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REVIEWS
Reviews of Failing the Trapeze
A Newpages.com 2014 Editors' Pick
"...an artfully crafted family drama" --Foreward Reviews
"Complex, intriguing, and heartbreaking."--
"I was completely engaged by each of the characters the whole book and had a difficult time putting it down to sleep at night...."--Goodreads
Reviews of Del Otro Lado: Literacy and Migration Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
"...gives voice to those...from the other side of the border."--Composition Studies
"[She is one of the] few researchers talking about transnational literacy practices and the effects of a changing global economy...."--Community Literacy Journal
"...real life testimonies from real women living in a small town in Mexico."--Reading in the Borderlands
NEWS
2018 Fellow at Bloedel Reserve Arts Residency Program
2018 Fellow at North Street Collective arts center.
2018 Fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
2018 Invited to join faculty at San Miguel Writer's Conference in Mexico
2017 Fellow at Hambidge Creative Residency Program
2016 First Runner-Up, J.F. Powers Prize
2016 Fellow at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts
2015 Fellow at Playa arts residency center
2015 Featured Reader, Seattle Lit Crawl
2014 Artist Trust grant recipient
2014 Fellow in Jack Straw Writers Program
2014 Invited to join affiliate faculty at the University of Witwatersrand
2013 Nilsen Award for a First Novel
2013 Recipient 4Culture grant
2013 Finalist, New American Fiction Award
2013 Recipient, American Association of University Women grant
2011 Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities grant
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