Writer and painter living in Akron, OH. Poems have appeared in America, Antigonish Review, The Berkeley Poetry Review, Georgetown Review, New Millennium Writings, The New York Quarterly, and Quarterly West, among others. Short stories have appeared in Akros, Descant, Mindscapes, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Redbook, and other journals. One story has been translated into Danish, and, another, into Russian.Drawings and paintings are included in many public and private collections. Chapbook, "Kissing the Bees," won the 1999 Redgreene Press Chapbook Competition. "In the Summer of Cancer," a full collection of poetry, and "The Problem with Relativity" (short stories) are latest books.