Associate Professor of English
Office: Fretwell 255E
Phone: 704.687.4231
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Education
- University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, MFA, Poetry Writing, 1985
- Syracuse University , BA, English Lit., 1983
Areas of Interest
I am currently writing poetry toward a future fourth collection.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Books:
The Tyrant of the Past and the Slave of the Future , Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock , TX , 1989.
The Patriot, University of Georgia Press , Athens , GA , 1998.
A History of the Only War, Four Way Books, New York , NY , 2005.
Poems in journals (selected):
"Two Works," Columbia Poetry Review, No.20, Chicago , IL , Spring 2007.
"In the Cold," "Opening," Natural Bridge , No. 17, St. Louis , MO , Spring 2007.
"For My Pen Is," The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative Poetry, Green Integer Press, Los Angeles , CA , Fall 2007.
"Contra," "Down Low," Court Green , No, 4, Chicago , IL , Spring 2007.
"Echo to Narcissus," "Express," Colorado Review, Vol. 33, No 3, Fall 2007.
" Muscle Beach ," Crazyhorse, No. 69, Spring 2006.
"Her Renaissance," The Massachusetts Review , Vol. 46, No. 1, Amherst , MA , Spring 2005.
"Incest," "A History of the Only War," Field , No, 67, Oberlin , OH , Spring 2004.
"Greedy for Less," "The Matter," American Poetry Review , Vol. 32, No. 2, Philadelphia , PA , March/April 2003.
Presentations:
"The Poetry of Mourning: Contemporary Elegy," Associated Writing Programs Convention, Spring 2007, Atlanta , GA.
Courses Taught
- English 2105 Introduction to Poetry
- English 2126 Introduction to Creative Writing
- LBST 2212 Poetry and Society
- English 4202/5202 Poetry Writing Workshop
- English 4208/5208 Writing Poetry,
- English 4050 Special Topics: "Writing the Long Poem,"
Professional Appointments
Awards
- Associated Writing Programs Poetry Award, 1989
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