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up in Billings, Montana and received her B.A. in English at Montana State University-Billings and her M.A. in English and women's studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. in 20th Century American Literature and women's and gender studies at UNL.  She teaches first-year writing, literature, and women's studies courses in UNL's English Department and serves as an editorial assistant for <I>Prairie Schooner</I>.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f9daa70.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Handmade</B></div> <bR> <div> I prop her up by the fire.  She grins</div> <div> back at me with her red felt mouth,</div> <div> her black eyes are black as the day </div> <div> my mother cut and glued them.</div> <div> They are toppled bells, their hollow </div> <div> hoop skirts open in the semblance of lashes. </div> <bR> <div> Her face is framed </div> <div> by a mop of thick brown yarn, </div> <div> each strand twisting into spirals </div> <div> fraying at the ends.  </div> <bR> <div> I guess dolls, like people, become </div> <div> outgrown, </div> <div> transient</div> <div> as thick hair and firm limbs and strong necks.</div> <bR> <div> She spent the last twelve years on a bookshelf </div> <div> in the basement,  </div> <div> sat there in a miasma of dust and cigarette smoke</div> <div> next to the black and white photo of my grandmother. </div> <bR> <div> The basement was where we put superfluous things:</div> <div> the 1985 Britannicas, the yellow scratching-post couch, </div> <div> Tom Clancy paperbacks, </div> <div> the stereo with blown speakers, the Play-doh statue of a cat.</div> <bR> <div> Her genesis was some paper pattern.</div> <div> She was cut, sewn, glued, and dressed.</div> <div> The hands that made her hands never resembled my hands at all.</div> <div> But tucked under the slender fingers, the narrow nails, </div> <div> the cuticles frayed and bleeding, </div> <div> my hand.</div> <bR> <div> She was a gift</div> <div> to me in a time before </div> <div> I took notice</div> <div> and has pursued me</div> <div> across state lines, timelines,</div> <div> the fault line of adulthood</div> <div> only to slump on our guest bedroom dresser.</div> <bR> <div> A quarter century is a dust-trap, memory-trap,</div> <div> and I've forgotten the feel</div> <div> of my mother's hands.</div> <div> There is just this proof</div> <div> of their labor.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Just This Proof</div> <div> is a 28 page hand-sewn chapbook - $8.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE </div> <bR> <div> <B>            <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input 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