| Stuff I’m reading: Sonya Sanchez, The New Yorker, David Sedaris, Best American Essays 2009, easy vegetarian recipes, zillions of student essays My Favorite Poets At This Moment: Li-Young Lee Mary Oliver Linda Pastan Martin Espada Billy Collins Naomi Shihab Nye Rumi Some journals in which my work has appeared: North American Review Concho River Review Aura Literary Review 5AM descant Segue Red River Review South Dakota Review Oklahoma Review Bent Pin Quarterly New Texas Kaleidoscope Sacred Journey Poetry Midwest Paradigm Ilya’s Honey mystic river review White Heron | About Me  WRITER, EDITOR, TEACHER I write poems, fiction, and creative non-fiction, meaning that I spend a lot of time sitting at my computer staring off into space, resisting urges to eat Dove dark chocolates. I took an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and received their Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize. Over forty literary journals have published my work. I edit CNF for AmarilloBay.org, an online journal. Send me something good! I love finding a prize in the cereal box, a.k.a. inbox. I love teaching my students at Tarrant County College where I help them thrive in the worlds of writing and literature. They research rites of passage around the world, then write their own; they analyze characters and design tattoos for them; they write original poems and stories. My hope is that they experience the power of language and learn how to wield it wisely. Extras: I have skydived once, biked 1300 miles while pregnant, owned a hybrid electric car, and nursed twins. Contact: rebecca(dot)balcarcel(at)gmail(dot)com |