EDUCATION

Ph.D, Creative Writing/Literature, Ohio University, August 2000
M.F.A. English/Creative Writing, Southwest Texas State University, May 1995
B.A. Broadcast Journalism, Southwest Texas State University, August 1991

"Studies for Title: On the Irrational Imagination/Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls"
Committee: Wayne Dodd (chair), Bin Ramke, Bob DeMott, Madeleine Scott.

Books:
Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls. Spuyten Duyvil (forthcoming 2001)

Journal Publications:
Chicago Review "A Guidebook to the Learning Curve." (forthcoming)
The Iowa Review "A Guidebook to Everybody's Business." (forthcoming)
Colorado Review "A Guidebook to Contretemps at the Contredanse." (forthcoming)
Colorado Review "A Guidebook to Their Latest Convictions." (forthcoming)
Colorado Review "A Guidebook to October." (forthcoming)
Notre Dame Review "A Guidebook to the Beautiful People." (forthcoming)
Notre Dame Review "A Guidebook to the Eternal Verities." (forthcoming)
The Journal "A Guidebook to the Yard that Read Itself to Sleep." (forthcoming)
The Journal "A Guidebook to the Landscape Described by Rivers." (forthcoming)
Fence "A Guidebook to Gallaher." (forthcoming)
Salt Hill "A Guidebook to Gettin' Outta Dodge." (forthcoming)
Quarter After Eight "A Guidebook to Smokers Paradise." (forthcoming)
Quarter After Eight "A Guidebook to the Closet." (forthcoming)
Quarter After Eight "Perspective of Disappearance." (forthcoming)
QAE "Do You Need to Know Anything About This One?" (forthcoming)
FIELD "Gentlemen in Turbans & Ladies in Cauls." (forthcoming 2001)
LIT "Olduvai Gorge Bon Vivants." (forthcoming 2001)
LIT "In the Orrery with Carol Anne." (forthcoming 2001)
West Branch "NOTES: the Time Spent Falling." (forthcoming 2001)
West Branch "NOTES: What She Brings to History." (forthcoming 2001)
The Boston Review "A Guidebook to the Afterlife." (2001)
The Boston Review "A Guidebook to When Things Were Better." (2001)
Denver Quarterly"In the Book of Telling Stories." (2000)
American Letters & Commentary"In Motion and In Repose." (2000)
The Ohio Review"A Walk Around the Pool Thinking Thoughts." (2000)
The Ohio Review"A Guidebook to Some Foreign Country." (2000)
The Ohio Review"The Sky Is Blue and Birds Fly Through It." (2000)
The Journal"Durational Issues." (2000)
For Poetry (www.forpoetry.com) "Of a Three Dimensional Object on a Flat Surface." (2000)
For Poetry (www.forpoetry.com) "Only What Happens Disappears." (2000)
For Poetry (www.forpoetry.com) "Comings & Goings at the Park on Sunday." (2000)
Indiana Review "The Odalisque on the Obelisk."(1999)
For Poetry(www.forpoetry.com) "Eolian Processional, Oak Ridge." (1999)
Denver Quarterly "Cocktail Party at a Summer House." (1998)
Denver Quarterly "Patination Estuaries." (1998)
Sulfur "The Attractions of the Attractive." (1998)
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review "Ritual For Fall." (1998)
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review "Medallions." (1995)
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review "A Breathing Lesson." (1994)
Black Warrior Review "I Thought I Was a Mailbox." (1990)
Black Warrior Review "Cattle Shooting." (1990)

Papers / Reviews:
"Langston Hughes and 'the Cakewalk': 'The Blues I'm Playing'" delivered
at the 1999 Louisville 20th Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY
"On Stanley Plumly's Selected Poems." Ohioana Quarterly (2000)
"On Richard Howard's Trappings." Ohioana Quarterly (2000)
"On Norman Finkelstein's Track." Ohioana Quarterly (forthcoming)
"On David Young's White Window." Ohioana Quarterly (forthcoming)

Instructor, Ohio University, Fall 1999-August 2000

Teaching Associate, Ohio University, Fall 1995-Spring 1999, courses taught:

ENG 151, Freshman Composition: Writing and Rhetoric (7 sections)
ENG 151, Writing Across the Curriculum paired course (1 section)
ENG 305J, Technical Writing (4 sections)
ENG 200, Introduction to Literature (2 sections)
ENG 202, Critical Approaches to Poetry (2 sections)
ENG 362, Creative Writing: Poetry (2 sections)

Teaching Assistant, Southwest Texas State University, Spring 1992-Spring 1995

Courses taught:
ENG 1310, Freshman Composition (6 sections)
ENG 1320, Literature for Composition (6 sections)

Assistant Editor/Web Page Editor, The Ohio Review,1998-Present

Duties include:
- maintaining correspondence and files associated with The Ohio Review
- overseeing student workers
- proofreading and assisting in the editing process
- writing and maintaining web site (www.ohiou.edu/TheOhioReview)
- assisting in the layout and design of ads and grant materials

Assistant Coordinator, Special Programs in Creative Writing, 1995-1998

Assisting the coordinator in all details and activities associated with the administration
of the Office of Special Programs, including:
- selecting and supervising of all student assistants
- maintaining all records and files
- planning and implementation of advertising campaigns of the program's activities
- the production of an 8-page newspaper highlighting the Spring Literary Festival
- the design, production, and distribution of posters
- the writing of press releases

Winner, Spuyten Duyvil Book Award, Michael Heller, Judge, 2000
Finalist, 4-Way Books Award in Poetry, 2000
Semi-finalist, Walt Whitman Award, Academy of American Poets, 2000
Finalist, Colorado Prize, 2000
Finalist, New Issues Press Poetry Award, 2000
Semi-finalist, Sarabande/Morton Poetry prize, 2000
Finalist, Walt Whitman Award, Academy of American Poets, James Tate, Judge, 1999
Finalist, National Poetry Series Open Competition, 1999
Emerson Award co-winner, Ohio University, Mark Cox, Judge, 1998
Finalist, New Issues Press Poetry Award, 1997
Finalist, Colorado Prize, 1996
AWP Intro Award, Li-Young Lee, Judge, 1990

Computer Typesetter, Many Circles. Albert Goldbarth (Graywolf, forthcoming)
Site Volunteer, Web Designer, Habitat for Humanity, Conway Arkansas, 10/2000-present
Panelist, "Live from Studio B: the art of conversation," WOUB Radio, May 99-Sep 2000
Computer/Web Consultant, Department of English, August 1999-Present
Ohio University Upward Bound, teaching English and Creative Writing, 1997-Present
CLEP Credit by Examination Grader (for English Composition), 1993-95
Coordinated and Created "Words Night: the Blue Pearl Reading Series," 1994-95
Participant in Poets in the Schools Program, 1995
Visiting poetry instructor - San Marcos I.S.D., San Marcos, TX, 1995
Writing Lab Instructor, Southwest Texas State University, Spring-Summer 1992
Assistant Editor, Southwestern American Literature,1992-94
Internship: KNBT-KGNB Radio; Production Technician, 1987-89

Served on the English Department Graduate Studies Committee, Ohio University, 1998-99
Served on the English Department Computer Committee, Ohio University, 1997-98; 1999-2000
Association of Graduate English Students President, 1998-99
Proposed and assisted in the preparation of a William Carlos Williams/Wallace Stevens
graduate seminar for Southwest Texas State University, Spring 1993.

Associated Writing Programs

Modern Languages Association

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