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Associate Professor of EnglishResearch and teaching interests
Creative writing (poetry and fiction); African American/Caribbean literature
Education
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1997
M.F.A., Ohio State University, 1993
B.A., Oakwood College, 1990
Publications
Books
Notes from a Writer's Book of Cures and Spells. Peepal Tree Press, 2005 (novel)
Madam Fate. Soho Press, 1999; Women's Press, 1999 (novel)
Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom. Peepal Tree Press, 1999 (poetry)
Essays
"Writing the New Millennium." Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars Newsletter (Fall/Winter, 2000)
"Caribbean Women Writing at the Frontier." Mosaic (Summer 2000)
"Writing Madam Fate." Caribbean Beat (April 1999)
"Unraveling the Thread: Writing Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom." Poetry Book Society Bulletin (Winter 1998)
Fiction and poetry anthologized in
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse. Ed. Stewart Brown and Mark McWatt. Oxford Univ. Press, 2005
Mojo: Conjure Stories. Ed. Nalo Hopkinson. Warner Books, 2003
The Edexcel Anthology for GCSE English. Ed. Anna Maloney. Hodder & Stoughton Educational, 2002
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction. Invisible Cities Press, 2000
The Forward Book of Poetry 2000
A Fresh Look and a Fresh Listen: National Poetry Day, 2000. The Poetry Society, London
Cultural Activism: Poetic Voices, Political Voices. SUNY Press, 1998
Sisters of Caliban: Contemporary Women Poets of the Caribbean. Azul Editions, 1996
Fiction and poetry published in
Square One; FEMSPEC; MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism; Puerto del Sol; APTE: Contemporary Fiction by Emerging Writers of African Descent; Concourse; Sundog; The Southeast Review; Tar River Poetry; Poebe: A Journal of Feminist Scholarship; Theory and Aesthetics; MaComJre: Journal of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars; Thamyris: Mythmaking from Past to Present
Selected honors and awards
Poetry Book Society Recommendation, 1999
Associated Writing Programs Intro Award in Fiction 1994
Academy of American Poets Award, 1993, 1994
The Newhouse Award in Poetry, 1993
The Vandewater Poetry Award, 1992
The Helen Earnhart Harley Creative Writing Award, 1992
Current projects
Arrow Root (novel)