Born Chicago, Illinois. Attended the University of Illinois-Urbana, the University of Chicago and Roosevelt University. Founded CHOICE Magazine with Aaron Siskind and John Logan. Completed Bachelor of Arts from Roosevelt University. Moved to San Francisco Stiletto and By Dawn's Early Light at 120 Miles Per Hour Published. Moved to San Diego. Published It's Mother's Day. Moved to Barcelona, Spain. Published Barcelona Diary. Returned to US. Widowed. Returned to Barcelona where in 2006/07 The Man With His Back To The Room Poems 2000-2005 and Intimacies Prose Poems & Stories were designed and published. 2007/08 saw the publication of three 'chapbooks:' After Goya: Disasters of War / Escapades / Improvisations. 2008 - No longer living in Barcelona having returned to San Diego to teach and write. Most recently was awarded a two-month fellowship (summer 2009) to The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico.In 2011 moved to Beacon, NY. A new collection published December 2012: It's Only TV selected poems 2005/2011.