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List Poem: Love

Clean house, makeup, the final line, acceptance letter, SASE, new printer, doodle shapes, picture of blue horses, after great sadness leaves on a tree, full mailbox, city at night, looking down a steep hill, things that come in threes, not too much synchronicity, Police on grammys, forgotten memory card, free stuff, vintage gold dress, riding on aeroplanes, making connections, forgotten ending remembered, a cup of coffee right now, mother voice, losing the last five pounds, summer memories, break, praise in my mouth.

Awards or Semiawards

Semifinalist: Iowa Short Fiction Awards, 2008, Short story collection, Stories I Heard When I Went Home for My Grandmother's Funeral,

Finalist: Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize 2008, Short story collection, Still Slipping on the Ice.

Finalist: Elixir Press Chapbook Awards 2007,WASHINGTON — What Democratic debate? On Wednesday night, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and female camaraderie took center stage in D.C.

The "Notorious RBG," 86, was honored with the DVF Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award for being a trailblazer, contributing to gender equality and supporting women's issues.

Supermodel Iman, along with Priti Patkar, who is working to stop the cycle of intergenerational sex trafficking in India, and Saskia Nino de Rivera, who provides services to those in Mexico's prison system, were also honored for their contributions Wednesday.

The 11th annual DVF Awards, which are normally in New York and held around springtime, traveled to the capital and were held at the Library of Congress for the first time — all for Ginsburg. Diane von Furstenberg said that in order to honor