Lolette's poems have appeared in scores of well-known literary journals and in a chapbook. Her first full-length collection was published in 2002. Poetry is her first, but not only love, as she writes in many genres, including short fiction, articles, literary criticism, and non-fiction. At the age of 6 she wrote her first poem, but did not demand permanent entrance until working on her doctorate in English at Case Western Reserve University, where she received her Ph.D.