Her recent poetry chapbook, Small Like a Tooth (Dancing Girl Press, 2015), focuses on darker sides of motherhood. She is the recipient of a 2014 McKnight Artist Fellowship in poetry, a 2013 Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and a 2010-2011 Loft Mentor Series award. She is also the curator of a free Little Poetry Library in Minneapolis. Visit williams-noren.com.