I am the author of the memoirs Raising the Price of the House (Finishing Line Press, 2024), Walking A&P (Mascot Books, 2018), and Black Elephants (Bison Books, 2011). My first memoir was shortlisted for the 2012 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing in nonfiction and was a 2011 Poets & Writers New and Noteworthy Book. Excerpts were honored as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2010 and 2005. My poetry chapbooks include Small Life (Finishing Line Press, 2022), Vietnam Made Me Who I Am (Finishing Line Press, 2020), and This Woman I Thought I’d Be (Finishing Line Press, 2012). My full-length poetry collection was longlisted for the 2021 Terry J. Cox Poetry Award and was a finalist for the 2007 Colorado Prize for Poetry. My poem “This New Manhattan” was a finalist for the 2021 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize.My work has been published in The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure (Harper Perennial, 2012) and other anthologies. My memoir excerpts, essays, and poems have appeared in Epiphany, Guernica, Lumina, North Dakota Quarterly, Permafrost, RiverSedge, Smith, and elsewhere. My poetry book reviews have appeared in Glass: A Journal of Poetry.I have critiqued books, stories, and essays as a freelance editor, literary magazine editor, and writing instructor. I selected and edited stories and essays as senior editor and nonfiction editor of Epiphany, an award-winning literary magazine in New York City. I also taught creative nonfiction and memoir writing with Gotham Writers Workshop, New York Writers Workshop, and New York University.I contributed stories and reporting to Jane‘s magazines as a correspondent and freelance writer, New York Newsday as a freelance features writer, the Stamford Advocate as a freelance op-ed writer, the New York Times as a stringer, and others. I have a Master of Science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania.