Vol 3 No 1 2009
Lois Roma-Deeley is the author of two collections of poetry. Her second book, northSight (2006), earned her a nod from the Los Angeles Book Prize nominating committee and received critical praise. Rules of Hunger, her first full-length poetry collection (2004), earned her a National Book Award nomination. Roma-Deeley has won numerous awards and honors for her poetry, including awards for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition and the Emily Dickinson Poetry Competition, and recognition as a finalist in the Paumanok International Poetry Contest. She has published in seven anthologies, including the American Book Award winner Looking For Home (Milkweed Editions) and Letters to the World (Red Hen Press). Further, her work has been featured in numerous literary journals, including, Superstition Review, Artful Dodge, Italian Americana, Paterson Literary Review, Water~Stone, Iris, Faultline, Columbia Poetry Review, Comstock Review, Elixir, Controlled Burn, Confluence, Sow's Ear (competition finalist), Iris, and many others. Her workappears on BestPoem.com. In collaborations with visual artists on several ekphrasis projects—most recently with visual artist and curator Beth Shadur—Roma-Deeley's poems have been exhibited nationally and internationally. Roma-Deeley has taught creative writing at the graduate and undergraduate levels for more than 25 years. She is available for readings, seminars and workshops. www.loisroma-deeley.com
