Influences – words in and of themselves, natural world, café conversation, food, visual arts. Favorite author? The one I haven’t read yet or wasn't capable to hear.  Others: Anita Brookner, A.S. Byatt, Anne Carson, Chiyo-ni, Diane diPrima, e.e. cummings, Penelope Fitzgerald, Linda Gregg, Susan Griffin, Brenda Hillman, Carol Maso, Heather McHugh, Anne Michaels, Adrienne Rich, Rebecca Solnit, Jeanette Winterson, C.D. Wright, psalms of David (plainchant), and the Great American Songbook.

Poems appear in All Things Girl, Arsenic Lobster, The Aurorean, Bayou, Blades, Blood Orange Review, Bombay Gin, Buckle &, Café Review, Cezanne's Carrot, CLWN WR, Clara Venus, Comstock Review, Coracle, Elegant Thorn, Erosha, Foliate Oak, Flutter, FriGG, Gay & Lesbian Review, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, HeartLodge, The Hiss Quarterly, Hot Metal Press, La Fenetre, Mannequin Envy, Merge, Niederngasse, Noon, A Journal of the Short Poem, North Coast Review, Origin Sixth Series Issue 4, Pearl, Poetry Super Highway, Rainbow Curve, Right Hand Pointing, Runes, Saranac Review, Sinister Wisdom, Snow Monkey, 21 Stars Review, Triplopia, Van Gogh's Ear, and The Wild Goose Poetry Review, Zygote in My Coffee.

Collaborated with Bay-Area artist Donna Fenstermaker to create a limited addition print.

GALLERY CAFÉ READING SERIES Gallery Café 1200 Mason @ Washington St accessible by Muni www.sfmta.com/ San Francisco CA 415-296-9932 (Gallery Café) 7:00 PM –8:30PM Featured poets followed by an open mic Hosted by: Kit Kennedy kit.kennedy@yahoo.com The First Monday of the month. No Reading in January February 2, 2009 Diane Frank Anthony Wright, poetry & harp Ellaraine Lockie Erik Ievins, cello March 2, 2009 Steve Arntson Bill Vartnaw Julia Vinograd April 6, 2009 Brad Buchanan Cat Ruiz Arisa White May 4, 2009 Karen Hildebrand Roxanne Beth Johnson Richard Loranger Jane Ormerod June 1, 2009 John Rhodes Judith Rechter July 6, 2009 Joyce Jenkins Jan Steckel Hew Wolff August 3, 2009 Paula Hackett Vince Storti Rob Tricaro September 7, 2009 Clara Hsu Bill Mercer Ken Saffran October 5, 2009 Lucille Lang Day Joan Gelfand November 2, 2009 Marvin Hiemstra Bill Keener Lee Rossi December 7, 2009 To Be Announced