EDUCATION
PhD, English (Creative Nonfiction focus), University of Utah (2011)
MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry focus), George Mason University (2005)
BA, English, The College of Santa Fe (2001)
PUBLISHED BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS
Lovely Asunder, University of Arkansas Press, 2011 (poetry)
The Riots, University of Georgia Press, 2011 (memoir)
Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us, Barrow Street Press, October 2015
American Libretto, Sow’s Ear Press, summer 2015.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 Oregon Literary Fellowship
2018 Renjen Prize for Faculty Excellence, Willamette University
2017 Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Teaching & Research, Willamette University
2017 Finalist for the Oregon Book award for Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us
2015 Finalist for the Howard Foundation Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction
2014 Barrow Street Book Contest for Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us
2014 The Sow’s Ear Poetry Chapbook Competition for American Libretto
2014 Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council
2013 Finalist for Montreal International Poetry Prize for “Transit”
2012 Taft Summer Research Fellowship, University of Cincinnati
2011 Great Lakes Association New Writers Award for The Riots
2011 Utah Book Award for Lovely Asunder
2011 Grub Street National Book Prize (honorable mention) for The Riots
2010 AWP Award Series in Creative Nonfiction for The Riots
2010 Miller Williams Poetry Prize for Lovely Asunder
2009 Meridian and Samovar Press Best New Poets Award for “Lovely”
2009 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “Threshold,” and “Tomato”
2008 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2007 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “Speak X” and “How to Pray”
2006 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “For You,” “For My Sister…”
2006 Residency Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS IN...
Misrepresented People: Poetic Responses to Trump's America
How We Speak to One Another: An Essay Daily Anthology
The Golden Shovel Anthology
After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays
Discoveries: New Writing from the Iowa Review
The Global Poetry Anthology 2013
A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry
Best New Poets
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN...
Memorious, Barrow Street, The Laurel Review, Hotel Amerika, Fugue, Nimrod, Arts & Letters, North American Review
The Georgia Review,The Kenyon Review Online, Diagram, Crazyhorse, Basalt, Essay Daily, The Journal, The Utne Reader, American Literary Review, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, Breach Press/LaChiPo, Smartish Pace
The Indiana Review,The Southern Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Cimarron Review
The Louisville Review, The Cream City Review, West Branch, Sou’wester, Phoebe, So to Speak, Hairstreak Butterfly Review
SERVICE
I am host and co-creator of "Lit from the Basement," a literary podcast.
TEACHING
I've taught courses undergraduate courses in literature and creative writing at Willamette University; graduate and undergraduate courses in literature and creative writing at the University of Cincinnati; undergraduate courses in literature, composition and creative writing at the University of Utah; the University of Wisconsin; and George Mason University. My academic interests include writing pedagogy, contemporary poetry, innovative creative nonfiction, literature by women, and disability studies.
PhD, English (Creative Nonfiction focus), University of Utah (2011)
MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry focus), George Mason University (2005)
BA, English, The College of Santa Fe (2001)
PUBLISHED BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS
Lovely Asunder, University of Arkansas Press, 2011 (poetry)
The Riots, University of Georgia Press, 2011 (memoir)
Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us, Barrow Street Press, October 2015
American Libretto, Sow’s Ear Press, summer 2015.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 Oregon Literary Fellowship
2018 Renjen Prize for Faculty Excellence, Willamette University
2017 Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Teaching & Research, Willamette University
2017 Finalist for the Oregon Book award for Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us
2015 Finalist for the Howard Foundation Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction
2014 Barrow Street Book Contest for Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us
2014 The Sow’s Ear Poetry Chapbook Competition for American Libretto
2014 Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council
2013 Finalist for Montreal International Poetry Prize for “Transit”
2012 Taft Summer Research Fellowship, University of Cincinnati
2011 Great Lakes Association New Writers Award for The Riots
2011 Utah Book Award for Lovely Asunder
2011 Grub Street National Book Prize (honorable mention) for The Riots
2010 AWP Award Series in Creative Nonfiction for The Riots
2010 Miller Williams Poetry Prize for Lovely Asunder
2009 Meridian and Samovar Press Best New Poets Award for “Lovely”
2009 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “Threshold,” and “Tomato”
2008 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2007 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “Speak X” and “How to Pray”
2006 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “For You,” “For My Sister…”
2006 Residency Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS IN...
Misrepresented People: Poetic Responses to Trump's America
How We Speak to One Another: An Essay Daily Anthology
The Golden Shovel Anthology
After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays
Discoveries: New Writing from the Iowa Review
The Global Poetry Anthology 2013
A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry
Best New Poets
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN...
Memorious, Barrow Street, The Laurel Review, Hotel Amerika, Fugue, Nimrod, Arts & Letters, North American Review
The Georgia Review,The Kenyon Review Online, Diagram, Crazyhorse, Basalt, Essay Daily, The Journal, The Utne Reader, American Literary Review, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, Breach Press/LaChiPo, Smartish Pace
The Indiana Review,The Southern Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Cimarron Review
The Louisville Review, The Cream City Review, West Branch, Sou’wester, Phoebe, So to Speak, Hairstreak Butterfly Review
SERVICE
I am host and co-creator of "Lit from the Basement," a literary podcast.
TEACHING
I've taught courses undergraduate courses in literature and creative writing at Willamette University; graduate and undergraduate courses in literature and creative writing at the University of Cincinnati; undergraduate courses in literature, composition and creative writing at the University of Utah; the University of Wisconsin; and George Mason University. My academic interests include writing pedagogy, contemporary poetry, innovative creative nonfiction, literature by women, and disability studies.
