CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
PhD in English, concentration in Creative Writing, Georgia State University (2014)
MFA in Creative Writing, Georgia College & State University (2004)
BA in English, Minor in Women's and Gender Studies, Mercer University (2002)
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The University of Alabama, Fall 2017 – present
Associate Director for Visiting Writers (Spring 2023-present)
Assistant Director of Creative Writing for Visiting Writers (Spring 2021-Spring 2023)
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing (Fall 2018 - Spring 2021)
Middle Georgia State University, Fall 2015 – Summer 2017
Full-Time Lecturer of English
Mercer University, Summer 2010 – Spring 2015
Senior Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts
Georgia State University, Fall 2008 – Spring 2014
Advanced Teaching Fellow and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Georgia College, Fall 2003 – Spring 2008
Adjunct Instructor, English
HONORS & AWARDS
2024 nominee for The Pushcart Prize in poetry for “Weighing the Options” (Delta Poetry Review)
2023 nominee for The Pushcart Prize in poetry for “The First Man I Slept With After My Husband” (Atticus Review)
2023 Best of the Net Anthology nominee for “The First Man I Slept With After My Husband” (Atticus Review)
Semi-finalist for the 2023 Sandy Crimmins National Prize in Poetry (Philadelphia Stories)
Co-wrote a song on Remy Le Boeuf’s album, Architecture of Storms, nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category
Shortlist, The Oxford Poetry Prize 2022 (for “Dancing with the Red Devil”)
2022 Dog Daze Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest Runner-Up for “His Hands” (Blue Earth Review)
Honorable Mention, with Composer Remy Le Boeuf, 2021 International Songwriting Competition for “The Melancholy Architecture of Storms”
Winner, 2021-2022 Instructor Award for Excellence in Service, University of Alabama, Spring 2021
Winner, 2021-2022 Instructor Diversity Stipend, University of Alabama, Spring 2021
Winner, First Place in Short Fiction, Chestnut Review’s 2020 Stubborn Writers Contest (read story here)
Nominee for 2019 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry
2018 nominee for The Pushcart Prize in poetry for "What Hurts" (Mercer University Press)
The Disappearing Act named "July Read of the Month" by Southern Literary Review (read review here)
2017 nominee for The Pushcart Prize in poetry for "The Fire Next Door" (One Sentence Poems)
Winner of the 2016 Adrienne Bond Award for Poetry (Mercer University Press Book Award) for The Disappearing Act
Longlist, The 2016 Lascaux Prize in Poetry
2015 nominee for The Pushcart Prize in poetry for “The Kingdom of Childhood” (Atticus Review)
2015 Best of the Net Anthology nominee for “Your Laughing, or My Trying to Make it Happen” (Atticus Review)
2015 Independent Best American Poetry nominee for “The Makeout Party” (Atticus Review)
Featured Poet with Personal Interview, Atticus Review. 2 Feb. 2015. Web.
Featured Poet, Melodically Challenged. “Struttin’ Our Stuff” episode. WRAS (88.5 FM), Atlanta. 30 Nov. 2014. Radio.
Honorable Mention, Spark: A Creative Anthology Contest Six, Summer 2014 for “My Father Watching His Father Die”
Finalist, Poetry, Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival Competition -- Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2003, Spring 2001, and Spring 2000
Finalist, Creative Nonfiction, Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival, Spring 2003
Susan Dorothy Colquitt Scholar, Georgia College & State University, Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
Finalist, AWP Intro Awards, Nonfiction, Fall 2003
Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets Prize, Spring 2003
Finalist, Poetry and Nonfiction categories, AWP Intro Awards, Fall 2002
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
Hambidge Creative Residency Fellowship, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (Rabun Gap, GA), May/June 2012, July 2017, August 2023, July/August 2024
Winter Workshop, I-Park Foundation, Inc. (East Haddam, CT), March 2018, January 2022
Wintertide Rustic Retreat, Millay Arts (Austerlitz, NY), March 2022, March 2023, January 2024
Artist-in-Residence, The Anderson Center at Tower View (Red Wing, MN), May 2017
Artist-in-Residence, I-Park Foundation, Inc. (East Haddam, CT), June 2013 and June 2016
POEM PUBLICATIONS
“Leaning.” West Trestle Review, Forthcoming in March 2025 issue.
“The New World" and "This Year's Wife." Drunk Monkeys, Forthcoming.
“What’s Left” and “When He Said We’d Still Be Friends.” Rosebud, Issue 72. Forthcoming Fall 2024.
“How to Begin Again.” Book of Matches, Issue 12, Fall 2024, p. 15.
“Whisper My Name and You Might Hear Sorry.” Redactions: Poetry & Poetics “The Adoption Issue” (Summer 2024), p. 14.
“Ironing My Father’s Clothes.” ONE ART: A Journal of Poetry, March 7, 2024.
“At What Point Does Regret End?” Nelle, Issue 7, Spring 2024, p. 51.
“Dancing with the Red Devil.” Oxford Poetry, Issue 96, Winter 23/24, pp. 30-31.
“To Find Out What the World Is.” Birdcoat Quarterly. Issue 15. October 2023.
“Sixteen Rounds of Chemo.” Boudin (The McNeese Review online): June ‘23 All Poetry Edition. June 21, 2023.
“Weighing the Options.” Delta Poetry Review. vol. 5, Issue 14 (Summer 2023).
"Poetry at Dawn," "Needles," and "In Praise of Hangovers." New Croton Review. (Spring 2023): 58-60.
“Some Other Man.” Halfway Down the Stairs: “Strange Bedfellows” Issue. March 2023.
“Done.” James Dickey Review. vol. 38 (2022): 76-77.
“Stanzas for the End of It.” Whale Road Review. Issue 29. Winter 2022.
“The Problem with Metaphors.” Evocations Review. Issue 3.2 (Nov. 2022).
“Not Prometheus.” Eclectica Magazine. vol. 26.4 (Oct./Nov. 2022).
“The First Man I Slept with After My Husband.” Atticus Review. Spring 2022.
“Fairy Tale Ending,” Susurrus. Winter 2021.
“Each Morning that May,” One Sentence Poems. 30 July 2021.
“Why I Didn’t Say No.” The West Review. Issue 3 (Winter 2020).
“The Point of It Being.” Evocations Review. Issue 1.2 (Sept. 2020).
“Sestina for the Repressed,” “Teenagers Making Out in Rose Hill Cemetery,” and “The Morning After My Bilateral Mastectomy.” Hole in the Head Review. Issue 3 (August 2020).
“A Simile for His Voice.” Treehouse. Issue 15 (Spring 2020).
“The Speed of Light.” Unlost Journal. Issue 16 (Feb. 2019).
“First Birthday Post-Cancer” and “Snowbade.” James Dickey Review. vol. 34 (2018): 23-26.
“What Hurts,” “Crush,” “A Lifetime of Sweeping,” “What the Novelist Sensed,” and “Thunderstorm.” FUSION Magazine. 27 November 2018.
"Text Message." Eclectica Magazine. vol. 22.3 (Jul/Aug 2018).
"The Makeout Party." Atticus Review Annual. vol. 1 (2018): 116-117.
"For My Father, Who Tried Swimming." Metonym. vol. 8 (Spring 2018): 23.
"The Perfect Communist." HCE Review. vol. 2, Issue 2 (Feb. 2018): 60.
"Guilt Free" and "Learning to Read a River." Former People. 22 Jan. 2018.
"Triggers" and "Coffee County Prison." Welter. vol. 52 (Fall/Winter 2017): 37-39.
"How Quickly the Body Forgives," "The Fire Next Door," and "The Red Devil." One Sentence Poems. June 2017.
"What Hurts." Muse/A Journal. Issue 4 (Summer 2017).
"Beginning with a Line from Millay." The Raintown Review. vol. 13, Issue 2 (2017): 75.
"Headlines." Entropy, Dis*Articulations 2017: Reader Poems for May.
The Difference Between a Man and a Woman," "For the Guy in the Bar Drinking PBR," and "The Tour." Rat's Ass Review. Summer 2017 Issue.
"Reflection," "The Miracle of Hands," and "Everything, Just Noise." The Wild Word Issue 15: And So We Love. April 2017.
"Where I Come From" and "Why We Couldn't Stay." Deep South Magazine. April 2017.
"Something Closer to Joy." Whale Road Review. Issue 6. Mar. 2017.
"My Mother After My Fourth Round of Chemo." Calamus Journal. Issue 4. Feb. 2017.
"My Younger Sister Riding Shotgun" and "My Father Holding His Father's Hand." JuxtaProse vol. 10. Dec. 2016.
"At Twenty" and "At Sixty." Eunoia Review. 7 Oct. 2016.
"A Simile for His Name." One Sentence Poems. 2 Sept. 2016.
“American Tease.” Hartskill Review. vol. 3.1 (Summer 2016): 14.
“My Father Counting Change at Closing” and “My Twin Sister in the Print Shop.” Right Hand Pointing Issue 99: Bone Fire (2016).
“If Love Exits.” Emrys Journal. vol. 33 (2016): 131-132.
“My Grandfather in the Pulpit” and “My Grandmother in Her Kitchen.” Meniscus. vol. 4.1. (May 2016): 62.
“Lullaby.” The Healing Muse. vol. 15.1 (2015): 39-40.
"What You Must Understand." Stone River Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poetry. Eds. Carey Scott Wilkerson and Melissa Dickson. Mobile: Negative Capability Press, 2015. 76.
"After He Leaves." One Sentence Poems. 28 July 2015.
"The Tire Swing.” decomP: a literary magazine. July 2015.
"The Sharecropper's Son" and "My Hometown." TAB: The Journal of Poetry and Poetics. vol. 3.2 (2015): 12-13.
“Field Trips.” Southern Women’s Review. vol. 8.8 (2015): 76.
“How We Learn,” “The Kingdom of Childhood,” “The Makeout Party,” and “Your Laughing, or My Trying to Make it Happen.” Atticus Review. (Featured Poet) 2 Feb. 2015.
“The Miller and His Wife.” Atlanta Review vol. XXI, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 2014): 34.
“One Song,” “The Conjoined,” and “Study Abroad.” The Collapsar. (Issue 6) 3 Sept. 2014.
“Forget Him” and “In the Elevator, We Don’t Speak.” The Heartland Review. Summer (2014): 27-28.
“After the Bankruptcy.” Red River Review Issue 52 (2014): 35.
“Painting Blackbirds.” Review Americana vol. 9.1 (2014).
“Jill Explains the Fall.” Thin Air Magazine vol. 20 (2014): 80.
“Trying to Be Noticed.” Loose Change vol. 3.3 (2013): 6.
“Elegy for a Stranger.” The Oklahoma Review vol. 14.1 (2013): 258.
“The Baker” and “The Morning After Strip Poker.” West Trade Review vol. 4 (2013): 79-80.
“Kiyoko.” Right Hand Pointing Issue 62: [sort] (2013).
“At Thirty.” Reed vol. 65 (2012): 94.
“About Men,” “The Phone Call,” and “View from a Bench in February.” Umbrella Factory Issue 8 (2011): 21-22.
“The Secret of Life.” Ouroboros Review Issue 5 (2010): 3.
“Cicadas,” “Why I Do Not Teach Kindergarten Anymore,” “A Postcard Sends a Postcard Home,” and “For the Candle Five Hundred Years From Now.” The Red Clay Review Issue 3 (2010): 39-43.
“Waking Up at Four a.m. on the Neighbor’s Porch.” Old Red Kimono vol. 39 (2010): 22.
“Parent-Teacher Conference.” Rosebud Issue 47 (2010): 90.
"Watching an Old Springsteen Concert on TV." Love Poems and Other Messages for Bruce Springsteen. Ed. Jennifer Bosveld. Columbus: Pudding House, 2009. p. 28.
“Pretend You Don’t Owe Me a Thing.” Rattle: Poetry for the 21st Century vol. 10.2 (2004): 46.
SHORT FICTION AND CREATIVE NONFICTION
“Someone Special.” Burningword Literary Journal. Issue 107, p. 8-9. July 2023.
“His Hands.” Blue Earth Review. Issue 29, p. 33-34. Fall 2022.
“Coin Toss.” Months to Years, Spring 2021, p. 6-9.
“Word Problems.” Chestnut Review, Vol. 2.3, p. 5-18. Winter 2021. (Listen Here)
"The Stained Glass Windmill." Wraparound South. Winter/Spring 2018.
"How to Lose it All at Once." Entropy. 4 Dec. 2017.
"The Stranger's Hand." Cat on a Leash Review vol 2.1. Nov. 2017.
"When the Doctor Says Cancer." The Healing Muse vol. 17.1 (2017): 44-45.
"So It Is Cancer?" The Telegraph [Macon, GA], 2 Oct. 2016, p.6.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS
“Ode to Myself: A Flightless Man” (Collaborative Ode with my EN 408 students). New College Review: Illume, 2023, p. 41. Print.
“The March” and “The Path” (Collaborative Sestinas with my EN 408 students). Dewpoint Magazine. Spring 2023.
“Ode to a Drag Queen” (Collaborative Ode with my EN 408 students). Right Hand Pointing, no. 150, Jan. 2023.
“Listing and Listening.” Why I Wrote This Poem: 62 Poets on Creating Their Works, edited by William Walsh, McFarland Books, 2022, pp. 196-199.
“Endless Cycles” and “The Thane’s Pain” (Collaborative Sonnets with my EN 408 students). Dewpoint Magazine. Fall 2022.
“Anya Krugovoy Silver” (encyclopedia entry). New Georgia Encyclopedia. University of Georgia Press. 6 Mar. 2020.
“Evolution of the Writing Process: A Conversation with Dr. Sara Pirkle Hughes.” The Scarlet Newsletter. 8 Jan. 2019.
"A Conversation About John Keats with Dr. William Ulmer." The Scarlet Newsletter. Spring 2018.
Interview with Stephan Allison. River Valley Rhythms. WESU (88.1 FM), Middletown, CT. 15 March 2018. Radio.
" A Girl Gets Sick of a Rose': A Woman's Desire to Break Free." The Journal of the Georgia Philological Association vol. 6 (2017): 47-57.
"Gaining Something 'From Nothing.' " Deep South Magazine. 7 Apr. 2017.
"The Impatient Patient: How Cancer Expedites Revision and Submission." Atticus Review. 23. Aug. 2016.
"Born Out of Trauma: Writing About Chronic Illness." Atticus Review. 10. Aug. 2016.
"Cancer Rhetoric: The Illusion of Control." Atticus Review. 1 Aug. 2016.
Interview with jazz musician Remy Le Boeuf. River Valley Rhythms. WESU (88.1 FM), Middletown, CT. 23 June 2016. Radio.
“Teaching Through Treatment: Normalizing Cancer.” Atticus Review. 10 June 2016.
"An Interview with Sara Hughes." Atticus Review. 2 Feb. 2015.
“From Proper Nouns to Slant Sonnets: A Conversation with Poet Anya Silver About Place and Time.” Southern Literary Review. July 2014.
Review of I Watched You Disappear, by Anya Krugovoy Silver. Southern Literary Review. July 2014.
“The Personal Narrative: An Interview with Max Fine and Sara Hughes.” Interview by Jen Vala. Online Companion to GSU’s Guide to First Year Writing, 2nd ed. 2014.
Interview with poet Anya Silver. Melodically Challenged. WRAS (88.5 FM), Atlanta. 28 Apr. 2013. Radio.
“What Brings Us to Poetry.” Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture Issue 24 (2010): 145-151.
“Judson Mitcham and the Aging Human Spirit.” Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture Issue 11 (2004): 160-162.
“Finding Form in a Free Verse Poem.” Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference Pedagogy Papers, AWP Conference in Chicago, March 2004.
“Meaningless = Meaningful.” Associated Writing Programs Pedagogy Papers, AWP Conference in Baltimore, February 2003.
SELECTED READINGS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Pure Products “Anti-Valentine’s Day” Reading, Nocturnal Tavern, February 15, 2024
Featured Poet, Poetically Speaking Series (Writing Workshop through UA Counseling Center dedicated to mental health), Gorgas Library, Feb. 13, 2024
Pure Products, 52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL, October 15, 2023
Pure Products, 51st Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL, October 15, 2022
Pure Products, 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL, October 16, 2021
Lighthouse Lecture Series, Blount Scholars Program, UA, March 24, 2021
“The Greatest Indoor Reading Series,” Web, Broadcast from Queens, NY, March 19, 2021
Chestnut Review Winter 2021 Issue Release Reading, Web (January 16, 2021)
“Inside Jokes Reading Series,” Web, April 24, 2020.
2019 Boston National Poetry Month Festival, Boston Public Library, Apr. 6, 2019
Poetry, Music, and Dance Night, Boston Community Church, Apr. 4, 2019
University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL, Mar. 7, 2019
Thomson-McDuffie County Library, Thomson, GA, Feb. 16, 2019
AUM Southern Studies Conference, Auburn University at Montgomery, Feb. 1, 2019
SAMLA Poets on “Fighters From the Margins: Socio-Political Activists and Their Allies.” SAMLA 90 Conference, Birmingham, AL, Nov. 4, 2018
Selections from The Disappearing Act, Mercer University, Macon, GA, Oct. 25, 2018
“A Day of Celebrating the Written Word,” Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA, Oct. 24, 2018
30th Annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, “The Leaving and the Coming Home: New Poetry Collections” Panel, Nashville, TN, Oct. 12, 2018
“A Celebration of the Poetry of Anya Krugovoy Silver,” Candler Mansion Library, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 11, 2018
Poetry Celebration Day 2018, Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, GA, Apr. 12, 2018
Boston National Poetry Month Festival, Boston Public Library, Apr. 7, 2018
Berklee College of Music, Boston, Apr. 5, 2018
Georgia College Visiting Writers Series, Max Noah Hall, Milledgeville, GA, Apr. 4, 2018
The Disappearing Act Book Launch, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa, AL, Mar. 27, 2018
Second Saturday Artist Talk, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA, June 2012 and July 8, 2017
National Poetry Month Reading, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA, Apr. 27, 2017
Poetry Celebration Day 2017, Central Georgia Technical College, Warner Robins, GA, Apr. 13, 2017
The Disappearing Act Pre-Release Reception, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA, Feb. 23, 2017
Lost Keys Literary Festival, Macon, GA, Oct. 3, 2015 and Oct. 8, 2016
Open Studios, I-Park Foundation, Inc., East Haddam, CT, June 2013 and June 26, 2016
“Tipple + Poesy” Poetry Nights: Form Night, Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor and Apothecary, Atlanta, Dec. 16, 2015
New South Reading Series, sponsored by New South Literary Journal, Star Community Bar, Atlanta, Sept. 2008 and May 2014
Mercer University’s Liberian Student Fundraiser, Daybreak Center for the Homeless, Macon, Jan. 2014
Mercer University Creative Writing Reunion, Mercer University, Mar. 2013
Side Door Coffee House Reading Series, FBC of Macon: Apr. 2008, Feb. 2009, Feb. 2010
Original poem, “What We Learn From Our Teachers” - Inauguration of President Dorothy Leland, Georgia College & State University, Fall 2004
Selections from Anything Outside This Room: Poems, Arts & Letters Poetry Reading, AWP Conference in Chicago, Mar. 24 – 27, 2004
AWP Intro Awards Reading, GC&SU, Fall 2002 and Fall 2003
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Word Problems.” Session Title: Deciphering the "I" in First Person Writing. Panelist. SAMLA 95 (South Atlantic MLA Conference), Atlanta, GA. November 2023.
“Selections from Only One.” Session Title: SAMLA Poets: SOCIAL POETS. Panel Chair and Presenter. SAMLA 93 (South Atlantic MLA Conference), Online. November 2021.
“Excerpts from The Red Devil.” Session Title: SAMLA Poets on Power, Identity, and Relationships. Panel A and Panel B. Panel Chair and Presenter. SAMLA 91 (91st South Atlantic MLA Conference), Atlanta, GA, November 2019.
“Methods of Manipulation: A Guided Poetry Workshop.” Heartland Book Festival, Elizabethtown, KY, September 21, 2019
“Deconstructing and Reconstructing: Finding Hidden Poems in Vogue.” Session title: “Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite”: Women Writers and World-Building. Panel Chair and Presenter. AUM Southern Studies Conference 2019, Montgomery, February 2019
“ ‘Why I Didn’t Say No’ and Other Poems.” Session Title: SAMLA Poets on “Fighters From the Margins: Socio-Political Activists and Their Allies.” 90th South Atlantic MLA Conference, Birmingham, AL, November 2018.
“Selections from The Disappearing Act.” Panel Title: The Leaving and the Coming Home: New Poetry Collections. 30th Annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, Nashville, TN, Oct. 12, 2018.
“Utopian Kingdoms of Memory." Session title: Paradise is Overrated: Seeking Authenticity in Poetry. Panel Chair and Presenter. SAMLA 88, Jacksonville, November 2016
" ‘A Girl Gets Sick of a Rose’: Gwendolyn Brooks’ Desire to Break Free.” Race, Class, and Colonialism Panel. 11th Annual Georgia Philological Association Conference, Middle Georgia State University, May 2016
“ ‘This Ritual of Erasing’: A Selection of Poetry.” Session Title: Deprivation for Me, Daffodils for Wordsworth: A Presentation of Personal Poetry. National Graduate Creative Writing Conference, University of West Georgia, March 2014
“The Social Classwork: Utilizing Social Networking Platforms to Stimulate Critical Thinking.” Session title: Think Outside the Paper: Creative Alternatives for Composition. Panel Chair and Presenter. 85th South Atlantic MLA Conference, Atlanta, November 2013
“Excerpts from Twin Speak.” Session title: SCMLA Creative Writing: Poetry. 70th Annual South Central MLA Conference, New Orleans, October 2013
“Little Red Writing Hood: Using Fairy Tales in the Composition Classroom.” Session title: Harnessing the Power of Monsters: Using the Monsters V-Series Reader in First Year Composition. New Voices Graduate Student Conference, Georgia State University, January 2013
“‘Why You Stand There So Stupid?’: The Fixed Position of Women in Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives.” Session title: Issues of Repetition, Marginalization, and Desire in the Early Work of Gertrude Stein. Panel Chair and Presenter. South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures, Georgia Southern University, April 2010
“The Losin' End: The Politics of Exclusion in Bruce Springsteen's Lyrics.” Session title: Country Lyricists: Political Country. 81st South Atlantic MLA Conference, Atlanta, November 2009
“ ‘Painting Blackbirds” and other poems.” Session title: SAMLA Poets Session, 81st South Atlantic MLA Conference, Atlanta, November 2009
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE