Writer

Anthology Inclusion
(selected)

“Mother Fear” (poem) in White Ink, ed. by Rishma Dunlop, 2007.

“Conflict Resolution” (essay) in Essay Essentials with Readings (4th ed.), eds. Norton and Green, Harcourt Brace, 2006.

“Barbie’s Father Has a Nightmare,” “At the Bar: Girls’ Night Out,” and “Janis Joplin Would Have Loved You” (3 poems) in Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts, ed. Anna Camilleri, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005.

“The Child Eventually Grows Up” (poem) in Multiculturalism & Immigration in Canada: An Introductory Reader, ed. Elspeth Cameron, 2004.

“Acrobatics,” “Death Song,” and “My Grandmother’s Gloves” (3 poems) in Blessed Harbours, ed. John Miska, Guernica, 2002.

“Kissing” (poem) in Elements of English, eds. Harper, Hilker and Smith, Harcourt Canada, 2002.

“An Instant Between Heartbeats,” “Death Song,” “Crystal Garden,” “Solar Fugue,” and “Weather Forecast” (5 poems) in Crystal Garden, eds. Tarnoc and Thury, Budapest, 2001.

“Helen’s Room” (poem) in Vintage 2000, League of Canadian Poets, Quarry Press, 2001.

“Caught in the Net” (essay) in Canadian Content (4th ed.), eds. Norton and Waldman, Harcourt Brace, 2000.

“Who I Am Because of Who She Was” (essay) in Our Grandmothers, Ourselves: Reflections of Canadian Women, ed. Gina Valle, Raincoast, 1999. (Reprinted by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005.)

“Pearl” (poem) in Poets of the Nineties: An Anthology of American and Canadian Poetry, eds. Wright, Miller and Garmon, The Seminole Press (Florida), 1998.

“Urban Spell,” “Elk Lake Imperative,” “People Say She’s Hyper,” “My Mother Turns 50,” “The Child Eventually Grows Up,” and “Prenatal Class” (6 poems) in In the Clear: A Contemporary Canadian Poetry Anthology, eds. Forrie, O’Rourke and Sorestad, Thistledown Press, 1998.

“Mixing the Myths” (poem) in Vintage 96, League of Canadian Poets, Quarry Press, 1997.

“Exchanges” (poem) in Vintage 94, League of Canadian Poets, Quarry Press, 1995.

“Blind Man” (poem) in Literature in English, eds. New and Messenger, Prentice Hall, 1993.

“The Proposal” (poem) in Poetry Alive: Reflections, eds. Liffiton and McAllister, Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., 1993.
“The Proposal,” “Accidental Roommates,” and “Blizzard Conditions” (3 poems) in Dancing Visions, eds. Forrie and O’Rourke, Thistledown Press, 1985.