Writings

Writing Awards

• Finalist, Independent Book Publishers Perennial Seller Award, 2017

• Co-host, Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield, MA

• Board Member, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute

• Induction into International Educators Hall of Fame, 2015

• Semifinalist, 2015 Fineline Competition, Mid-American Review

• Semifinalist, 2014 Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize

• Semifinalist, 1996 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review

• Member, Los Angeles 1998 Slam Team

Fiction

• The Swallow and the Nightingale, Strong Voices Publishing, 2014

• “A Matter of Time”, short story, Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, 45, Winter, 1992

Poetry Books

• The Sanctuary of Artemis: A Collection of Contextual Poetry, Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach, 2011

• When Civilizations Die, limited edition chapbook, 1997

• Be Ye Love, limited edition chapbook, Inevitable Press, 1997

• A Matter of Time and Poems, limited edition chapbook, 1996

Poetry (Selected)

• “Keeping the Ground,” Poetry Super Highway, 26th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue, 2024
• “What Light Is”, In: Tiny Moments Vol II (David Pring-Mill, ed), Bronze Birds Books, 2024, p. 16
• “March 18, 2011”, In: Tiny Moments Vol II (David Pring-Mill, ed), Bronze Birds Books, 2024, p. 52
• “Another Day,” Poetry Super Highway, 25th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue, 2023

• “Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett,” ONTHEBUS, Issue 23, Bambaz Press, 2018.

• “My Mother’s Hands,” ONTHEBUS, Issue 23, Bambaz Press, 2018.

• “Separation,” In: Short Poems Got Nobody To Love, (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2016.

• “My Star Light,” In: Short Poems Got Nobody To Love, (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2016.

• “Hard K Sounds,” Spectrum 3, 2016

• “As We Speak,” Spectrum, 2015

• “The Evolutionary Record,” Soul-Lit, Summer, 2015

• “On The Sanctuary of Artemis Dying,” Soul-Lit, Summer, 2015

• “Friday Night at Agios Konstantinos,” Soul-Lit, Summer, 2015

• “Lovesickness,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall: Episode Two: Attack of the Poems (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2014

• “Libraries Lost,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall: Episode Two: Attack of the Poems (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2014

• “Hard K Sounds,” Moon Tide Press Poet of the Month. June 2014

• “I should know something about death. I have been in the seat.” Moon Tide Press Poet of the Month. June 2014

• “Orejas de Elephante,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2013.

• “The Recipe,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2013.

• “Me and Meryl Streep,” The Hummingbird Review, Vol. IV, 2013

• “Evolutionary Record,” The Hummingbird Review, Vol. III, 2012

• “I Love Popcorn”, Don’t Blame the Ugly Mug, ed. Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, Tebot Bach, 2011

• “When Civilizations Die”, The Hummingbird Review, Spring, 2011

• “Friday Night at Agios Konstantinos”, The Hummingbird Review, Spring, 2011

• “The Small Fortress at Terezin,” Poetry Super Highway, Apr, 2009

• “The Rock of Sibyl at Delphi”, poeticdiversity.org, August 2008

• “Keeping The Ground,” In Blood to Remember,(ed. Charles Fishman), Time Being Books, 2007

• “The Synagoga Stara at Krakow,” Poetry Super Highway, Apr 16-22, 2007

• “Perception,” Get Underground, March 2007

• “Someone Said Everything is a Gift,” New Works Review,2007

• “When They Go”, New Works Review, 2007

• “Abracadabra”, Mannequin Envy, Winter, 2007

• “Garden of the Dead”, poeticdiversity, April 2007

• “Abracadabra”, Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets, Tebot Bach, 2006

• “On The Sanctuary of Artemis Dying”, ONTHEBUS, 19/20, 2005

• “Dinner at Archanes, Crete”, Sunspinner, 2nd issue, 2004

• “Evolutionary Record,” The Southern California Anthology, Vol. XVIII, 2003

• “Abracadabra”, Rattle, December 1998

• “Be Ye God”, Spillway, Vol 8, October 1998

• “The Campground Host”, Peregrine 1997, Vol XVI, November 1997

Non-fiction

• “100TPC at the Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse” in 100 Thousand Poets for Change: 10+ Years of Poetic Activism, A Collective Memory (2011-2023), Edited by Pilar Rodriguez Aranda, Lisa Vihos, and Canuto Roldan. Ediciones AnArca Editions, 2023
• “Finding My Authentic Self,” Side-Eye on the Apocalypse: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry from 2020, Common Forces Press, 2021

• “The Difference,” Fired Up Magazine, Climate Change and Consciousness special edition, 2019

• “Another Blue Day,” In: Earth Etudes for Elul, Katy Z. Allen (editor), Strong Voices Publishing, 2018

• “Dandelions and Teshuvah,” In: Earth Etudes for Elul, Katy Z. Allen (editor), Strong Voices Publishing, 2018

• “Inspirational Play at Expresso,” Medfield Hometown Weekly, August 24, 2017

• “Coffeehouse Celebrates Its First Anniversary,” Medfield Hometown Weekly, February 23, 2017

• “The First Time I Closed An Airport” In: Firsts: Writers’ Loft Anthology, 2016

• “And Just Who is the Supermodel?” Spirit of Change Magazine, Spring, 2015

• From Whence Comes Love (ghostwriter), Laguna Woods: RI Publishing, 2013

• “Laguna Beach: We Did It For You!”, National League of American Pen Women Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012

• “Contextual Poetry”, The Hummingbird Review, Vol. III, 2012

• “Beyond the First Draft”, In: News Clips and Ego Trips, G. Murray Thomas, Ed., Write Bloody Publishing, 2011

• “The Witch of North Long Beach,” In: Books by Authors: North Long Beach Anthology, Smolar Corp, 2009

• “Contextual Poetry”, IP eNews, Vol 3, No. 2, 2001

Produced Plays (selected)

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, produced by We Did It For You LLC, directed by Kerri Cooper, musical director Carolyn Waters (various venues throughout Massachusetts) www.WeDidItForYou.org

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, produced by SMART Theatre Productions, directed by Terra Taylor Knudson (various venues throughout California) www.WeDidItForYou.org

• “The Only Thing Greek About Me Is My Name”, directed by Karen Aschenbach (various venues) www.theonlythinggreek.com 

• “At Seven”, children’s musical, (music and lyrics by Penni Rubin), Toledo Repertoire Theatre, directed by Madge Levinson. www.AtSevenTheMusical.com

• “When I Was Called Tony”, (one-act) The OUT Theatre, Long Beach, CA

• “Vanillaville”, 15-minute musical, The Colony Theatre, Glendale, CA

• “Primed for Love,” The Eclectic Company Theatre, North Hollywood, CA

• “Amacry! The Neuronic Musical”, (music by James Harding and Peter Grand), directed by Glory Vernon, The OUT Theatre, Long Beach, CA

Staged Readings (selected)

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Millis Cultural Arts Festival, April 2017

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Mission Viejo Public Library, March 2016

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Toledo Public Library, March 2014

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Pacific Club, Newport Beach, CA, June 2013

• “Walking the Dog”, Look and Listen Performing Arts Series 5 Minute Play Festival, San Diego, CA, March 2013

• “Primed for Love”, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, October 2012

• “The Hole”, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, October 2012

• “Primed for Love”, Theatre Guild, Laguna Woods, CA, August 2012

• “The Only Thing Greek About Me Is My Name”, ANMT, March 30, 2007

• “Vanillaville”, Hollywood Court Theatre, Los Angeles, August 15, 2005

• “The Hole”, one-act play, FirstStage Playwrights Express, May 21, 2005

• “Life is Not a Flame,” Moving Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, March 18, 2004

• “Brain Swamping”, Strawn’s Attic, Los Angeles, CA, September 2003

Guest Blogs

• “Earth Etude for Elul 25 – Past, Present, Future”, Mayan Tikvah, Sept 26, 2024 https://www.mayantikvah.org/post/earth-etude-for-elul-24-past-present-and-future
• “Earth Etude for Elul 1 – The Perception of Time”, Mayan Tikvah, Aug 17, 2023 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2023/08/earth-etude-for-elul-1-perception-of.html
• “Not Just the Physical Level” Dec 11, 2022 https://www.shirleyriga.com/post/not-just-the-physical-level
• “All Because of a Dog:, Nov 20, 2022 https://www.shirleyriga.com/post/all-because-of-the-dog
• “Discovering My Choice,” Oct 13, 2022 https://www.shirleyriga.com/post/discovering-my-choices
• “Earth Etude for Elul 23 – Signal Hill”, Mayan Tikvah, Sept 18, 2022 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2022/09/earth-etude-for-elul-23-signal-hill.html
• “Earth Etude for Elul 29 – At the Hoh”, Mayan Tikvah, Sept 5, 2021 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2021/09/earth-etude-for-elul-29-at-hoh.html
• “Picking Up Trash: July 10, 2921 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/picking-up-trash
• “Air is Deceptive” June 26, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/air-is-deceptive
• “Subpersonalities and Ego States” June 7, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/subpersonalities-and-ego-states
• “Stuff of Stars” June 5, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-stuff-of-stars
• “Decisions, Decisions” May 28, 2021  https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/decisions-decisions
• “My Intention Drives My Experiences” May 27, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/my-intention-drives-my-experiences
• “Being in Flux” May 20, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/being-in-flux
• “Digging a Hole” May 15, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/digging-a-hole
• “Friend or Companion” May 5, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/friend-or-companion
• “The Process of Letting Go” May 3, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-process-of-letting-go
• “The Stages of Learning” April 28, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-stages-of-learning
• “Ten to One” April 22, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/ten-to-one
• “Steadfast or Change” April 17, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/steadfast-or-change
• “Choice Point” April 2, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/choice-point
• “Introspection” March 29, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/introspection
• “Tuning Forks” March 21, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/tuning-forks
• “Broken Open” March 14, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/broken-open
• “Inner Storms” March 7, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/inner-storms
• “Anger” March 4, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/anger
• “Core Beliefs” Feb 24, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/core-beliefs
• “Internal/External” Feb 17, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/internal-external
• “Want or Have” Feb 10, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/want-or-have
• “Parenting Myself” Feb 7, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/parenting-myself
• “Living With/Living Alone” Feb 2, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/living-with-living-alone
• “The Valley of Nothingness” Feb 1, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-nothingness
• “The Valley of Bewilderment and Astonishment” Jan 24, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-bewilderment-and-astonishment
• “The Valley of Unity” Jan 22, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-unity
• “A ‘Yes And’ Day: Reflections on the First Four Valleys” Jan 9, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/reflection-on-the-first-four-valleys
• “Contemplating the First Three Valleys of Attar” Dec 27, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/contemplating-the-first-three-valleys-of-attar
• “The Valley of Understanding.” Dec 19, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-understanding
• “The Valley of Love,” Dec 12, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-love
• “The Valley of the Quest,” Dec 1, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-the-quest
• “Being in the Now”, Oct 24, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/being-in-the-now

• “An Act of Service, Oct 19, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/an-act-of-service

• “Blessings,” Oct 12, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/blessings

• “Wounds into Wisdom,” Oct 8, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/wounds-into-wisdom

• “The Love Window,” September 19, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-love-window

• “Earth Etude for Elul 14 – Finding My Authentic Self”  Sept 2, 2020
  https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2020/09/earth-etudes-for-elul-14-finding-my.html

• “Earth Etude for Elul 3 – 200 Jewels.”  Sept 3, 2019 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2019/09/earth-etude-for-elul-3-200-jewels.html

• “Earth Etude for Elul 10 – People’s Climate March 2017,” Aug 20, 2018 

• “Earth Etude for Elul 29-Another Blue Day,” Mayan Tikvah, Sept 18, 2017

• “Earth Etude for Elul 5-Where are we going?”, Mayan Tikvah, Aug 26, 2017

• “Earth Etude for Elul 5- Changing Ourselves”, Mayan Tikvah, Sep 7, 2016,

• “Earth Etude for Elul 5 – Dandelions and Teshuvah”, Mayan Tikvah, Aug 19, 2015,

• “The Danger of the Patriarchal Domination Mindset: Can We Do Anything About It?”, Feminism and Religion, April 23, 2013. Web. Feminism and Religion.

• “Climate Change: End Game or a Second Chance?” San Juan Capistrano Patch, July 10, 2013 with Joanna Clark

Published Interviews and Articles

• “Author Spotlight: Thea Iberall” 45 Magazine Women’s Literary Journal , May 25, 2022 https://45magazineiwa.com/2022/05/25/author-spotlight-thea-iberall/
• “Framingham library to sponsor livestream of Dedham playwright’s story of women’s suffrage”, Dedham Times, August 18, 2020
•  “Thea Iberall Loves Bridging the Gap Between the Arts and Sciences” by Carine Nadel, Senior Reporter, January 2014
• Interview conducted by Michelle Angelini, Graffiti Verite, 2007

Scientific and Technical Books

• The Grasping Hand with C. MacKenzie, North-Holland: Elsevier, 1994

• Dextrous Robot Hands (ed) with S. Venkataraman, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1990

• Computer Architecture, 3rd Ed., with C. Foster, MA: Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1985

Scientific and Technical Papers (Selected)

• Iberall, T. Human Prehension and Dextrous Robot Hands, Intl Journal of Robotics Research, 16(3), June, 1997.
• Iberall, T. and Fagg, A.(1996). Neural Network Models for Selecting Hand Shapes. In: A.M. Wing, P. Haggard, and J.R. Flanagan (Eds) Hand and Brain: The Neurophysiology and Psychology of Hand Movements, NY: Academic Press.
• Iberall, T. and Arbib, M.A. (1990). Schemas for the control of hand movements: an essay on cortical localization. In: M. Goodale (ed) Vision and Action: The Control of Grasping, NJ: Ablex, 204-242.
• Iberall, T. (1987, March-April). The nature of human prehension: Three dextrous hands in one. Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 396-401.