"This work transforms the mythic into the personal, the personal into the mythic."

- Poetry Society of America

Women speak their stories through poems: the seven wives of Zeus, a clay-eater, the Old Testament Leah, a medieval woman accused of witchcraft, a suicidal mother, Peter Pan's Wendy, and the poet herself.

Published by University Presses of Florida 9780813009148 (hardcover)

listen to selections from mrs. houdini

Produce Aisle (read by the author)

Visit with the Newlyweds (read by Garrison Keillor)

Something Calling My Name (Public Radio International, read by the author)