Her most recent poetry collection is The Yellow Hotel (Wave Books, 2002). She has published poems in literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review, Skanky Possum, Fence, The Hat, Verse, and The Paterson Review. She was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She earned a B.A. from Montclair State College and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has lived in Massachusetts since 1972. She lives near Boston, and works for animal welfare.[1][2]