M.A. Poetry, The Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Portland State University, Oregon
January 2012, The Boy Who Would Be Sage, Poems on the life of Ramana Maharshi
Duet With Hummingbird, Poems, 2008
Fairy Tale, Poems, Limited Edition, 2005
Taf, Novel for Young Adults, Cricket Books, November 2001
The Back Door, Poems, Trask House Press, 1995
The Mountain Path, Ramana Ashram, India: poems published in each issue from 2009 - Present
NonDualityMagazine.org
The Daily Now, Compassionworks.com: Featured Contributor, new poems posted regularly
MysticPoets.us, Featured Contributor
Essays and poems published and anthologized in the USA, Canada, and the British Isles, including Agni, Boulevard, The Antioch Review, Poetry Wales, The Malahat Review (Canada), Portland Magazine, and The Oregonian newspaper.
Creative Nonfiction anthologized in Resurrecting Grace: Stories of Catholic Childhoods, Beacon Press
Fiction anthologized in The Next Parish Over
Cabbage and Bones: Fiction by Irish-American Women
Publishers Weekly: Flying Start Selection: Interviews with Emerging Writers
The Oregonian: Book of the Month Selection
The Heekin Foundation, Siobhan Fellowship for Literary Nonfiction
The William Stafford Poetry Fellowship, Oregon Literary Arts
The Academy of American Poets Award
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Ucross Foundation, Buffalo, Wyoming
Willard Espy Literary Foundation, Oysterville, Washington
Fishtrap Winter Fellowship, Wallowa County, Oregon
Hedgebrook Cottages for Women
Hedgebrook Cottages
Clark College National Poetry Contest
Intimate Workshops in Spiritual Memoir and Poetry
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Florida
Writing Workshops for incoming medical students
Writing Workshops for graduating doctors
Guided Meditations and Writing Workshops for the Chronically Ill
Spiritual Writing Groups, Portland, Oregon and Ashland, Oregon
Annual Spiritual Memoir Retreat, Salishan, Oregon. A weekend in February each year.
Florida State University Medical School: Lectures on Poetry and Healing
for doctors, faculty, medical students, and the general community
Lectures on The Healing Power of Poetry for faculty and staff in the Gerontology Department
By invitation, in the U.S. and abroad
Haystack Summer Writing Conference
Lewis & Clark Writing and Culture Conference
Fishtrap Summer Writing Conference
Oregon Council for the Humanities: Chautauqua program
Oregon Historical Society, Folklife Program
YMCA Writers Voice, Billings, Montana
Mountain Writers Center, Oregon
Washington County Jail
Northwest Writing Institute, Lewis & Clark College
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
ElderHostel, Lincoln City
Catlin Gabel School, Riverdale School, Oregon Episcopal Middle School, and multiple other grade, middle, high schools, Center for Academically Gifted Teens, Dublin City University, Ireland
Oregon Council for the Humanities, Reed College, Portland State University, Mountain Writers Series, Haystack Conference, University of Portland, Fishtrap Writers Conference, Willard Espy Fundraiser, Oysterville, Washington; Elliot Bay Books, Seattle; Powells Books, and just about every bookstore in the Portland Metropolitan area
Summer Fishtrap, Haystack Writing Conference
The Oregonian Newspaper, Publishers Weekly
Oregon Public Broadcasting, KBOO, Portland, Billings Montana Public Radio
A Fireside Chat with Zany Mystic, February 25th, 2012
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