Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Publications

Books

* Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined (Seal Press, Jan. 2006).

Awards

* Essay "Altars of Sacrifce" chosen as the best of the essays included in Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers ($500)

Memoir, Personal Essays, and Fiction

* "Finding a New Voice." Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms. forthcoming.
* "It's the Bed." Skirt. forthcoming.
* "Breathing Lessons" Cup of Comfort for New Mothers. forthcoming.
* "Pride and Prejudice" Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Tribute to Mothers (2008).
* "Altars of Sacrifice" Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers (2008)
• “First Day of School” Mama, Ph. D. Edited by Caroline Grant and Elrena Evans (2008).
* What Daughters Do, Single State of the Union: Single Women Speak Out on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
* Single Mom Fantasy, Literary Mama, February 2007.
* Transformations, Skirt! Magazine, September 2006.
* The River
* Down into the Mine
* Father Writing: Floundering or Flourishing?, Literary Mama, 2006.
* Happy Birthday to Literary Mama, Literary Mama, 2006.
* Why Start a Pregnancy Journal?, Literary Mama
* How to Publish a Book, Literary Mama, 2007.
• How to Start Journal Writing about Motherhood” Pregnancy and Baby, May 2003.
• "Learning to Swim, Philosophical Mother, June 2003.
• “Journal Writing about Motherhood” Neighborhood Parents Network. March 2003.
• “Making the Invisible Visible: Writing about Motherhood” Neighborhood Parents Network. February 2003

Columns

* Mother Writers: Our Storied Past
* Mothering in the Ivory Tower (archived)
* Writing through Motherhood. ePregnancy (not archived).


Publications about the Author

* She's So Skirt, Skirt! Magazine, April 2007.
* Profile, LiteraryMama.com, March 2007.
* Literary Mama: Mothers of Invention, Washington Post, Mar 19, 2006.
* Tales from the Motherhood Brain, Child
* Online Magazine is Edited for Mothers, by MothersUSC Times, Jan 2005.
* Professor Creates Outlet for Mothers Who Write by Amy Geler Edgar, Associated Press, 2004.
* Are Faculty Members Overworked? Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov 5, 2004.
* Panel on Writing about Motherhood" University of Richmond, Oct, 2004.


Scholarly Publications

Books

• American Women Prose Writers, 1820-1870. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Co-edited with Katharine Rodier. Detroit: Gale, 2001.
* Educating Women for Science and Mathematics: A University of South Carolina Model Project. Co-edited/written with Judith Giblin James and Sue Rosser. A National Science Foundation Project, 1994.

Articles

• “Reproduction and Motherhood” in Encyclopedia of Women’s Autobiography. Edited by Jo Malin and Denise Knight. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005.
• Special Guest Forward. Feminism in Literature (6 volume set) Detroit: Gale, 2005
• "E. D. E. N. Southworth" co-written with Joanne Dobson in American Women Prose Writers, 1820 1870. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Gale, 2001.
• "Mary Anne Cruse" in American Women Prose Writers, 1820-1870. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Gale, 2001.
• "E. D. E. N. Southworth" in 19th-Century American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998.
• "Challenging the Hero Myth in E. D. E. N. Southworth's The Hidden Hand." ATQ: 19th C. American Literature and Culture 9.1 (1995): 5-20.
• "Bharati Mukherjee" in Reference Guide to American Literature. 3rd ed. Detroit, MI: St. James, 1995.
• "The Yellow Wallpaper" in Masterplots II: Women's Literature. Pasadena, CA: Salem,1995.
• Book Review. Kate Chopin: The Life of the Author of "The Awakening" by Emily Toth. Women's Studies International Forum 15 5/6 (1992): 625-626.
• Book Review. Feminism and Science Fiction by Sarah Lefanu. Women's Studies International Forum 14 1/2 (1991): 114-115.