EDUCATION

 M.F.A. in Poetry – University of Washington – Seattle, WA – August 2002
 B.A. in English Literature – Vassar College – Poughkeepsie, NY – May 1997

RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION
 NYU Washington Square Collaboration Award – for “I Take Back the Sponge Cake” chapbook collaboration with artist Loren Erdrich – Spring 2010
 Finalist for Crazyhorse Linda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize – Spring 2010
 Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna (SÍM) Artist Residency – Reykjavik, Iceland – February 2010
 Centrum Residency – Port Townsend, WA – August 2009, January 2010
 Vermont Studio Center Artist-Staff Residency – Aug 2008 - Oct 2009
 Finalist for SDSU’s Poetry International Prize – 2009
 Finalist for Anthony Hecht Award from Waywiser Press – 2008
 Arizona Poetry Center Residency – Tucson, AZ – April 2008
 Vermont Studio Center Residency – Feb - March 2008
 Jack Straw Writers Program Award – Vis-à-Vis Society – Spring 2007
 King County 4Culture Special Projects Grant – Vis-à-Vis Society Multi-Media Theater Production: “We Are You: A Statistical Musical” – 2006
 Seattle CityArtists Project Grant – Vis-à-Vis Society Chapbook “Who Are We: Investigations & Findings of the Vis-à-Vis Society” – 2006
 Semi-Finalist for Creative Capital Grant – Vis-à-Vis Society “Statistical Musical” – 2006
 Finalist for the NMP/Diagram Poetry Chapbook Contest – 2006
 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship – U.W. Creative Writing Rome Program – June-July 2005-2007
 Seattle Writers-In-The-Schools Residency – 2004-2005, 2005-2006
 Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC) New Works Residency – Typing Explosion – Dec-Feb 2004
 Joan Grayson Prize for Best Poem Series – June 2002
 Seattle Arts Commision Grant – Typing Explosion Book “T.Y.P.O.” – 2002
 Typing Explosion awarded King County Arts Commision Special Projects Grant (2000), Artist Trust GAP Grant (2001), and Breneman-Jaech Foundation New Works
  Grant (2001) for “Dear Diane” Multi-Media Show

PUBLICATIONS
POETRY CHAPBOOKS:
 “I Take Back the Sponge Cake: A Lyrical Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” – in collaboration with visual artist Loren Erdrich – Q Ave Press – forthcoming Spring 2010
 “Who Are We? Investigations & Findings of the Vis-à-Vis Society” – multiple-choice poem-surveys, graphs, and 7-inch record – April 2007 – with funding from Seattle
  CityArtists Project Grant (2006)
 “Desire & Flotation Devices” – Vis-à-Vis Society handmade limited edition chapbook, hand-sewn, silk-screen cover – Nov 2004
 “Love, Exciting Love” – Typing Explosion handmade limited edition chapbook of poems, lyrics, and ephemera – Feb 2004
 “T.Y.P.O.: Typing Explosion Touch Typing Method for Typewriters” – 1950’s style typing manual based on original Typing Explosion poems – May 2003 – with funding
  from Seattle Arts Commision Grant (2002)
 “13 Love Poems & One Ugly One” – Typing Explosion limited edition handmade chapbook, hand-sewn, each with unique “memo” poem – Feb 2003
 “Extra Buttons” – 3-D Art book – May 2002 – Featured in the Seattle Review

INSTALLATIONS
 “Rúnasafn / Rune Library” – Interactive poem and rune installation; “senda & viðtaka / sending & receiving” – Installation of interactive surveys, graphs, and roof
  antenna research – Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna (SÍM) Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland – February 2010
 “The Lachrymose Report” – poem installation – Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT – 2009
 “100 Rooms” – 100 poems, individually and collaboratively written for the Vis-à-Vis Society site-specific installation and performance at the Bridge Motel, Seattle, WA –
  Commissioned for the Motel Project: www.motelmotelmotel.com – September 15, 2007
 “How Far Are You From Where You Want To Be & How Fast Does Time Seem To Be Moving” – Interactive Graphing and Overhead Projection Installation at the Henry
  Art Gallery, with live multi-media performance “Repulsion & Attraction” presenting evening’s statistical results – Henry Art Gallery, WA – May 2007
 “Office Laboratory” – Commisioned large-scale, interactive installation – Included: original audio-text pieces played through vintage phones; “Poem for 50 Matches”
  written on matchbook covers displayed in illuminated file cabinet drawer – Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival – Seattle, WA – Sept 2005
 “Confessional Booth” – Performance of original Dress Psalms and interactive installation – Commissioned for Wayward Girl Productions’ 20-Foot Dress Art Opening –
  written on matchbook covers displayed in illuminated file cabinet drawer – Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival – Seattle, WA – Sept 2005
 “Salon” – Large-scale interactive installation including: recorded original audio-text pieces played through 1950’s hairdryer-chairs and 100 re-named fingernail polishes –
  Bellevue Art Museum, WA – Dec-March 2002
 
LITERARY MULTI-MEDIA WORK (WRITTEN AND PERFORMED)  
 Vis-à-Vis Society Poetry Tour of Seattle Art Museum for SAM Word Series – Featuring Music, Poetry, Guided Meditation for Porcelain – with Karen Finneyfrock –
  Bellevue Art Museum, WA – Dec-March 2002
 “Poetry Investigation”– Vis-à-Vis Society Live Survey, Song, and Collective Poetry – for Poetry Northwest and Mare Nostrum Release Party –
  Del Rey, Seattle, WA – May 2010
 “Unsure & Too Much” – Vis-à-Vis Society Live Survey, Tap Dance, and Hooplah – Spin the Bottle Cabaret, Annex Thater – Seattle, WA – April 2010
 “This Is My Tiny Parade For You” – Vis-à-Vis Society performance commissioned by Seattle School – Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre, Seattle, WA – December 2008
 “Stop, Go, & Reversals” – Vis-à-Vis Society multi-media performance – Seattle Art Museum’s poetry and performance series, WA – Dec 2007
 Poetry on Buses – commissioned performance for 4Culture Launch Party – Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA – Nov 2007
 Typing Explosion – Literary performance art writing collaborative poetry in live interactive format – Arizona Poetry Center, AZ – Oct 2007
 VAV Polka Party – Polka teach-in and investigative study commissioned by Henry Art Gallery – Bumbershoot, WA – Sept 2007
 “Bad Habits” – Vis-à-Vis Society performance for the Roethke Readings Cabaret – Aug 2007
 “We Are You: A Statistical Musical” – Vis-à-Vis Society Multi-Media Show – 2007 – with support from King County 4Culture Special Projects Grant (2006) – NW Film
  Forum, Seattle, WA – April 2007
 Wave Books Poetry Bus National Tour – Typing Explosion performed from Toronto, Canada to DIA Beacon, NY; Vis-à-Vis Society performed from Portland, OR to
  Seattle’s Space Needle – Sept-Oct 2006
 “Hot for Teacher” – Vis-à-Vis Society multi-media performance – Bumbershoot, WA – Sept 2006
 “I Want To Live!” – Vis-à-Vis Society full-length multi-media performance – Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY – May 2006
 “Tears & Telephones” – Vis-à-Vis Society multi-media show for Lichtenberg Retrospective – Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA – Feb 2006
 “Ukulele Statistics” – Vis-à-Vis Society multi-media performance – Re-Bar, Seattle, WA – Jan 2006
 “Joy Through Drudgery - Statistical Analysis of Office Behavior” – Vis-à-Vis Society multi-media show – Bumbershoot, WA – Sept 2005
 “Desire & Flotation Devices” Vis-à-Vis Society multi-media performance – Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA – Dec 2004
 “Imminent Landing” – Typing Explosion multi-media performances for 4Culture King County Network Tour – March-April 2004