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Alice at book signing
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AWARDS AND HONORS:
 | Inaugural Fellow, The Georgia Review/Bowers House, Canon,
GA, 2007 |
| James Boatwright III Prize for
Poetry from Shenandoah, 2002 |
| Commencement Speaker and recipient
of honorary doctorate, University of Indianapolis, 2002 |
| Named to the Georgia Poetry Circuit,
2001-2002 |
| Sheila Margaret Motton Prize for Zoo, New England Poetry Club, 2001 |
| Miriam Lindberg Israel Poetry for
Peace Prize, (runner up), 2000 |
| Creative Renewal Fellowship, Arts
Council of Indianapolis, 1999-2000 |
| Ezra Pound Poetry Award for Zoo,
Truman State University, 1998 |
| Individual Artist Fellowship,
Indiana Arts Commission, 1996-97 |
| Firman Houghton Award, New England
Poetry Club, 1996 |
| Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award for
Poems on the Jewish Experience, (second place), 1996 |
| Award of Excellence in Poetry,
Hopewell Review, 1995 |
| First Prize, Abiko Quarterly
International Poetry Competition (Japan), 1994 |
| The Lucille Medwick Memorial Award,
Poetry Society of America, 1993 |
| Teacher of the Year, University of
Indianapolis, 1993 |
| Finalist for the Alice Fay Di
Castagnola Award, Poetry Society of America, 1992 |
| First Place, Start with Art Literary
Competition, Indianapolis, 1992 |
| Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, Poetry
Society of America, 1990 |
| Erika Mumford Prize, New England
Poetry Club, 1990 |
| Midwest Poetry Award, Society for
the Study of Midwestern Literature, 1990 |
| Consuelo Ford Award, Poetry Society
of America, 1988 |
| National Bronze Medalist for
teaching excellence, Council for the Advancement and Support of
Education (Washington, DC), 1987 |
| Commissioned to write commemorative
poem, “The Building,” for the opening of the Robert P. Bell
Building at Ball State University, 1984 |
| Fellow at MacDowell, Yaddo, Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts, Millay Colony, Ragdale, Leighton Art
Colony, Kalani Honua, Dorland, Byrdcliffe Writers’ Colony, Mary
Anderson Center, and Writer in Residence at Bernheim Arboretum and
Research Forest, Clermont, Kentucky |
| Biographical/Critical articles in
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Contemporary Authors New Revision
Series, Who’s Who in America |
EDUCATION AND
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