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Books
- Chapbook the skies here, published by Pecan Grove Press (San Antonio, TX), 1995. ISBN 1-877603-31-7. Currently out of print.
- Chapbook What Stays, part of the Bennington Writing Seminars Alumni Chapbook Series, 2002.
- Chapbook chaplainbook, published by Laupe House Press, an imprint of Phoenicia Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4116-9590-0.
Anthologies
- "Eating Like Canaanites" published in Holding True: An Anthology of Berkshire Poets, Mad River Press (Richmond, MA), 1999.
- "Stacking Wood" published in The Best of Pif Magazine Off-Line, Fusion Press, 2000.
- "November" published in Crossing Paths: An Anthology of Poems by Women, Mad River Press, 2002.
- "Christmas at the Ranch" published in Is This Forever , Or What? Poems and Paintings from Texas, Greenwillow Books, 2004.
- "So Powerful Much" published in Inklings, Vol. I, Inkberry, 2004.
- "What We Learn at Readings," "How It Is For Me," "Bird Call," "Can," and "Elegy" published in Cyber Collaboration, Author House, 2004.
- "Psalm for Tuesday," "The Old Year," "Everywhere," "Aninut," "Longing" published in Brilliant Coroners, Laupe House Press, 2007.
Periodicals
- American Poets & Poetry, volume as-yet unknown, "Live Oak" and "Miami Kichel."
- The Berkshire Review, Vol. 4, 1996, "Carol Cable Co."
- The Berkshire Review, Vol. 5, 1997, "That we appear to each other at all."
- The Berkshire Review, Vol. 8, 2000, "Gifts."
- The Berkshire Review, Vol. 9, 2001, "Jazz."
- The Berkshire Review, Vol. 10, 2002, "Practice Piece."
- The Berkshire Review, Vol. 11, 2003, "What Comes of Trees."
- Bottomfish, Number 18, 1997, "November," "About redemption," "At the end of the millennium."
- Buffalo Bones, Vol. III, No. 3, 1998, "Missed the boat."
- California Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3, "Remedy."
- Caveat Lector, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1998, "1939."
- Coe Review, Issue 27, 1997, "At the end of the millennium."
- Comstock Review, Vol. II, No. 2, Fall 1997, "About redemption."
- Confrontation, No. 66/67, Fall 1998/Winter 1999, "November."
- Drash, Volune One, Spring/Summer 2007, "People of the Book."
- Faultline, Vol. VII, 1998, "Some days."
- Flyway, Vol 3.3, Winter 1997, "The artist's barn cat."
- The Hawaii Pacific Review, Vol 12, Fall 1998, "February."
- Illya's Honey, Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall 1997, "Resolutions."
- Jewish Women's Literary Annual, Vol. 3, 1998, "Some days."
- Jewish Women's Literary Annual, Vol. 4, 1999-2000, "Sometimes Still Warm."
- Jewish Women's Literary Annual, Vol. 5, 2003, "Kneidl."
- Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 2008, "First Night."
- Mangrove, Summer 2000, "Bleach."
- Mobius, November, 1998, "Lightning and telenovelas," "Wrapped in down."
- New Orleans Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1998, "Noah is breathing language."
- No Exit, Vol. V, No. 2, Summer 1998, "Goldenrod."
- The North Adams Transcript, May 2, 2002,, "Green Thumb."
- Pax, Vol. II, No. 2, Summer 1984, "On the Outside."
- Phoebe, Vol 11, No. 2, Fall 1999, "What Stays."
- Plainsongs, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Winter 1999, "Gourmet Living."
- The Pedestal Magazine, Fall 2004, "No Alternatives."
- Poetica, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2003, "Surprises."
- Poetica, Vol. 2, No. 2, July 2004, "Uncle Bill."
- Portfolio, October 1996, "Imperfections."
- The Portland Review, Vol. 46, No. 2, Winter 1998 "Apple Season."
- The Lyric, Vol. 78, No. 4, Fall 1998, "The World Transforms."
- Response, volume not yet known, "Why Don't We All Make Aliyah?"
- The River's Edge, No. 4, Spring 1997, "Missed the boat," "Cut his hair ," "Your tinfoil or your jewels."
- The San Antonio Express-News, date unknown (2000), "Victrola" and "My Grandfather Sang in Czech."
- The Texas Observer, Vol. 94, No.1, Jan. 18 2002, "Christmas at the Ranch," "Lustre King" and "Morning Prayers."
- Texas Poetry Calendar 2003, "Live Oak." Flying Cow Productions, Fredericksburg, TX.
- The Underwood Review, Vol. 4, spring 2003, "What We Can't Buy."
- Wisconsin Review, Vol. 38, No. 1, fall 2003, "Coffee Talk."
- Zeek, print edition spring/summer 2005, "Asher yatzar."
Online:
- Free Zone Quarterly, Fall 1997, "Hills of Argos"
- Gruene Street, Summer 1996, "Your Godmother and the Egg".
- Eclectica.org, 1996, "1939".
- Oracle, Fall 1997, "Envelope," "Resolutions".
- Paper, Fall 1998, "First of January".
- Pif Magazine, May 1998, "Stacking wood" (prose poem, published as microfiction).
- Poetry Super Highway, April 2000, "Uncle Bill," "Grace," "Like the Negev," "Mother Psalm," "Miami Kichel" (Poet of the Week April 10-16).
- The 365 Project, Week One, Day Three 2003, "The Message".
- The 365 Project, Month Three, Day 16 2003, "No Alternatives".
- Qarrtsiluni, January 2006 "Visit."
- Qarrtsiluni, February 2007 "Last week of the farm."
- Tel Shemesh, August 2004, Two Elul Poems ("Numerology" and "Immersion").
- Zeek, December 2004, "Sufganiyot."
- Zeek, June 2008, "Three poems from the Brakhot Series."
In Books
- Co-wrote the "No Longer a Wine Spectator" chapter in Tripod's Tools for Life, Hyperion Press, 1998.
- "Interview With Naomi Shihab Nye" published in The Best of Pif Magazine Offline, Fusion Press, 2000.
- Co-wrote the "Planning for Long-Living Women" chapter of Money Order: The Guide to Money Management for Women, Simon & Schuster, April 2001.
- "Is Judaism Necessarily Insular?" appears in The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001.
- "To Make Our Hands Holy" appears in The Women's Seder Sourcebook, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002.
- "Interview With Naomi Shihab Nye" reprinted in Rising Star, a middle school ESL textbook, Longman Publishers, 2003.
- Essay on the life and work of Alicia Ostriker appears in The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Short essays on the life and work of Marge Piercy and Thomas Lux appear in Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry, Facts on File, 2004.
- Essays on the life and work of David Lehman, Amy Gerstler, Wendell Berry, Maxine Kumin, and Alicia Ostriker appear in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poetry, Greenwood, 2005.
Newspapers / Magazines / Radio
- Regular arts/lifestyle features for The Advocate, 1998-1999.
- Regular arts/lifestyle features for The Bennington Banner, 1998 - 1999.
- Regular articles and stories for The Women's Times, 1999 - 2001.
- A wide variety of freelance articles from 1998 onward, from The San Antonio Express-News to Berkshire Living.
- "It's Better Blurred" appeared on The Round Table, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, July 16th, 2002.
- "Wearing Pants in Shul" in Lilith, Fall 2003.
- "Blog is my copilot" in Bitch, Fall 2004.
- "Feeding the Belly, Feeding the Heart" appeared in The Women's Times, November 2004.
- "My America" appeared on The Round Table, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, November 11, 2004.
- Monthly column in The Berkshire Eagle, starting with "A Passage to Pittsfield", 2004-2005.
- "Jewish Feminist Blogs -- An Unlikely Sisterhood" in Lilith, Vol. 30 No. 3, Fall 2005.
Online:
- "Guide to Five-Dollar Wines", Tripod: Living (no longer archived), 1996
- "The Great American Roadtrip", series of six travel articles, Tripod: Travel (no longer archived), 1996.
- "Lali," Bubbe.com, 199.7
- "Keeping the Faith," unGROOM'd, October 1998.
- Regular book reviews (mostly poetry and nonfiction) at Pif Magazine, from Dec. 1998.
- "Religious Pluralism in Israel", in Pif Magazine, February 1999.
- "Polar Exploration: Mind Over Matter," in Jackhammer E-Zine, Issue 9, Vol. 2, March 1999.
- "Prose Poems and Microfiction" in In Posse Review, Issue 3, Vol. 1, 1999. Also published in La Petite Zine, 1999.
- Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye, in Pif Magazine, August 1999.
- "Is Judaism Necessarily Insular?" in InterfaithFamily.com, Nov. 3-17 issue, 2000.
- "Marrying A Pareve Kid," in HalfJew.com, February 2001.
- Review of "Yentl's Revenge" in The Hyde Park Review of Books, January 2002.
- "Writing Our Own Hagaddah" in InterfaithFamily.com, February 2002.
- "My Life in Fuck-Me Shoes" in Scarlet Letters, April 2002.
- Review of "The Art of the Commonplace" by Wendell Berry in The Hyde Park Review of Books, summer 2002.
- "Swimming at the Bedouin Beach" in GenerationJ.com, October 2002.
- "December Holidays at Our House" in InterfaithFamily.com, December 2002.
- "Queer Interfaith Couples Tell Their Stories" in InterfaithFamily.com, June 2003.
- "Finding A Home" in InterfaithFamily.com, September 2003. Reprinted here in Jewish.com.
- "Diaspora Grrl" in Bad Subjects, issue 67, Spring 2004.
- "Navigating Jordan" in InterfaithFamily.com, August 2004.
- "Connected" in The archaology of food series at the vernacular body, October 7, 2004.
- Review of Hayden Carruth's Letters to Jane at The King's English, Issue 4, Fall 2004.
- Review of Anna Rabinowitz's Darkling at Web Del Sol Review of Books, 2005.
- There and Back Again: A JuBu's Passage to India in Zeek, December 2005.
- Souvenir in Qarrtsiluni, December 2006.
- A semi-regular interview series, beginning with Ari Weller is in the happiness business in Zeek, January 2007. Others include David Ingber: Shaping an Integral Judaism (2007) and Dreaming With Rodger Kamenetz (2008).
- Local Writer's Workshop Anthology, ed. and with introduction by Rachel Barenblat, XLibris, 1999.
- MFA program chapbook, Blue Benn Review, co-edited (with Susan McHenry). June 1999.
- Brilliant Coroners, co-edited with Rachel Rawlins and published by Laupe House Press, an imprint of Phoenicia Publishing, 2007.
- Runner-up, Academy of American Poets Contest, Williams College, 1994.
- Winner, Academy of American Poets Contest, Williams College, 1995.
- Featured Writer, San Antonio Poets and Writer's Page, May 1996.
- "At the Races" nominated for inclusion in eSCENE, "[T]he yearly anthology of the world's best short fiction published on the Internet", 1998.
- "Stacking Wood" chosen for Pif Magazine's third-year anniversary Best-of-Pif Issue, October 1998.