Fly, my darling. A love story.
book forthcoming spring 2026 from She Writes Press
Lisa had studied classical piano for years. At forty-four it was time for something new, something free-ing. Her son’s clarinet teacher provided the name of a local jazz musician, and a week later Lisa met Lynda, the remarkable woman whose life would become interwoven with hers in a relationship of wonder and loss, an emotion-charged journey toward self-awareness and freedom. Framed within a classical music structure and composed as poetic prose vignettes, this is their love story.
Searching for the Talisman
An online collection of 28 two-part essays inspired by Il Talismano della Felicità (The Talisman of Happiness), a classic Italian cookbook first published in 1929 and inherited from Lisa’s grandmother. The essays pair an exploration of the book’s recipes and Italian language with personal story and reflections. Images and chapter titles (Allow for surprise, Know what you love, Lose the guilt, Relish simple goodness, Want the truth…) unify the themed collection.
Published writing
Nonfiction:
What Family Taught Me (fall 2011, Santa Monica Review)
Trousseau (March 2015, BioStories online and print anthology)
Neptune Neptune Omega (February 2018, Months To Years; March 2020, Accolades)
Flood (March 2019, Months to Years)
The Graduation (May 2019, Beach Reads)
What They Carry: Essays from interviews of Laguna's homeless (Fall 2009)
Poetry:
Run (2005, Squaw Valley Poetry Anthology)
Love Ballad (2014, Squaw Valley Review)
Kaffee Klatch (March/April 2015, Unbroken Journal)
That Evening (2015, Emotional Map of Los Angeles, an anthology)
You Okay? (November 2024: Bright Flash Literary Review)
Fiction:
Heard in Room 303 (April 2015, Orange Coast Review)
Demon (2020, Writing in Place, stories from the pandemic)