ANTHOLOGIES/BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2006 An Anthology for Creative Writers: A Garden of Forking Paths, Anstandig
& Killough, Prentice Hall, "That Changes Everything."
2002 Rocket City (French translation; paperback), J'ai Lu
2000 Roll ihn rŸ ber, GefŸ hlsechte Geschichten vom Gummi, Droemer Verlag,
ÒKleine Kondomologie in 12 Lektionen"
1999 Rocket City (French translation), Albin Michel, Francis Geffard
1999 Getting It On: A Condom Reader, Soho Press, ÒCondomology in Twelve Easy
LessonsÓ
1998 New Mexico Puzzle, (German trans. Rocket City), Ullstein Metropolis
1997 In Celebration of the Muse, the Fifteenth Anniversary Anthology, Quarry
West, ÒThat Changes EverythingÓ
1996 Sudden Fiction (Continued), W.W. Norton, ÒThat Changes EverythingÓ
1996 Rocket City, Paperback ed., Vintage Contemporaries (12-city book tour)
1996 Walking the Twilight II, Northland Publishing, ÒUnnaturalÓ
1995 Rocket City, Novel, MacMurray and Beck, hardbound
1994 Walking the Twilight, Northland Press, ÒThe Plain of NazcaÓ
1992 Best of the West 5, W.W. Norton, ÒAlamogordoÓ
1991 O. Henry Festival Stories 1991, Trans-Verse Press, ÒBunrakuÓ
1991 Word of Mouth II, Crossing Press, ÒThat Changes EverythingÓ
1990 Touching Fire, Carroll and Graf, ÒWhere We Are NowÓ
1989 O. Henry Festival Stories 1989, Trans-Verse Press, ÒAlamogordoÓ
MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS/SHORT STORIES
2009 ZYZZYVA, Spring, ÒStraight Up, Now Tell MeÓ
2008 Feile-Festa, Spring ÒZen Dog TricksÓ
2007 The Rambler, November/December ÒChinaÓ
1992 Puerto del Sol, Spring, ÒAlamogordoÓ (Also Summer, 1991)
1991 Spectacles, Fall, ÒAll Across AmericaÓ and ÒZen Dog TricksÓ
1991 Parting Gifts, Summer, ÒZen Dog TricksÓ
1991 Thema, Summer, ÒPainting DaisiesÓ
1991 ZYZZYVA, Summer, ÒStraight Up, Now Tell MeÓ
1991 CPU Review, April, ÒChinaÓ
1990 The Amaranth Review, Fall, ÒThe Plain of NazcaÓ
1989 Good Times, November, ÒZen Dog TricksÓ
1989 Surface Tension, Fall, ÒAir GuitarÓ
1989 Puerto del Sol, Summer, ÒThe Passion According to Flora JeanÓ
1989 Aim Magazine, Summer, ÒStrawberries in WinterÓ
1989 CrazyQuilt, June, ÒA Beautiful ManÓ
1989 Rag Mag,, Spring, ÒIÕm No AngelÓ
1988 The Wittenberg Review, Fall, ÒDisconnectionsÓ
1988 Calliope, March, ÒIÕm No AngelÓ
CRITICAL STUDIES/WRITING GUIDES
2003 Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason,
Nancy Pearl (Rocket City recommended)
1999 Land of Enchantment, Land of Conflict: New Mexico in English-Language
Fiction (Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities,
David L. Caffey (Rocket City excerpted and referenced)
1998 The First-Book Market, MacMillan, Jason Shinder, ed. (Essay and
interview)
1991 Creating Stories for Storytelling, Marsh Cassady, Research Publications, Inc., ÒA
Beautiful ManÓ (excerpt)
MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS/POETRY
1988 PlŽiades, Fall, ÒMontageÓ
REVIEWS PUBLISHED
2001 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review (Pink Section), June 10, The Russian
Word for Snow. Janis Cooke Newman
2001 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, January 7, I Married an Earthling,
Alvin Orloff
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, October 22, Prodigal Summer,
Barbara Kingsolver
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Sept. 17, Antigua and My Life
Before, Marcela Serrano
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, August 27, Lying, Lauren Slater
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, August 6, Cronopios andFamas,
Julio Cort‡zar
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, July 30, Marrying the Mistress,
Joanna Trollope
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, April 9, The Inland Sea,
Steven Varni
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, January 30, A Recipe for Bees,
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
2000 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, January 23, Scar Vegas,
Tom Paine
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, November 14, Enchanted Night,
Stephen Millhauser
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Sept. 12, Motherless Brooklyn,
Jonathan Lethem
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Sept. 5, The Last Life, Claire Messud
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Sept. 5, The Wilder Sisters, Jo-Ann
Mapson
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, August 15, Poachers, Tom Franklin
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, June 20, Close Range: Wyoming
Stories, Annie Proulx
1999 The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, April 11, Best American Short
Stories 1998, Garrison Keillor with Katrina Kenison, Editors
1997 The Mill Valley Literary Review, Spring, New YearÕs Eve, Lisa Grunwald
1996 The San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 30, New YearÕs Eve, Lisa Grunwald
1996 The Mill Valley Literary Review, Summer, Amnesia Moon, Jonathan Lethem
1996 The Mill Valley Literary Review, Winter, Loving Wanda Beaver, Alison Baker
ARTICLES
1996 The Mill Valley Literary Review, Spring, Reading, Writing, and Arrythmia
AWARDS
1996 Finalist, Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, Rocket City
1991 O. Henry Festival Short Story Contest, Finalist, ÒBunrakuÓ
1991 Amaranth Review Short Fiction Contest, First Place, ÒThe Plain of NazcaÓ
1990 The Chris OÕMalley Award, Finalist, ÒThe Lichen FieldÓ
1990 Gamut Tenth Anniversary Short Story Contest, Finalist, ÒBunrakuÓ
1989 O. Henry Festival Short Story Contest, Second Place, ÒAlamogordoÓ
1989 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, Hon. Mention, ÒAlamogordoÓ
1989 Poets and Writers Exchange Program, Finalist, ÒAlamogordoÓ
1989 Santa Cruz Ô66 Story Contest, First Place, ÒZen Dog TricksÓ
1989 FSUÕs WorldÕs Best Short Short Story Contest, Hon. Mention, ÒAir GuitarÓ
1988 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, Hon. Mention, ÒStrawberries in WinterÓ
1987 Calliope Fiction Contest, Hon. Mention, ÒIÕm No AngelÓ
AWARDS JUDGED
2001 The Agnes Butler Award for Fiction, St. Mary's College of California
HONORS
1997 Theodore Morrison Fellow at the Bread Loaf WritersÕ Conference
1996 Finalist, Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, Rocket City
1996 Honoree of National WomenÕs Political Caucus, California, Rocket City
1996 Vintage Select Book-of-the-Month, April, Rocket City
1995 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Series, Rocket City
LECTURES
2000 San Francisco Literary Society, Tender is the Night
1977 Bread Loaf WritersÕ Conference, Vermont
1966 Author Fair, The Terraces, Los Gatos
1996 San Francisco Literary Society, Mariette in Ecstacy
1996 Porter Memorial Library, Soquel, Rocket City.
1996 Mill Valley Literary Society, The Riders
1995 Mill Valley Literary Society, A Room With a View
1989 Santa Cruz Public Library, Book Talk Series
LISTINGS
2004 International Who's Who of Authors and Writers
1996 Who's Who
1996 Contemporary Authors
1991 A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers
BOOK TOURS
1995 Five-city tour, MacMurray and Beck, Rocket City
1996 Nine-city tour, Vintage Paperback, Rocket City
AUDIO
1995 American Audio Prose Library, Rocket City Excerpts and Author Interview
EDUCATION
1979 UCLA, Ph.D.
1974 UCLA, M.A.
1973 UCLA, B.A., cum laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1974-1979 UCLA, Teaching Assistant
1980-1984 Centre College, Assistant Professor, Theater, Department Chair