She enjoys trying to translate what she sees in a country almost suffocated by its own history into the broad, open cadences of English. If any place is weirder and more unexpected than Texas it's got to be provincial Italy. Her work has been published in the following places: Paper publications: CCWriter:Magazine of creative nonfiction, short stories, poetry and Art, Summer 2006; Duck Soup: Magazine of Creative Expression, Fall 2006; Versitude, May, August and November of 1998. Web publications: DotTom Cafe (2000-2009 various dates.