Education

  • BA: English, minors in history and creative writing University of Alabama, 1994
  • MA: English and Creative Writing University of Tennessee, 1997
  • PhD: English and Creative Writing University of Cincinnati, 2001

Specialties / Areas of Interest

  • Creative Writing, Poetry
  • Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Fiction and Poetry
  • Southern Literature
  • Popular Culture and True Crime
  • Alfred University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences First-Year Experience Program

Research, Publications, & Presentations

Research & Publications

  • Poetry collections (books): Honeymoon Palsy (Measure Press, 2017); Roleplay (Dream Horse Press, 2012) The Man Under My Skin (River City Publishing, 2005)
  • Poetry chapbook: Anne Boleyn's Sleeve (Winged City Chapbook Press, 2013)
  • My poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. I have also published several personal essays.
  • My humor writing has been published at McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Belladonna, The Millions, and elsewhere.

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