Literature Program
Ramapo College of New Jersey
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
MFA ENGLISH, CREATIVE WRITING - POETRY
May 2000
Thesis: Glass Box
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
BA PHILOSOPHY emphasis in Poetics and Philosophy of Language
May 1995
Creative Writing, Poetry and Fiction
Creative Non-Fiction, Personal Essay
Contemporary Poetry and Fiction
Romantic, Modern, and Post-Modern Poetry
American and World Poetry, 19th and 20th Century
African-American Poetry
Literary Theory and Criticism
Books:
Miscreants
WW Norton, June 2007
A Parade of Hands
Winner, Gerald Cable Book Award, Silverfish Review Press, March 2003
Chapbook:
Holler, Zero Degree Press, 1996
Poems in Magazines:
(1998-present)
Ocean, New England Review, forthcoming 2007
Field Razing, New England Review, forthcoming 2007
Fulgarite, New England Review, forthcoming 2007
Osprey, Seattle Review, forthcoming 2007
Ox, Seattle Review, forthcoming 2007
Clay, Seattle Review, forthcoming 2007
Men in Wheelchairs, Poetry Northwest, forthcoming 2007
Script, 32 Poems, forthcoming 2007
Starlings, New England Review and Verse Daily, 2006
All Things End in Fragrance, New England Review and Verse Daily, 2006
Art of The Klutz, 32 Poems, 2006
Dog’s View of Human Sexuality, Forklift, Ohio, 2006
Night Crabbing, Blackbird, New Virginia Review, 2005
Painting of a Cart Virginia Quarterly Review, 2005
Draft Slate, 2005
Leda’s Aubade of Sink and Sledge Ninth Letter, 2005
Beached Whale Ninth Letter, 2005
Tree Planting Third Coast, 2005
Thirst, Meridian, 2005
Plato’s Aubade at the Turkey Hill Mini Market 32 Poems, 2005
Another Life Five Fingers Review, 2005
Late Autumn Wasp New England Review, 2004
Judith and Holofernes Gulf Coast, 2004
The Witmer Boys’ Attempts at Fainting the New Goat Carolina Quarterly, 2004
Squash Blue Mesa Review, 2004
Shift Painted Bride Quarterly, 2004
Antarctica, Painted Bride Quarterly, 2004
The Court of Forgetting Rivendell, 2004
Sound of a Body Falling off a Bridge X-Connect,2004
Underground Fence X-Connect, 2004
He Liked The Car; Meaning Pleiades, 2003
Scarification Post Road, 2003
Gleaners Post Road, 2003
Snapper Crab Orchard Review, 2003
Riding Backwards on a Train The Kenyon Review and Poetry Daily, 2002
Shed The Gettysburg Review, 2002
Coal Crackers The Gettysburg Review, 2002
Bathers Agni, 2002
Pomegranates Agni, 2002
Sleeping Shark Black Warrior Review, 2002
Morphine Black Warrior Review, 2002
A Parade of Hands Quarterly West, 2002
Symbolein Third Coast, 2002
Dementia West Branch, 2002
Other Shoe Time Sonora Review, 2002
Child Feeding Snapper Sycamore Review and Poetry Daily 2002
The Color The Drunken Boat, 2002
Fulgurite The Drunken Boat, 2002
Soft Shells The Drunken Boat, 2002
The Corpse Flower The Drunken Boat, 2002
My Letter of Introduction to God Antioch Review, 2001
Furnace Poetry International and Verse Daily 2001
Hinge Slate, 2000
The Farm in Coleraine Oklahoma Review, 2000
Gimp Visions International, 2000
Having Mailed a Postcard of Cocteau’s Arrow-Plagued Orpheus to a Friend Poet Lore, 1999
Nature Harrisburg Review, 1998
Adirondacks Harrisburg Review, 1998
Poems in Anthologies:
From the Fishouse: An Audio Achive of Emerging Poets, www.fishouse.org, Jan-Feb 2007, 32 Poems, 2007
Commonwealth: A Pennsylvania Poetry Anthology PSU Press, 2005
Legitimate Dangers, (listed in suggested reading) Sarabande Press, 2006
Poetry 30, (listed in further reading) Mammoth Books, 2005
Poetry Daily Anthology Source Books, 2003
More Than Animals White Pines Press, 1996
Violence/Visual Pleasure, 1991
Words from the Volcano, 1990
Poems in Translation:
Selected Titles Portuguese, 2001
Selected Titles Lithuanian, 1999
Fellowships/scholarships:
National Endowment for the Arts, $20,000 Individual Grant, 2007
Sewanee Writers Conference, John N. Wall Fellow, 2004
Bread loaf Writers Conference, John Ciardi Fellow, 2003
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, John Ciardi Scholar, 2002
PA Council on the Arts, $10,000 Individual Artists Fellowship, 2002
Sewanee Writers Conference, Tennessee Williams Scholar, 2002
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Staff, 2000
St. Petersburg Summer Literary Seminars (Russia), 1999
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Waiter, 1998
Awards:
Winner Gerald Cable Award, Silverfish Review Press, 2003
Finalist John Ciardi Prize, UMKC, 2002
Finalist A. Poulin Prize, BOA Editions, 2002
Finalist New Issues Prize, 2002
Semi-Finalist Morse Prize, 2002
Winner Anais Nin Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, 2000
Semi-Finalist Discovery/Nation Award, 1998
Nominations:
Pushcart Prize, 2006
Pushcart Prize, 2005
Pushcart Prize, 2004
Pushcart Prize, 2003
Pushcart Prize, 2002
Pushcart Prize, 2000
AWP Intro Journal Awards, 1999 and 2000
Ruth Lily Student Fellowship, 1998
Audio Recording:
Poetry Continuum Presents, 1996
Broadsides:
Whirlwind Press, 1989
Zero Degree Press, 1996, 1998
Non-Fiction/Talks:
“An Introduction to Beth Bachmann" Black Warrior Review, 2007
“On Your Desk" The Believer, 2005
“Confronting Your Demons: Writing the Unsayable" Panel at AWP Conference, 2004
“A Remembrance" Painted Bride Quarterly, 2004
“How Poetry Matters" Franklin and Marshall Alumni Association, New York City, 2003
“Toward A Poetry of Inclusion; Image, Artifact, and Ekphrasis in the Poetry of Larry Levis" (in progress)
Reviews:
“Tom Sleigh’s Dream House" Poet Lore, 2001
“Mark Irwin’s City of Light" Poet Lore, 2001
Judging/Editing:
Guest Features Editor, Black Warrior Review, 2007
Preliminary Judge, Bakeless Prize in Poetry from Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 2005
Member, Admissions Committee, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 2004, 2005
Virginia Writers Club, Poetry, 2005, 2006
Maryland Institute and College of Art, Senior Thesis, 2003
Governors School Awards 2002, 2003, 2004
Scholastic Writing Awards 2001
Academy of American Poets Prize 2001, 2002, 2003
Prolog Writing Awards, 2005, 2006
Hausman Writing Awards 2001, 2002, 2003
RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Mahwah, New Jersey. Fall 2006-present
Assistant Professor of English
Courses:
College English
Introduction to Creative Writing
Advanced Creative Writing
Service:
Colloquia Committee
Sigma Tau Delta
Political Science Search
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE Lynchburg, VA. 2004-2006
Assistant Professor of English
Courses:
Introduction to Creative Writing
Advanced Poetry Workshop
Literature and Culture
Freshman Composition
Independent Study: Reading and Writing Contemporary Poetry
Service:
Prism, student literary magazine
Thorton Visiting Writer Committee
Creative Writing Awards Committee
BREAD LOAF WRITERS CONFERENCE, Middlebury College, Ripton, VT. 2003-2005
Visiting Teacher
Craft Classes:
Feng Shui for Poets: The Short Lyric
Put That Thing Away: The Use of Objects in Poetry
Picture This: Innovations in Ekphrasis
Service:
Admissions Committee
Preliminary Judge: Katherine Bakeless Prize in Poetry
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, Lancaster, PA. 2001-2004
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Courses:
Introduction to Creative Writing
Introduction to Literature
How To Read A Poem: An Introduction to Poetry
Advanced Poetry Workshop
Contemporary American Poetry: Schools of American Poetry Since 1945
Independent Study: The Prose Poem
Independent Study: The World of the Narrative Lyric
Independent Study: Investigating the Lyric
Independent Study: Writing Poetry
Independent Study: Writing Poetry
Independent Study: Experimental Fiction
Directed Reading: Contemporary Poetry
Honors Thesis Advisor: Poetry Writing
Honors Thesis Committee: Rothko/Ashbery: Finding Space for Communication in Abstraction
Honors Thesis Committee: Russian Fairy Tale in Translation
Honors Thesis Committee: Same/Difference Cognition in Rhesus Monkeys
Service:
Founded, Directed, and Organized Annual Emerging Writers Festival
Co-Advisor, Prolog, the student literary magazine
Steering Committee, The Writers House
Organized Visiting Writers Series
Organized Student Readings and Field Trips
Attended Departmental and Faculty Meetings and Retreats
Quest: Learning program for Senior Citizens in Lancaster
Participant for LINKS: Students of Color Mentoring Organization
NEW ENGLAND YOUNG WRITERS CONFERENCE, Middlebury, VT. 2004
Faculty
SEE SEMINARS FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED, Lancaster, PA. 1998-2001
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE, Elizabethtown, PA. 2000-2001
Adjunct Instructor of English
Courses:
Freshman Seminar in Autobiography
Essay Writing
ST ALBANS SCHOOL, Washington, DC. 1999-2000
Writer-in-Residence
Courses:
Creative Writing Seminar
Independent Study Contemporary Southern Poetry
Independent Study Creative Writing
Service:
Organized Student Readings
Organized Student Field Trips
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD. 1998-1999
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses:
Freshman Writing, Composition and Rhetoric
THE McLEAN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND, Potomac MD. 1997-1999
Teacher Grades 6-8
Courses:
Language Arts
Service:
All meetings and committees associated with a faculty member status
THE JANUS SCHOOL Lancaster, PA. 1995-1997
Instructor and Tutor
Courses:
Language Arts
Reading and Writing
Diagnostic Tutoring
Service:
All meetings and committees associated with a faculty member status
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, Lancaster, PA. Jan-May 1990
Instructor/Teacher
Courses:
Creative Writing
University of Maryland, 2005
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2005
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, 2004
New England Young Writers Conference, 2004
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 2004, 2005
Sewanee Writers Conference, 2004
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 2004
Gonzaga High School (DC), 2004
New York University, 2003
West Chester University, 2003
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 2003
Warren Wilson College, 2003
Maryland Institute of College and Art, 2004, 2002
Franklin and Marshall College 2003, 2001, 1996
Elizabethtown College, 2001
McDonough School, 2001
St Albans School for Boys, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD. 2000
Druskinikai Poetical Autumn, Lithuania 1999
Vilnius University, Lithuania 1999
Lancaster Art Museum, PA 1996
PA School of Art and Design, 1995, 1993
Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia 1990
Villanova University, 1989
Lehigh University, 1989
Julliard School of Performing Arts, 1989
International Book Fair, Nicaragua 1989
Member, Advisory Board, Rivendell Literary Magazine
Member, Associated Writing Programs
Member, Academy of American Poets
Member, Poetry Society of America
FAMILY SERVICE OF YORK York, PA. Jan. 1995-June 1995
Youth Advocate/Counselor/Tutor
PRIVATE RESIDENCE Lancaster, PA. July 1993-Oct 1994
Independent Child Care worker
INTERMOUNTAIN CENTERS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Santa Fe, NM. May 1992-July 1993
Teaching Foster Care Specialist/Tutor
COMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS Pittsburgh, PA. March 1991- Jan. 1992
Founder and Director
COMMITTEE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE Pittsburgh, PA. Nov. 1990- March 1991
University Organizer and Advisor
DUNCAN AND PORTER HOUSE FOR THE HOMELESS Pittsburgh, PA. July 1990 - Jan 1991
Manager and Assistant Director
Letters of Recommendation available through
Career Services
University of Maryland
Hornbake Library
College Park, Maryland 20742
Michael Collier, Poet Laureate of Maryland
Director, Bread Loaf Writers Conference
Professor of English
University of Maryland
4147 Susquehanna Hall
College Park, MD 20742-8815
301-405-3819(w)
410-719-7312(h)
Stanley Plumly, Distinguished University Professor of English
University of Maryland
4153 Susquehanna Hall
College park, MD 20742-8815
301-405-3815(w)
301-652-8671(h)
Jeff Steinbrink, Alumni Professor of English
and American Belles Letters
English Department
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, PA 17604
717-397-7132
Tom Sleigh, Professor of English
New York University
Hunter University
718-243-1920
Alan Shapiro, Professor of English
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520
919-967-0545
Kim McCabe, Dean
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, VA 24501
434-544-8129
Phillis Levin, Professor of English
Hofstra University
535 W. 110th St. #36
New York, New York 10025
212-865-9245
Vance Wilson, Headmaster
Paul Piazza, Assistant Head of School
St Albans School for Boys
Mt St Alban
Washington DC 20016
202-537-6435