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About Me
I am a writer, developmental editor, teacher, and disability advocate in the Washington, DC area. You can read my work in The Washington Post, The Week, Al Jazeera, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Independent, Huffington Post, Craft Literary, Brevity, The Rumpus, Shenandoah, The Offing, Passages North, Los Angeles Review, Poet Lore, Fairy Tale Review, and many more newspapers, magazines, and literary journals. My writing has been included in the Wigleaf Top 50 and has been nominated for Best American Essays, The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and Best Microfiction.
I write a monthly column about authors and books for Washington City Paper, and edit novels and prose collections for various independent presses.
I have a Master of Fine Arts and a Master of Education, extensive teaching experience, and I love to speak with large and small groups about education, disability support, mental health, and all things writing! I have participated on and/or moderated panels at AWP, Washington Writers Conference, The Writer’s Center, 1455 Summer Literary Festival, Conversations and Connections, Manuscript to Marketplace, CityLit, and more.
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Advocacy
Essays and Fiction
They rage, and I struggle to help
An essay published in The Washington Post.
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One to Ten
Honorable Mention in Pigeon Page’s Short Fiction Contest!
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