EDUCATION
PhD, English, University of Utah (2011)
MFA, Creative Writing, George Mason University (2005)
BA, English, The College of Santa Fe (2001)
PUBLISHED BOOKS
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
PUBLISHED CHAPBOOKS
American Libretto, Sow’s Ear Press, summer 2015.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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
SERVICE
I am the poetry series editor at Acre Books.
TEACHING
I've taught courses in literature, composition, and creative writing at Willamette University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin, and George Mason University. My academic interests include creative writing, contemporary poetry, innovative creative nonfiction, literature by women, and disability studies.
PhD, English, University of Utah (2011)
MFA, Creative Writing, George Mason University (2005)
BA, English, The College of Santa Fe (2001)
PUBLISHED BOOKS
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
PUBLISHED CHAPBOOKS
American Libretto, Sow’s Ear Press, summer 2015.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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
SERVICE
I am the poetry series editor at Acre Books.
TEACHING
I've taught courses in literature, composition, and creative writing at Willamette University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin, and George Mason University. My academic interests include creative writing, contemporary poetry, innovative creative nonfiction, literature by women, and disability studies.
