Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody Mailing Address: 1155 E. 56th St. Chicago, IL. 60637-1530 County: Cook E-mail: poetmaeve@juno.com Phone:   work: 773-602-5182   home: 773-363-0766 Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• Essays have appeared in the following Anthologies

• Tamaqua, 1994 and the Illinois Poetry Issue 1996
• Canadian Women Writing Fiction, 1993
• The Anna Book: Searching for Anna in Literary History, 1993
• The Confidence Woman, 1991
• Mother Puzzles: Daughters and Mothers in Contemporary American Literature, Greenwood Press, 1989
• American Women Writing Fiction, UP of Kentucky, 1989

• Poems have appeard in the following Anthologies

• Illinois Voices: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry, U of Illinois P, 2001
• Poets of the New Century, David R. Godine, 2001
• Edinburgh: An Intimate City, The City of Edinburgh Council, 2000
• Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago's Guild Complex, Tia Chucha Press, 1999
• Benchmark: Anthology of Contemporary Illinois Poetry, Stormline, 1988
• Naming the Daytime Moon: Stories & Poems by Chicago Women, The Feminist Writers Guild, 1987

Book Publications:

• Dragon Lady: Tsukimi, Riverstone Press, 1999
• Smokeless Flame, Frith Press, 1998
• Second Mourning, Diehard Publishers (Scotland), 1998
• Maafa: When Light Becomes a Lion, Ion Books, 1996
• Cinnabar, Flume Press, 1995
• Light Caught Bending, Diehard Publishers (Scotland), 1995
• Oracle Bones, White Eagle Coffestore Press, 1994
• Kelly in the Mirror, Albert Whitman Publishers, 1993
• Under a Cat's-Eye Moon, Clockwatch Review Press, 1991
• Second House from the Corner, Kennedy-King College, 1986

Forthcoming Publications:

• Poems in the following Anthologies: Manthology: Poems of the Male Experience, Invisible City Press and Chicago Fire

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• The Glendora Review Poet, Lagosm Nigeria
• Twice Fellow at the Hawthornden International Writers' Retreat in Scotland
• Poetry Fellow, in residence at the Writers Center, Dublin, Ireland
• Research Fellow at St. Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Wales
• Henry Blakely Award, from Gwendolyn Brooks
• National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship
• Illinios Arts Council Literary Awards
• Illinois Arts Council Fellowship
• Significant Illinois Poet Award from Gwendolyn Brooks
• Scottish Arts Council Awards

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• The E-Poetry Project, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, 2001
• Oakhill Elementary School, Elgin, IL. 2000 and 2001
• Meramec Writing Festival 2000, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, IL. 2000
• Barnes and Nobles, Chicago, 2000
• Visitation School, Chicago, 2000
• Whitney Young Library, Chicago, 2000
• Dominican University, River Forest, IL., 1998 and 2000
• James Thins Bookstore, Inverness, Scotland, 1999
• TYCA-Midwest Conference, Kansas City, MO. 1999
• Martin Luther King Study Day, Goshen College, IN., 1997
• Grindle's Book Store, Scotland, 1997
• Writer's Center and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1993

Recent Workshops:

• "Workshop: Publishing," Illinois Association of Teachers of English, Springfield, 2001
• "Poetry Writing Workshop," Blackstone Library, Chicago, 2001
• "Intensive Poetry Workshop," River Oaks Arts, Chicago, 2001
• "Poetry Workshop, The Writers, Glencoe, 1999 and 2000
• Poetry Workshop," Rhino Poetry Forum, 1999
• "Writing Ourselves Whole," Roosevelt U. (Chicago), 1998

Present Employment:

• Distinguished Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence, Kennedy-King College (Chicago)

Preferred Audience:

• No preferred audience

Willing to travel:

• yes