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Poetry, articles, and short stories

(2025). "Verdigris variables." Segullah, August, 2025. 


(2024). "Prayer poems." Segullah, May 2024.

(2024). "Lactogenesis: On the first day." The Poetry Porch: Sonnet Scroll, xxii, April 2024.

(2024). "Baby-led weaning at 18 months." The Poetry Porch: Sonnet Scroll, xxii, April 2024.

(2024). Succinctly science: How poetry can help make science accessible and enjoyable. Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, 18(35), 58–78.

(2023). Heiss, N., King, M., Adang, C., & Alvermann, D. Podcasting practices: Mediators of archival work,  ELA teacher education curricula, and digital identities. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 15(3), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2023-15-3-4

(2023). "At 36 I give birth to my sixth child and demand to cut the cord." W-Poesis, Year 6, Number 22, April 2023.

(2023). "In which I admit my house is covered in spider webs." W-Poesis, Year 6, Number 22, April 2023.

(2023). "Dog days of the pandemic." W-Poesis, Year 6, Number 22, April 2023.

(2022). "На Украине: On Ukraine." Wordpeace, Summer/Fall 2022 Issue 7.2.

(2021). Paradoxical glory: Coming to accept and act. BCC Press, 2021.

(2014). "Ready for Sunbeams." The Friend Magazine, November 2014: 32–34.

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