sometimes I Dream 100 Words: Dream, Volume 3, Number 6; 1996

Depth Lyrical Iowa, 47th Annual Publication, 1992 (Honorable Mention, College Division)

The Music Lyrical Iowa, 45th Annual Publication, 1990 (First Place, College Division)

 

 

 

Literary Nonfiction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Most of White is Blue Stone's Throw Magazine, forthcoming

 

Knot & Pull North American Review, September-October 2008, 293/5

Scholarly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Stars Under their Shoes: Images of Poverty in the Poetry of Roberto Sosa Hispanic Culture Review, 2007

Select Journalism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dancing in the Aisle Lutheran Woman Today, November, 2005

Friendship: A place where God lives The Lutheran, April, 2004

People Living in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw For-Sale Signs Press Citizen, June 21, 2003

The Lessons of Fearing Cancer Press Citizen, May 17, 2003

Teach One Another a Lament The Lutheran, March, 2003

Diary of a Postpartum Depression The Lutheran, May, 2002

Iowa Fields: Not just corn and soybeans The Lutheran, June, 2002

Documenting the End of an Era Voices, Fall, 2002

Rebuilding after Hurricane Mitch: A Ministry of Love, Not Construction Dubuque Telegraph Herald, May 18, 2000, (First Place, John Tigges Award)

 

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