nominated for the 2015 Poets' Prize 2014: Irresistible Sonnets selected for the Washington Independent Review of Books Best Books List for June 2014 References External links Mary Meriam website Lavender Review, lesbian poetry and art journal 1955 births Living people American women poets 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century American women writers People from Passaic, New Jersey Poets from New Jersey Formalist poets American LGBT poets American women editors Bennington College alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni