Degrees and Institutions: BA, East Carolina University, English and Studio Art MA, East Carolina University, English MFA, Bowling Green State University, Creative Writing: Fiction Courses Taught: English 1500: Response to Literature English 2000: Intro to Literature English 2120: Native American Literature English 3130: Fiction Workshop English 4130: Fiction Workshop English 3200: Modern Poetry English 3300: Contemporary Poetry Research Interests: Literature of Survival, Literature of Religion/Spirit, Modern Poetry, Theodore Roethke
Recent Publications: Book The Secret of Hurricanes: A Novel. MacAdam/Cage 2002
Short Stories "The World in Red." The Sun. September 2010. "Trash." The Sun. September 2007. “The Falls.” The Sun. July 2005. “Rose’s.” The Sun. January 2005. "Jane." The Sun. April 2004 "Blue Velvis." The Sun. August 2004. --Nominated for a Pushcart Prize --Reprinted in The Mysterious Life of the Heart "Easy Street." Hunger Mountain: The Vermont College Journal of Arts and Letters. #3. Fall 2003.
Poems "The Graveyard in Derby," Forthcoming in Haibun Today. "River Coal," Forthcoming in Notes from the Gean. "The Galaxy to Ourselves," Contemporary Haibun Online. "I Keep Thinking About the West." Forthcoming in Fraglit. "Tonight." Fraglit. Issue #7. Theme: Solitude, Fall 2010 "Spring Passage, May," Notes from the Gean. September 2010 "Cairo, Illinois." Haibun Today. Volume 4, Number 3, September 2010. "Memorial Day." With comments by Bruce Ross. Contemporary Haibun Online. Vol 6, No 2. July 2010. "All Night and Day." Haibun Today. Vol 4, No 2. June 2010. "The Night Boat." Barnwood International Poetry Mag. April 2010. "Song for Ryokan." Contemporary Haibun Online. Vol 6, No 1. March 2010. "The Company of Dogs." Haibun Today. Vol 4, No 1. March 2010. "I Am the Zookeeper." Segue 8. 2009. "The Zookeeper's Loss." Segue 8. 2009. Work In Progress: Chapbook: Songs for Ryokan Novel: 1956 |