Education
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M.F.A. in Poetry from Vermont College (1997)
Research Interests
- Poetry
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Hybrid Forms
- Literary Arts and Community
- Community-Based Learning
- Marginalized Learners
Professional Activities
The Literary Arts Partnership at UCF
Publications
Books
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Mud Song: Poems, Truman State University Press, 2017
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Creative Writing in the Community: A Guide, Bloomsbury Publishing, January 2014
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The Terrible Wife: Poems, Salt Publishing, UK, 15 February 2013
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Getaway Girl: Poems Salt Publishing, UK, 15 March 2011 Winner of the 18th Annual Frederick Morgan Poetry Prize
Creative Publications
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Poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Connecticut Review, Cimarron Review, Painted Bride, Hayden's Ferry, South Carolina Review, Potomac Review, flyway, and elsewhere.
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Essays and Hybrid Work have appeared in The Missouri Review, New Letters, Chattahoochee Review, Pithead Chapel, Saw Palm, Typehouse, Defunct, and other publications.
Awards
- 2018 Finalist: Conger Beasly, Jr. Prize, New Letters for essay "Delusions of Grandeur"
- 2017 Winner: T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for Mud Song
- 2017 Winner: Florida Book Award in Poetry, Silver Medal, for Mud Song
- 2013 Winner: Florida Book Award in Poetry, Bronze Medal, for The Terrible Wife
- 2013 Winner: The Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize for essay "Delusions of Grandeur"