Recent Periodical Publications:
"Is it Sexual Harassment Yet?" Extreme Fiction (Longman Publishing/Penguin), 2004 (anthology)
"In Six Short Lessons" The Italian America Reader (William Morrow), 2003, (anthology)
"Displaced" (nonfiction) In the Middle of the Midwest (Indiana Univ.), 2003, (anthology)
"Caught" Bottom of the Ninth (Southern Ill Univ. Press), 2003, (anthology)
"Cookie" Inappropriate Random (Seal Press), 2003, (anthology)
"Homeland" (ch 1) Crab Orchard Review, 2003
"Our Father" (nonfiction) The Milk of Almonds (Feminist Press), 2002, (anthology)
"Ring of Fire" Fiction International, 2002
"Go to Ground" Denver Quarterly, 2002
"Therapeutic" Water~Stone, 2002
“Familiar Noise,” TriQuarterly, summer 2001, (novel excerpt )
“His Helpmate,” RetroRetro (anthology) Serpent’s Tail , 2000 (short fiction)
“Exhibition,” Neonlit (anthology) Quartet Books (TimeOut Litd), 2000 (short fiction)
“Girl Beside Him,” Fiction International, fall 2000 (novel excerpt)
“Dislodged,” Sycamore Review, 2001 (creative nonfiction)
“Land of Make Believe” San Diego Reader, 2000 (creative nonfiction)
Recent Book Publications:
Homeland (novel), Red Hen Press, Los Angeles, 2004
Indigenous (memoir), City Lights Books, San Francisco, 2003
Girl Beside Him (novel), FC2, 2001
Former Virgin (story collection), FC2, 1997
Dog People (novel), Coffee House Press, 1997
Chick-Lit 2 (fiction anthology), editor, with Jeffrey DeShell & Elisabeth Sheffield, FC2, 1996
Your Name Here: ___ (novel), Coffee House Press, 1995
Chick-Lit: Postfeminist Fiction (fiction anthology), editor, with Jeffrey DeShell, FC2, 1995
Others
Awards and Fellowships:
NEA fellowship, 2000
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award, 1997
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award, 1996
PEN / Nelson Algren Award for book-length fiction in manuscript, 1984 (later published as How to Leave a Country)
Recent Readings:
Virginia State University, 2004
University of Central Michigan, 2004
Georgia State University, 2004
Berlin, Literaturhaus, 2003
University of Miami, Ohio, 2003
Bowling Green State University, 2003
Book tour in California, 2003
Peoria Public Library, April 2001
Turrow (Literary organization), Milwaukee, April, 2001
Center for the Writing Arts, Northwestern University, April
Loyola University, March 2001
Recent Workshops/Master Classes:
Workshop for River Oak Arts, summer 2001
1-day “master class” for Guild Complex Women’s Writers Conference, fall, 2000
My job at UIC: graduate novel-writing workshops
Available year-round, with sufficient notice, for readings, lectures, master classes, and workshops in any part of the state. May need longer lead time to schedule events farther away.
Fees:
Performance: $350 to $1000 [depends on travel time and lodging]
Performance plus educational activities: $600 to $2500 [depends on travel time and lodging]
Technical Requirements:
Tall stool and podium or music stand. I have trouble standing behind most podiums as they are too high for me
Preferred audience: Adult, fairly literate
