She is the author of two books of poetry and numerous short stories and essays in literary magazines such as Litro, Measure, and Calliope. Her second poetry collection, The Empress of Kisses, won the 2015 X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize from Texas Review Press. She enjoyed seeing a number of changes in the second year of Hot Dish Magazine, including a larger number of high-quality submissions and new partnerships between BVU students, talented writers, and their teachers.