A Story of the World Before the Fence

<p>These poems are an intimate portrait of a life set against the sweeping history of human exile and belonging from ancient Persia to contemporary America from the Indian coastline to the rivers and forests of Washington DC.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(63 63 63 1)>Poems in </span><em style=color: rgba(63 63 63 1)>A Story of the World Before the Fence</em><span style=color: rgba(63 63 63 1)> have received an </span>International Publication Award from the <em>Atlanta Review</em>; a Readers' Choice Award from <em>District Lit; </em>twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize; Finalist 18<sup>th</sup> Annual Arts and Letters Rumi Prize for Poetry; Semi-Finalist for the <em>Black River Chapbook Competition</em> (<em>Black Lawrence Press</em>); honorable mention in <strong>Women of Resilience Chapbook Contest Southern Collective.</strong></p><p><br></p>