About

Poeting

Appointed Appleton's first Poet Laureate in 2024
Winner of the 2019 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award for "Stick Figure with Skirt"
Author of Sister Satellite and six chapbooks of poetry, including "Split Personality" in collaboration with Karla Huston
350+ published poems, essays and book reviews
Winner of the Mill Prize for Poetry, the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Prize, the WI Academy Poetry Award (Wisconsin People & Ideas) and multiple Pushcart Prize nominations, among others
Fixture (in concrete) in Waupaca and Appleton's city sidewalks

Advocating

Recipient of the Christopher Latham Sholes Award for mentoring
Poetry Unlocked Event Coordinator and PR maven
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) Immediate Past President, founder of the Chapbook Prize
Founder of the WI Poet Laureate Commission and the WI Poet Laureate Fund
Two-time former Chair of the WI Poet Laureate Commission

Speaking, Teaching

Keynote speaker at multiple events, including the Great Lakes Writers Festival, the Women’s Fund of the Fox Valley Annual Luncheon, the U.S. Venture Open, and the UW-Whitewater Creative Writing Festival
Panelist and presenter at numerous venues including the WI Book Festival, Chippewa Valley Book Fest, Carroll University, Lorine Niedecker Poetry Festival, Marian University, Ripon College, UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Marathon and UW-Whitewater