Recent Publications
- COVER STORY May 2008 Ceramics Monthly, "Jenny Mendes: From Center to Surface." Read it online now.
- "Renewal and Hope in Spruce Pine," published in local papers and online.
- "Fire on the Mountain" in WNC Magazine, March 2008.
Archived Publications
- "Mountains of Tea" in Now & Then, Winter 2008.
- "On the Edge: Southern Appalachian Living," a personal narrative in Cadillac Cicatrix, print and online, Winter 2008.
- Ceramics Monthly, feature article, "A Reasoned Approach," November 2007.
- "Self Portrait," poem, Winter 2007, Perigee Art. Click here and follow link archived issues, poetry.
- Runner Up in M Review's creative nonfiction category for "Islandia," a memoir vignette to be published June 2007. Sponsored by Marylhurst University.
- 3rd Place Winner in the Student Category of the Oregon Quarterly Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest, published in a chapbook, June 2007. Read the essay titled "Meditation on Activism" now.
- Contemporary Impressions, March 2007, "Interview with Kore Loy Wildrekinde McWhirter" (copyrighted text version).
- Read a recent PR article for the upcoming Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, published in local papers
- Ceramic Art and Perception, Lisa Clague: To Sculpt a Dream (copyrighted pdf), January 2007, Issue #66
- Now & Then Magazine: Inner Peace and Patience (reprint), Winter 2007. This article was mentioned on air at WETS 89.5 FM!
- Our State Magazine, "Booking It," December 2006
- Ceramic Art and Perception: The Creation and Experience of Cristina Cordova's Clay Sculptures (copyrighted pdf), Issue 63, 2006
- Yancey Common Times Journal, "Award-winning Author Gloria Houston," Summer 2006
- Tomorrow's Child Magazine, Inner Peace and Patience: On Guiding Adolescents (copyrighted text version)
- Western North Carolina Woman, Dispatches from the Not-So-Common Cold
- Southern Arts Journal, The Meeting That Made History, Spring 2006.
- Southern Arts Journal, The South (personal narrative), Fall 2005.
- Looking For Clues, In-Between Time (scroll to bottom of page)
- The Dabbling Mum, The Nature of the Blog
- Western North Carolina Woman: Peace Narrative
- Western North Carolina Woman: Blogging Leads to Publication
- MEPI Open Forum, "The Building of a 9th Grader and A Living, Learning, Community," 2004
- SCA Corps Report, "The NY Adirondack Program’s Education Season," Srping 2002
- Livewire, "Home is Where You Are," Winter 2001
- The Nature Conservancy Newsletter, "Conservation With Intention," Fall 2001.
- The Nature Conservancy’s Last Great Places website, Invasive Plant Species Report (links to one sample page), Fall 2001
- The Artful Mind, "Young Musician Cleo Post," Fall 2001
- blue moon Literary Magazine, "Turn Toward," poem, Spring 2001