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July 1

Publication of Like One, an anthology of uplifting and humorous poems created to raise money for The One Fund, the charity for the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Edited by Deborah, the book includes poetry by Rusty Barnes, Debbi Brody, Kevin Carey, Cally Conan-Davies, Nicolas Destino, Emily Dickinson,  Robert Frost, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, David Giver, Kat Good-Schiff, Benjamin S. Grossberg, Meghan Guidry, Doug Holder, Aaron M.P. Jackson, Jennifer Jean, Julie Kane, Joy Ladin, Lance Larsen, Joan Logghe, Fred Marchant, David Mason, Jill McDonough, Donnelle McGee, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Judson Mitcham, Wesley McNair, Alfred Nicol, Paulann Petersen, Emily Pineau, Robert Pinksy, Miriam Sagan, Jan Seale, Dan Sklar, Kevin Stein, David Trinidad, William Carlos Williams, Walt Whitman, and Margaret Young.

May 23

As part of the “Technology Symposium,” Deborah presents “Video in the Classroom.” 

May 20

Cradle Songs received the International Book Award for “Best Poetry Anthology.” Deborah has a poem in this anthology.

May 18

Joy Interrupted is published. This anthology includes Deborah’s poems.

May 16

Teaching and Learning Conference, North Shore Community College: Deborah presents the workshop “Improvisation.”

May 15

World Haiku Anthology on War, Violence and Human Rights Violations is published. It includes two of Deborah’s haiku.

May 1

The first edition of Kernelsonline is released. Deborah has two poems in this issue.

April 29-May 3

Deborah’s haiku are featured in Seven by Twenty.

April 28

Deborah’s play “Scribe” is performed on Spokane Radio Theatre.

April 22

As part of “Arts in April Week” at North Shore Community College, Deborah presents “Greek Theatre and Fairy Tales.”

April 5

Teaching, Learning & Student Development Conference: Deborah leads the workshops “Improvisation” and “Classroom Debates Engage Students and Promote Critical Thinking.”

April 2

Professional Day, North Shore Community College: Deborah presents on “Video in the Classroom” as part of the “Faculty Technology Showcase.”

March 31

The anthology Journey to Crone is published in the UK. It includes one of Deborah’s poems.

February 1

Deborah has a poem featured in the New Mexico Rag.

February 2013

Several of Deborah’s haiku are featured on Seven by Twenty.

January 29

The new issue of Nazar Look (Romania) is released. It contains 5 of Deborah’s poems.

January 29

The first day of Deborah’s class at Endicott College, Freshmen Seminar: Literature of Disaster.

January 27

Lakeshore Players Theatre announces that Deborah’s play “Harry Joseph” is a semi-finalist in the 9th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival.

January 23

The first day of Deborah’s Composition class at North Shore Community College.

January 2013

Seven by Twenty features several of Deborah’s haiku.

January 1, 2013

The new issue of Notes from the Gean is released. It includes one of Deborah’s haiku.

December 2012

Several of Deborah’s haiku are featured on Seven by Twenty.

November 20

Ibbetson Street #32 is released. It includes two of Deborah’s poems.

November 16

An excerpt from Deborah’s play “Mercy Mild” is read at an Interim Writers event in Cambridge.

November 16

Deborah presents “Activities that Promote Critical Thinking in the Classroom” at the New England Faculty Development Consortium’s Fall Conference.

November 7

Several of Deborah’s poems are featured in Seven by Twenty this month.

October 26

Deborah presents “Greek Theater and Fairy Tales” at the New England Theatre Conference.

October 15

Lummox is released. It includes one of Deborah’s poems.

October 15

Two of Deborah’s haiku are published in The Aurorean.

October 5

After Dark: A Collection of Haunting Tales is released. It includes Deborah’s short story, “Haunted Theater.”

September 17

One of Deborah’s poems is featured today on Seven by Twenty.

September 6

The first day of Deborah’s Composition class at North Shore Community College.

September 4

The first day of classes at Endicott College. Deborah teaches Creative Writing and Freshmen Seminar: Literature of Disaster.

September 1

Deborah’s poem “Toddler” is published in The New Mexico Rag.

August 17

One of Deborah’s poems is featured in “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

July 1

The August issue of FreeXpresSion (Australia) is released. It includes one of Deborah’s haiku.

July 1, 2012

Heartscapes is published. Deborah’s short story “Sunfish” is part of this anthology.

July 1

The New Mexico Rag is released. Deborah’s poem “Chopped Beets” is part of this issue.

June 15

In Posse Review is released. Deborah’s play “Liar” is part of this issue.

June 15

One of Deborah’s poems is featured in “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

May 13

Cradle Songs is published. Deborah’s poem “Toddler” is part of this anthology.

April 27

Deborah’s short play “The Apology” is performed as part of “Six Playwrights in Search of an Author,” Roxbury Community College.

April 19

Deborah has a poem featured in the latest issue of  “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

April 14

One of Deborah’s poems is published in Your Daily Poem.

April 11

One of Deborah’s poems is published  in Seven by Twenty.

January 24

First day of Deborah’s classes at Endicott College. She teaches Creative Writing and Freshmen Seminar: Literature of Disaster.

January 18, 2012

First day of classes at Mount Ida College. Deborah teaches Drama.

December 12

140 and Counting is released. Deborah has one haiku in this anthology. For the Kindle edition click here.

December 2

Taj Mahal Review (India) is released. Deborah has ten haiku in this issue.

November 17

Ibbetson Street #30 is released. Deborah’s poem “Haunted” is included.

September 12

Deborah’s Creative Writing class starts at North Shore Community College.

September 6

Classes start at Endicott College. Deborah teaches Creative Writing and Freshmen Seminar: Literature of Disaster.

September 1

Audition Monologues for Young Women: Contemporary Audition Pieces for Aspiring Actresses by Gerald Lee Ratliff is released. It includes Deborah’s short play “Safe.” It also includes pieces by Craig Lucas, John Patrick Shanley, Paula Vogel, Suzan-Lori Parks, Don DeLillo, and many others. Click here for more information.

August 29

First day of classes at Mount Ida College. Deborah teaches Drama and Composition.

July 15

Deborah’s class American Literature II begins at North Shore Community College.

June 15

Deborah’s poem “Chopped Beets” is featured in “Lyrical Somerville,” a column in The Somerville News.

Click here to read the poem.

May 31

The new issue of Notes from the Gean is released. One of Deborah’s haiku is featured.

May 20

One of Deborah’s poems is reprinted on Seven by Twenty.

April 20

The anthology People Poetry is released from Diversion Press. Deborah has a poem in this book.

March 22

One of Deborah’s poems is featured today on Seven by Twenty.

March 4

Deborah has a poem featured in the latest issue of  “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

February 10

The first day of Deborah’s Introduction to Literature class at North Shore Community College.

January 24

Bunker Hill Community College’s first day of classes. Deborah teaches College Writing I.

January 19, 2011

The first day of classes at Mount Ida College. Deborah teaches drama and composition.

December 8

Native Alien’s Annual Holiday Show opens in New York City. Deborah’s short play “Questions for Santa” is part of the show. The show runs until December 12.

December 1

In India, the latest issue of Taj Mahal Review is released. Ten of Deborah’s haiku are part of this issue.

November 1

The new issue of Milk Money features three of Deborah’s haiku.

October 28

Deborah’s play “Christmas Tuba Festival”  is performed by Harlequin Productions . The lead receives a Merit Acting Award and the cast receives an Excellence in Ensemble Award  from the Theatre Association of New York State. The show runs until November 6 as part of the fall theater festival.

September 15

The Autumn issue of Berry Blue Haiku is released. Deborah has one haiku in this issue.

September 13

Deborah is the Featured Poet this week on Seven by Twenty.

September 13

Deborah’s first day teaching creative writing at North Shore Community College.

September 2

Deborah’s first day teaching at Endicott College. She teaches Composition: Literature of Disaster.

August 30

The first day of classes at Mount Ida College. Deborah teaches drama and composition.

July 24

“Mercy Mild” is read at Tri-State Actor’s Theater, an equity theater in Sussex, NJ, as part of their “New Playwright Series.”

July 6

Deborah’s haiku is featured in the 10.2 issue of TinyWords.

July 5

The Sound of Poets Cooking is released. Deborah has three haiku in this book.

June 29

Deborah is the Featured Poet in Turtle Nap, the web journal of the River Song Haiku Society.

June 25

Coffee Black Productions presents “Me, My Monologue and I” in Brooklyn. The monologue version of “A Different Use for a Grapefruit” is part of this show.

June 24

The first night of Deborah’s class “Writing the Short Play” at Newton Community Education. 

June 1

The June issue of Red Lights is released. It includes one of Deborah’s tanka.

May 1

The Aurorean releases their spring issue, which contains one of Deborah’s haiku.

May 1

The spring issue of Moonset is released. Deborah has a tanka and a haiku in this issue.

April 26

The first night of Deborah’s class “The Art of Short Stories” at Lexington Community Education.

April 15

Deborah lectures on haiku at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

April 1

The spring issue of Bear Creek Haiku is released. It features two of Deborah’s haiku.

March 3

Five of Deborah’s poems are reprinted in the Stoneham Sun.

February 27

“Partner” is read as part of “An Evening of Short Plays,” Mountain Stage Company, Henderson, NC.

February 14

“My Sister is an Actress” is part of Ganemeed’s “Ties that Bind” at The Factory Theatre, Boston, MA.

January 31

Deborah’s short plays “Christmas Tuba Festival,” “The Apology,” “Scribe” and “My Sister is an Actress” are performed at Shelter Studios, New York, NY, as part of “Suburban Tribulations.”

January 23

“A Different Use for a Grapefruit” is performed as part of “An Evening of Short Plays,” Mountain Stage Company, Henderson, NC.

January 15

One of Deborah’s haiku is reprinted on  “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

January 1

Issue one of Journal of Outsider Poetry is released. Deborah’s free verse poem “PTSD” is part of this journal.

January 1

The new issue of Magnapoets (Canada) is released. Deborah has a haiku and a tanka in this issue.

January 1, 2010

Deborah has a haiku in the latest issue of The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

October 25

Deborah’s thesis play “Mercy Mild” is read at The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, MN.

October 22

“Naked Women Fully Clothed” opens at The Women’s Theatre Project, Fort Lauderdale. Deborah’s short play “Partner” is part of the show. The show will be performed until November 15. www.womenstheatreproject.com

October  19

Five of Deborah’s poems are selected for “Poem of the Day.” From October 19 to 25 they will be posted on the electronic message board at Shreve Memorial Library, Shreveport, LA, and online on “The Electronic Poetry Network.”

October 9

Deborah’s play “Christmas Tuba Festival” is read as part of “Friday Night Footlights” at The Dramatists Guild of America, New York.

October 8

“Shelterskelter XIV” opens at the Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha, NE. The show runs until October 31. Deborah’s play “Safe” is part of the show. http://www.shelterbelt.org/SSXIV.html

October 1

Gusts is released. Deborah has two tanka in this issue.

October 1

While the Light Holds, Magnapoet’s anthology of Japanese poetry celebrating autumn and winter, is released. Deborah has two haiku in this anthology.

October 1

Deborah has two haiku featured in Ginyu (Japan). They are published in English and translated into Japanese.

October 1

The autumn issue of Moonset is released. Deborah has a haiku and a tanka in this issue.

October 1

One of Deborah’s haiku is in the most recent issue of Bear Creek Haiku.

September 22

Deborah teaches class one of “Short Stories” at Santa Fe Community College.

September 6

“Christmas Tuba Festival/A Different Use for a Grapefruit” (the new, long one-act version) is read by Accokeek Creek Theatre Co. at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts “Page to Stage Festival.”

August 20

“Corner, Corners, Cornered” opens. Deborah’s short play “Scribe” was one of nine plays that won the “Corner, Corners, and Cornered One Act Playwriting Competition.” The winning plays will be performed at the Lebanon Community Theatre, Lebanon, PA August 20-23.

July 25

Sol-O Fest opens at The Filling Station, Albuquerque, NM. Deborah performs four shorts that she wrote.

July 20

Diversion Press releases Meanderings. Deborah has two poems in this anthology. One of her poems receives “Second Place” in the Diversion Press Poetry Contest.

July 1

The summer issue of Modern English Tanka is released. Deborah has two tanka in this issue.

June 28

Deborah graduates with an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.

June 27

The Women’s Theatre Project, Fort Lauderdale, FL, presents “Girl Play: The First Annual Lesbian Play Reading Festival.” The festival includes Deborah’s short play “Partner.”

June 26

Deborah teaches “Great Beginnings to Plays, Films and Short Stories” at Goddard College.

June 26

The Spring 2009 issue of Pitkin Review is released. Deborah was Lead Drama Editor for this issue.

June 1

Deborah’s short play “The Apology” is published in The Red Clay Review.

June 1

Ten of Deborah’s haiku are reprinted in Taj Mahal Review, a literary magazine in India.

May 21

Deborah adapted her short play “A Different Use for a Grapefruit/Christmas Tuba Festival” into a short story. It receives “Third Place for Fiction” in the Dylan Days Writing Competition, an arts and music festival in Bob Dylan’s hometown. It is also published in Talkin’ Blues.

May 20

Deborah publishes a poem in The Christian Science Monitor.

Click here to read it.

May 1

Haiku Novine, a literary magazine in Serbia, publishes one of Deborah’s haiku. (They publish the original English version, and the Serbian translation.)

May 1

a fine line, the journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society, is released. It includes one of Deborah’s haiku.

May 1

Moonset is released. Deborah has a tanka, a senryu, and a haiku in this issue.

April 1

The spring issue of Modern English Tanka is released. Deborah has five tanka in this issue.

March 1

The New Zealand poetry magazine Valley Micropress releases their March/April issue. It includes five of Deborah’s haiku.

February 15

“Dear Diary: Teenage Diaries II” at the Santa Fe Film Center. Deborah is one of the diarists. She also worked on the publicity.

February 14 & 15

Benchwarmers VIII: The Santa Fe Festival of Short Plays Reading Series takes place. Deborah’s play, “Partner,” is part of this show.

February 7

Deborah teaches a class on “Japanese Poetry” at Santa Fe Community College.

January 26

The Santa Fe New Mexican’s “Wedding Guide” is released. Deborah wrote an article about saving money on your wedding.

January 6

Deborah publishes a haiku on “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of  International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

January 11

While at Goddard, Deborah teaches a class on the movie “Back to the Future.”

January 6

The Fall 2008 issue of Pitkin Review is released. Deborah was Lead Drama Editor for this issue.

January 4

Deborah returns to Goddard for her fourth residency towards her MFA in Creative Writing.

January 1

Magnapoets, a Canadian literary journal, is released. Deborah has one haiku in this issue.

January 1

Prune Juice is released. This issue includes one of Deborah’s senryu.

January 1

The New Zealand poetry magazine Valley Micropress releases their January/February issue. It includes five of Deborah’s haiku.

January 1

South by Southeast is released. This issue contains two of Deborah’s haiku.

January 1

Ambrosia’s winter issue is released. It includes one of Deborah’s haiku.

January 1

Modern English Tanka’s winter issue is released. Deborah has one tanka in this issue.

January 1, 2009

Bear Creek Haiku releases their winter issue, which features one of Deborah’s haiku.

November 22

Deborah teaches “Getting Published” at  Santa Fe Community College.

November 21 to December 27

“Chicago Christmas Spectacular” by ARFTCo. Deborah’s play “A Different Use for a Grapefruit/Christmas Tuba Festival” is part of the Saturday night showcase.

November 15

Chicago Dramatists “What Scares Me Most,” with Guest Director Joy Meads, Literary Manager of Steppenwolf Theatre, features Deborah’s play “The Apology.”

October 1

Deborah receives the “Creative Writing Student Outstanding Haiku Award” from The Aurorean. Her winning haiku is published in the October issue.

October 1

Ambrosia is released, featuring one of Deborah’s haiku. The magazine describes itself as “100 top drawer haiku from twenty-eight leading poets from around the world.”

October 1

Gin’yu, one of Japan’s haiku journals, is released. Two of Deborah’s haikus are in this issue, both in their original English and translated into Japanese.

October 1

FreeXpresSion, an Australian literary magazine, is released. It features one of Deborah’s haiku.

October 1

The Nor’Easter, The Haiku Society of America’s Northeast Region’s Journal, is released. Deborah has a haiku in this issue.

October 1

The Autumn 2008 issue of Moonset is released. Deborah has a haiku in this issue.

October 1

Valley Micropress, a New Zealand poetry magazine, is released. Five of Deborah’s haiku are included.

October 1

Modern English Tanka is released. Deborah has three tanka in this issue.

October 1

The “Way Back Home” exhibit opens at 3 Lights Gallery, a UK-based online gallery of haiku and tanka. Deborah has two haiku in this exhibit.

September 15

Bear Creek Haiku’s autumn issue is released. It features two haiku by Deborah.

September 1

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts “Page to Stage” Festival. Deborah’s play, “A Different Use for a Grapefruit” is read by Accokeek Creek Theatre.

August 29

“The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan),  publishes one of Deborah’s haiku.

August 15

Deborah publishes a haiku on “The Asahi Haikuist Network,” which is on the website of  International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (Japan).

July 19

At Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education, Deborah teaches “Getting Published.”

July 16

Deborah teaches at “Writing and Reading Day,” a program for 3rd to 6th graders at the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos.

 

July 16

Deborah teaches “Short Stories I” at Santa Fe Community College Continuing Education.

July 12

Deborah participates in Chicago Dramatist’s “Master Class.

July 2

The spring 2008 issue of Pitkin Review is released. Deborah’s play “The Announcement” is part of this journal. Click here to read the online version The Pitkin Review.

July 1

Quay Journal is released. Deborah’s poem “Empty Bed” is part of this journal. Click here to read the online version Quay Journal

June 26-July 4

Deborah returns to Goddard for her third residency toward her MFA in Creative Writing. www.goddard.edu

June 14

“Frontiers in Writing.” Deborah’s screenplay “Tu-Be” is a finalist.

May 30-June 1

Deborah’s collection of short plays “Unspeakable” is performed as a fundraiser for Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center. Visit UnspeakableThePlay.com

May 1

Ironweed’s production of “Doubt” opens at El Museo Cultural. Deborah was the dramaturge for this show.

April 17

Deborah’s food articles on matzah brei, and charoset run in the Passover issue of Boston’s Jewish Journal. 

April 6

“Journals from the Past” opens. Deborah assisted with this show. Click here to read more.

April 5

Deborah’s short play “The Apology” is workshopped at the Santa Fe Performing Arts Center’s Playwright Directors Unit.

March 29

Deborah teaches “Transform Your Short Story, Narrative Essay, or Narrative Poem into a Short Play” at the Literary Project Management office.

March 8

Deborah teaches “Getting Published” in the Continuing Education Department of Santa Fe Community College.

February 21

Deborah begins the spring semester teaching “Short Stories I” in the Continuing Education Department of Santa Fe Community College.

January 31 to February 10

Benchwarmers VII: The Santa Fe Playhouse Festival of Short Plays. “The Wedding That Was Not Meant To Be,” a short play by Peggy Van Hulsteyn and Deborah Finkelstein, is part of this festival.  Click here for more information.

January 3, 2008

Deborah returns to Goddard College for her second residency toward her MFA in Creative Writing. www.goddard.edu

October 6

As part of the Short Story Festival, Deborah reads her short story “Snow Angel” at Body Cafe, Santa Fe. This story received Third Place in the Santa Fe Community College Writing Competition 2006.

September 29

Deborah teaches “Getting Published” in the Continuing Education Department of Santa Fe Community College.

September 23

“Dear Diary” takes place at the Santa Fe Film Center. Deborah reads “Another Great Thanksgiving.” Read more by clicking here.

September 20

Deborah begins the fall semester teaching “Short Stories I” in the Continuing Education Department of Santa Fe Community College.

September 1

The September issue of the Santa Fean is released. Deborah wrote the article “Weaving Past, Present, and Future.”

August 31

Deb’s article “What to Do When Your ‘Frum’ Kids Come for a Visit” runs in Boston’s Jewish Journal. Click here to read the article.

August 30

“Get a Little Sweeter This Year!” (Deborah’s article on chocolate honey cake) is published in Jewish newspapers and food sections of secular newspapers. Click here to read the article in the Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia.

July  27

Deborah hosts the Santa Fe Writers’ Party at Counter Culture, Santa Fe, NM.

July 19

GuestLife New Mexico hosts a release party at The Compound Restaurant, Santa Fe. The new issue includes “Creature Comforts,” an article that Deborah wrote about Southern New Mexico.

July 18

Deborah teaches at “Writing and Reading Day,” a program for 3rd to 6th graders at the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos.

July 17

Deborah begins a new semester teaching “Short Stories I” in the Continuing Education Department of Santa Fe Community College.

July 12

“Festival of Summer Shorts” opens in Portland, OR. The festival includes Deborah’s short play “My Sister is an Actress.”

July 8

The Santa Fe New Mexican publishes Deborah’s review of For One More Day by Mitch Albom.. Click here to read the article.

June 29

“A Journey Through Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine” (Deborah’s article on the book Mama Nazima’s Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine and an interview with the author Rivka Goldman) is published in the Jewish Journal, Boston, MA.  This article originally ran in the food section of The Santa Fe New Mexican. Deborah then resold it to secular and Jewish newspapers in the US and UK.  Click here to read the article in the Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia. For more information on the book, visit  iraqijewishcuisine.com

June 24

Deborah goes to Goddard College for her first residency towards her MFA in Creative Writing. www.goddard.edu

June 8

Celebration opens to a sold-out audience at The Lodge, Santa Fe, NM.  Deborah is the publicist for this play.

June 4

Summer classes begin at Northern New Mexico College. Deborah teaches English 109.

June 2

Deborah teaches “Fiction Workshop” at Southwest Writers, Albuquerque, NM. www.southwestwriters.com

June 1

Bienvenidos,the summer magazine of the Santa Fe New Mexican, is released. Deborah wrote the article on day trips in Northern New Mexico.

June  1

Deborah hosts the Santa Fe Writers’ Party at Counter Culture, Santa Fe, NM.

May 30, 2007

Time Warner’s Miracles of Motherhood is released. Deborah’s poem “Toddler” is part of this anthology.