EDUCATION
PhD, English (Creative Nonfiction), University of Utah (2011)
MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), 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.
SELECTED 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
SELECTED ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Fourth Genre, Shenandoah, Chicago Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, 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, and Hairstreak Butterfly Review
OTHER MEDIA
I am host and co-creator of "Lit from the Basement," a literary podcast.
TEACHING
I have been teaching creative writing and literature in higher education for the past 20 years. During that time, I've designed and delivered curriculum for graduate courses, undergraduate courses, and mentored hundreds of students in writing. My academic interests include writing pedagogy, contemporary poetry, innovative creative nonfiction, literature by women, and disability studies.
PhD, English (Creative Nonfiction), University of Utah (2011)
MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), 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.
SELECTED 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
SELECTED ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
- 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
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Fourth Genre, Shenandoah, Chicago Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, 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, and Hairstreak Butterfly Review
OTHER MEDIA
I am host and co-creator of "Lit from the Basement," a literary podcast.
TEACHING
I have been teaching creative writing and literature in higher education for the past 20 years. During that time, I've designed and delivered curriculum for graduate courses, undergraduate courses, and mentored hundreds of students in writing. My academic interests include writing pedagogy, contemporary poetry, innovative creative nonfiction, literature by women, and disability studies.