M.F.A.            2008               Critical Studies            California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
B.A.               1998                English                        Reed College

Academic Appointments

2007-2008    Teaching Assistant, CalArts
                
     Spring 2008 (Norman M. Klein) Monsters, Madmen, and the Double
                 
    Fall 2007 (Matias Viegener) Contemporary Literature
2006-2007    ESL Tutor, CalArts

Grants/Honors

1995                Kasper Locher Summer Creative Scholarship
1995                Reed Arts Weekend Grant
1994                Commendation for Academic Excellence

Publications

Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin / 730910-2155, valeveil press, 2009.
Jet Set Desolate, Future Fiction London, 2009.
"2006 May 6 : Night : Los Angeles" "I, II, II"
You've Probably Read This Before, 2009
"Excerpt: Jet Set Desolate," 3:AM Magazine, 2009
Excerpt from Jet Set Desolate: "Fight” Next Words, 2008.
2006: May 6: Night_Los AngelesChronometry, 2008.
“I, II, III” Sprawl Journal,. 2008.
“Revita-Lift Night Cream,”  Artizen, CalArts, 2007.
“My Own Private 1982,” Sprawl, 2006
“Excerpt from Neon Hysteric (
Jet Set Desolate): Birthday,” Sprawl, 2006.
“Excerpt from Neon Hysteric (
Jet Set Desolate): Prologue,” Sprawl, 2006.   
“What She Was Told,” Lime Tea, 2005.
“My Supplication,” Lime Tea, 2005.
“Mimosa Leers,” Lime Tea, 2004.
“It’s About Subtlety,” Warhookers, 2004.
“The Warhooker Manifesto,” Warhookers, 2004.
“Spin-the-Bottle,” Warhookers, 2004.
“Cab Driver,” Warhookers, 2004.
“Popscene: Let-Down à go-go,” Posthoc, 2000.
Review of Tom Waits, Mule Variations, Plazm, no 23, 1999.
“Independent Publishing Resource Center Open at Reading Frenzy,” Anodyne, Vol. 3 no 5, 1999.
“Eternal Screens: Group Show in Three Phases,” Anodyne, Vol. 3, no 4, 1999.
Review of Einstürzende Neubauten Show, Anodyne, Vol. 3. no. 4, 1999.
Review of “Talus and Scree” Literary Journal, Anodyne,  Vol. 3, no 4, 1999.
“Toy Geeks Invade the AIA,” Anodyne, Vol. 3, no 3, 1998.
Review of Rara Avis, Anodyne, Vol. 3, no 2, 1998.
Review of The One Handed Pianist and Other Stories, Anodyne, Vol. 3, no 1, 1998.
Poetry and prose in
Glossolalia, Reed College Small Press Collective, 1997.
“Jake Faithful’s Spanking for Salvation Ministry,” Reed College Small Press Collective, 1995.
“Slap Yourself,” The Bantu Chronicles, 1995.

Readings

2009                Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin / 730910-2155 book launch, REDCAT lounge, Los Angeles, CA
2009                You've Probably Read This Before book launch, REDCAT Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
2009                
A Day in LA: Washington Boulevard Art Concert, Los Angeles, CA
2008                Next Words: CalArts MFA Writing Showcase, REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
2008                
Sprawl in conjunction with Open Studios, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
2008                
Next Words: CalArts MFA Writing Showcase, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA.
2008                MFA Thesis Reading, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
2007                Sprawl, Scoops, Los Angeles, CA.
2007                Sprawl, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
2007                Feminist Writers Reading, Feminaissance Conference: Exquisite Acts and Everyday
Rebellions,
              
         CalArts, Valencia, CA.  
2006                Sprawl, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
2006                Sprawl, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
1999                Fuck this Noise!!! Zine Release, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR.
1997                Kevin Sampsell’s Reading Series, Umbra Penumbra, Portland, OR.
1996                Portland Girl Convention, Portland, OR.
1996                Cathode Ray Project, Thee O-Hell, Portland, OR.
1995                Kasper Locher Summer Creative Scholarship Reading, Reed College, Portland, OR.
1995                Ocho y Medea, Gravity Warehouse, San Diego, CA.

Conferences

2008               American Association of Writers and Writing Programs, New York, NY.
2007               Feminaissance Conference: Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions, CalArts, Valencia, CA.  

Exhibition Record (*solo shows marked by asterisk)

2008                Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2007               
 Queer Arts Collective Fall Show, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
2006                Dia de Los Muertos, CalArts, Valencia, CA.
2001                Erotic Art, CityArt, San Francisco, CA.
2000                How We Breathe, Breathing Spaces, Oakland, CA.
1999                A Movable Feast Jello Installation, Reed College Student Union, Portland, OR.
1999                *Pappacchino’s Café, Portland, OR.
1999                Circuses and Light, La Luna, Portland, OR.
1999                Kitchy Maximalism, 17 Nautical Miles, Portland, OR.
1998                *Spurkraft Warehouse, Portland OR.
1998                *The Woodstock Café, Portland, OR.
1998                Reed Arts Weekend, Reed College, Portland, OR.
1997                *The Paradox Café, Reed College, Portland, OR.
1996                *The Hangover Café, Portland, OR.
1996                *Thee O’Hell, Portland, OR.
1996                *The Paradox Café, Reed College, Portland, OR.
1995                Ocho y Medea, Gravity Warehouse, San Diego, CA.
1995                *The Paradox Café, Reed College, Portland, OR.

Commissions

1998                "Laurel," Painting for Reed College Student Union.

Collections

1998                “Cigarette Butts in a Chipped Teacup: Tales from the Rockethaus,”  Thesis Tower,
                        
Reed College Library, Portland, OR.
1995               
  "Bedtime Stories for Trivial Teens," Duke University, Sallie Bingham Center for Woman's History
               
         and Culture, Sarah Dyer Zine Collection, Durham, NC.
Curriculum Vitae