She was raised in
Akron, Ohio. She teaches in the English Department at
California State University, Northridge. Her work has appeared in
Antioch Review,
AGNI,
Gettysburg Review,
Harvard Review,
Indiana Review,
Kenyon Review,
Mid-American Review,
Parnassus,
POETRY,
Pool,
Ploughshares,
Virginia Quarterly Review,
Triquarterly and
Southern Review. She has served often as a judge for the Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry. She is married to Phil Matero, and they have sons Andrew and Dante. They live in the
San Fernando Valley. ==Education==