Poetry. Winner of the 2018 Elixir Press Annual Poetry Award. Contest judge, Kathleen Winter, had this to say about it, Supple syntax and subtle variations in poetic form also add to this debut collection's complexity and polish. Readers across age ranges and geographical and economic situations are likely to resonate with the struggle toward psychic and professional liberation that builds momentum throughout this book--the sense of consciousness taking wing to escape the mundane, as the conflicted self 'becomes a hallelujah.'