I have taught and performed my work in Europe, North America and Southern Africa. My poetry is the subject of an 18 minute documentary by Tami Ravid, "I Leave My Colors Everywhere." Much of my work deals with issues of ancestry and ending silence.

Karma's Footsteps (Flipped eye, 2011)

Go, Tell Michelle (SUNY Press, 2009), Revenge and Forgiveness (Henry Holt, 2004), Beyond the Frontier (Black Classic Press, 2002), The Body Eclectic (Henry Holt, 2002), Bum Rush the Page (Three Rivers Press, 2001), Listen Up! (One World, 1999)

Crab Orchard Review, Drumvoices Revue, Mothering, Paris/Atlantic