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Jeffrey A. Mann

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Virginia Tech (2003 to present)

Courses taught include:

  • Appalachian Folk Culture
  • Creative Writing/Fiction
  • Creative Writing/Poetry
  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Creative Writing/Advanced Fiction
  • Gay and Lesbian Literature
  • Graduate Poetry Workshop

Instructor, Department of English, Virginia Tech (1989 to 2003)

Courses taught include:

  • American Literature
  • Appalachian Literature
  • Appalachian Literature (online)
  • Appalachian Studies
  • Composition
  • Creative Writing/Poetry
  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Introduction to Poetry
  • Introduction to Satire
  • Southern Literature
  • Gay and Lesbian Literature

Assistant Director, English Study Abroad Program, Virginia Tech (1993-1995 )

Instructor, Department of English, West Virginia University (1987-1989)

  • Composition
  • Business English
  • Introduction to Fiction

Contract Botanist, Lambda Environmental Technologies (1987)

Instructor, Department of English, Fairmont State College (1986-1987)

  • Composition

Instructor, Department of English, Waynesburg College (1986-1987)

  • Composition

Instructor, Department of English, George Washington University (1985)

  • Composition

Instructor, Department of English, West Virginia University (1984-1985)

  • Composition
  • Business English

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, West Virginia University (1982-1984)

Freelance Journalist, The Dominion Post Newspaper (1982)

Assistant Naturalist, Pipestem State Park (1981)

Recreation Department, Pipestem State Park (1980)

Freelance Musician: Guitar and Dulcimer (1979-1983)

BOOKS

2005
  • Loving Mountains, Loving Men. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.
2003
  • Bones Washed with Wine. Arlington, Virginia: Gival Press.
  • Edge. Binghamton, New York: Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press.
2000
  • Flint Shards from Sussex. Arlington, Virginia: Gival Press. Winner of the 1999 Gival Press Poetry Prize
  • Mountain Fireflies. Yosemite, California: Poetic Matrix Press. Winner of the 1999 Poetic Matrix Chapbook Series
1998
  • Bliss. Baltimore, Maryland: BrickHouse Books. Winner of the 1997 Stonewall Chapbook Competition

ESSAYS, FICTION, AND REVIEWS

2006

  • “Making and Taking Space for Mountaineer Queers: A Talk Given at the 2006 Associated Writing Programs Conference in Austin, Texas,” Appalachian Heritage 34.3 (Summer 2006): 24-27.
  • "Constructing Heaven," Lambda Book Report 14, 1 (Spring 2006): 12-13.
  • "Making Ourselves," White Crane 68 (Spring 2006): 7.

2005

  • "Raspberry Moonshine," Out of Control, ed. Greg Wharton (San Francisco: Suspect Thoughts, 2005): 140-154.
  • “A History of Barbed Wire,” Best of Best Gay Erotica 2, ed. Richard Labonté (San Francisco: Cleis, 2005): 30-34.
  • "Fireflies," The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories, ed. Greg Wharton (New York City: Blue Moon, 2005): 23-36.
  • "Valhalla in the Redwoods," Chiron Review 81 (Winter 2005): 16-18.
  • “Captive,” Velvet Mafia: Dangerous Queer Fiction 16 (Summer 2005): n.p.
  • “’A Beloved Place and People’: Landscape and Folk Culture in the Poetry of Maggie Anderson,” The Iron Mountain Review 21 (Spring 2005): 10-19.
  • “Hemlock Lake,” in Blood Lust: Erotic Vampire Tales, ed. M. Christian and Todd Gregory (Los Angeles: Alyson, 2005): 10-23.
  • “Dionysus Redux,” The Wildest Ones, ed. M. Christian (Herndon, VA: STARbooks, 2005): 86-100.

2004

  • "A History of Barbed Wire," Best Gay Erotica 2004, ed. Richard Labonté (San Francisco: Cleis, 2004) 111-115.
  • "Fireflies," The Big Book of Erotic Ghost Stories, ed. Greg Wharton (Garden City, New York: Venus, 2004) 23-36.
  • “Balsam Poplar Buds,” Bear Lust, ed. Ron Suresha (Los Angeles: Alyson, 2004), 10-28.
  • “Daddy Dave,” Best S/M Erotica 2, ed. M. Christian (Garden City, New York: Venus, 2004): 157-168.
  • “Fried Chicken and Spoon Bread,” Walking Higher: Gay Men Write About the Deaths of Their Mothers, ed. Alexander Renault (Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2004): 130-43.
  • “Loving Mountains, Loving Men,” Small-Town Gay: Essays on Family Life Beyond the Big City, ed. Elizabeth Newman (Memphis, Tennessee: Kerlak, 2004): 49-78.
  • Prepublication Review of Wet Nightmares, Wet Dreams, edited by Michael Huxley (Sarasota, Florida: STARbooks Press, 2004).
  • Prepublication Review of Dryland’s End by Felice Picano (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004).
  • Prepublication Review of Mortal Companion by Patrick Califia (San Francisco: Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004).
  • Prepublication Review of Love Under Foot,edited by Greg Wharton and M. Christian (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004).
  • Review of Screaming with the Cannibals by Lee Maynard (Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2003), in Appalachian Journal 31, 34 (Spring/Summer 2004): 421-423.

2003

  • "Appalachian Subculture," The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, X,5 (2003): 19-21.
  • Devoured (novella), Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire. (New York, New York: Kensington Books, 2003) 251-362.
  • "Not for Long," Best Gay Erotica 2003, ed. Richard Labonté (San Francisco, CA: Cleis, 2003) 229-232.
  • "A History of Barbed Wire," Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly 4, 3(2002): 75-80.
  • Review of Azrael on the Mountain by Victor Depta (Ashland, KY: Blair Mountain Press, 2002), in Journal of Appalachian Studies 9, 2 (Fall 2003): 458-459.
  • Review of The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things by JT LeRoy (New York: Bloomsbury, 2001), in Journal of Appalachian Studies 9, 2 (Fall 2003): 461-463.
2002
  • "Not for Long," Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly 3, 1(2001): 127-131.
  • "Emory and Henry," Rebel Yell 2, ed. Jay Quinn (Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 2002) 77-88.
  • "A Conversation with Irene McKinney," Her Words: Diverse Voices in Contemporary Appalachian Women's Poetry, ed. Felicia Mitchell (Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 2002) 194-205.
  • Prepublication Review for The Gay Herman Melville Reader, ed. Ken Schellenberg (Arlington, VA: Gival Press)
2001
  • Review of Sarah by JT LeRoy (New York: Bloomsbury, 1999), Journal of Appalachian Studies 7, 1 (Spring 2001): 155-156.
  • "Haunted by Home," Rebel Yell, ed. Jay Quinn (Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 2001) 149-162.
  • “Birthday,” Nightfire 1, 1 (January 2001): 68-69.
  • "Unreconstructed Queer," Callaloo 24, 1 (Winter 2001): 126-131.
2000
  • "Stonewall and Matewan," Journal of Appalachian Studies 5, 2 (Fall 1999): 207-214.
  • Review of Uncommonplace: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisiana Poets, ed. Ann Brewster Dobie, Gulf South Historical Review 15, 2 (Spring 2000) 69-70.

POEMS

2006

  • "Mountain Modes: Seven Dulcimer Poems," Appalachian Heritage 34.3 (Summer 2006): 13-21.
  • "Mountain Fireflies," White Crane 68 (Spring 2006): 22.
  • "Sycamore," ABZ 1 (2006): 23.

2005

  • "Kilts," Off the Rocks 12 (2005): 58-59.
  • "Ramps," Appalachian Home Cooking: History, Culture, and Recipes, by Mark F. Sohn (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005) 109-110.
  • "In Ireland," "The Bells of Bruges," Chiron Review 81 (Winter 2005): 19.
  • "Return," The Cream City Review 29, 2 (Fall 2005): 83.
  • "Homecoming," Bloom 2, 2 (Fall 2005): 48-49.
  • "Oasis," Poetic Voices without Borders, ed. Robert Giron (Arlington, VA: Gival Press, 2005): 79-80.
  • “The Men of Taco Bell,” “Civilization Comes to Summers County,” “Bereft,” The Spoon River Poetry Review 30, 1 (Winter/Spring 2005): 84-87.
  • “Ice,” “Gray,” Shenandoah 55, 1 (Spring/Summer 2005): 36, 37.
  • “Hemlocks,” Appalachian Heritage 33, 1 (Winter 2005): 50.
  • “Sugar Maples in October,” Bayou 44 (2005): 19-20.

2004

  • “Virginia Fantasia,” in I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage, ed. Greg Wharton and Ian Philips (San Francisco: Suspect Thoughts, 2004) 212-13.
  • “September Morning Fog,” Echoes from the Heart: An Anthology of Poetry for Peace (Provincetown, MA: Recovering Hearts, 2004): 64.
  • “Leaf Stains,” “Weekend,” RFD 30, 3 (Spring 2004): 14.
  • “Late May Mountain Gifts,” “Holiness,” Queer Poetry 3: n.p.
  • “Queen Anne’s Lace,” Appalachian Journal 31, 34 (Spring/Summer 2004): 389.

2003

  • "Galatoire's," Crab Orchard Review, 8,2 (2003): 142-143.
  • "Tent Caterpillars," Peaceful Poetry to Love Your Societal Conscienceness (Formerly Against Police Brutality: Toward a Societal Conscienceness), ed. Ann McCall, www.1stbooks.com (2003): 48-49.
  • "The Harvest of Motes," "Single Men," "John's Apple Pie," Appalachian Heritage (Spring 2003): 48-51.
  • "Doom," "Magnolia," RFD 27, 4 (Spring 2003): 33.
  • “Prisms,” RFD 30, 1 (Fall 2003): 35.
  • “Cernunnos Tattoo,” The Pagan’s Muse: Words of Ritual, Invocation, and Inspiration, ed. Jane Raeburn (New York: Citadel Press, 2003) 22-23.
  • “Milkweed Pods in November,” Appalachian Heritage 31, 4 (Fall 2003): 46.
  • “Weekend,” West Branch 53 (Fall 2003): 63.
2002
  • "Goldenrod Seeds," Now and Then 19, 2 (2002): 5.
  • "The Cosmopolite and the Convict," "Gathering Green Tomatoes in the Rain," Wind 88 (2002): 117-119.
  • "German Village," I Have My Own Song for It: Modern Poems about Ohio, ed. William Greenway and Elton Glaser (Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2002) 170-171.
  • "Ramps," "In Memoriam: Muriel Miller Dressler," "Helvetia," Appalachian Journal 29, 3 (Spring 2002): 343, 356, 357.
  • "Sunday Sunlight," "Duelling Feasts," BlackWater Review (2000-2002): 12-15.
  • "Wild Magnolias," Crossing Troublesome: 25 Years of the Appalachian Writers Workshop, ed. Leatha Kendrick and George Ella Lyon (Nicholasville, Kentucky: Wind Publications, 2002) 192-193.
  • “Creecy Greens,” Cooking Fresh from the Mid-Atlantic, ed. Fran McManus and Wendy Rickard (Hopewell, New Jersey: Eating Fresh Publications, 2002) 2.
  • “One Definition of the Perfect Lover,” RFD 29, 1 (Fall 2002) inside front cover.
2001
  • "Chowchow" and "Bluestone Reservoir," Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel 9 (Fall 2001): 36-37.
  • "Mallory Square," Midnight Mind Number Two, or The Guide to Safe Camping, ed. Brett Van Emst (New York, New York: White Fish Press, 2001) 61.
  • "Mallory Square," Key West: A Collection, ed. Brett Van Emst (New York, New York: White Fish Press, 2001) 174.
  • "My Sister's Potato Salad," The Holler 1, 1 (Fall 2001) n. p.
  • "Deleting Williams Hall," A Feast of Words 18 (Spring 2001): 14.
2000
  • "Over Country Fried Steak the Adulterer Retires," Literal Latte 6, 1 (March/April 2000): 4.
  • "Tom's Creek Graveyard," "Mizz Alice," "Splitting Chestnut Oak," Arts Alive! 2000: Anthology of New River Valley Writers and Poets, ed. Elizabeth Spencer and Ann Goette (Blacksburg, Virginia: Pocahontas Press, 2000) 8, 18, 68.
  • "Mountain Fireflies," L'Attitude 10 (Spring 2000): 10-11.
  • "Tomato Stakes," "Digging Potatoes," "Dilly Beans," Wild Sweet Notes: Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, 1950-1999, ed. Barbara Smith and Kirk Judd (Huntington, West Virginia: Publishers Place, 2000) 203-205.
  • "Maple Syrup" "Lemon Cake," Poetic Matrix 3, 1: 1-3.
  • “Coconut Fried Pie,” RFD 26, 3 (Spring 2000): 38.
1999
  • "Mountain Fireflies," "Creecy Greens," The Journal of Kentucky Studies 16 (September 1999): 50-52.
  • "Watering Broccoli," Potomac Review 22 (Spring 1999): 30.
  • "Bones Washed with Wine," L'Attitude 9 (Spring 1999): 3.
  • "West Virginia Towns," "Turnip Greens," Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel: Contemporary Appalachian Writing 7 (Fall 1999): 16-18.
1998
  • "The Misanthrope Grows Habanero Peppers," Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel: Contemporary Appalachian Writing 6 (Fall 1998): 7-8.
  • "Clematis," Weeping with Those Who Weep: Poems of Bereavement, ed. Barbara Smith and Arline Thorn (St. Albans, West Virginia: Trillium Press, 1998) 29-30.
  • "Snow Biscuits," "Downs," The Burg and Other Poems, ed. Anne Cheney (Lewiston, New York: Mellen Poetry Press, 1998) 16-18, 95-96.
  • "Grendel," "Not Getting Off at Farragut North," The Spoon River Poetry Review 23, 1 (Winter/Spring 1998): 16-18.
  • "Digging Potatoes," "Summer Night," Confluence 9 (1998): 33-34.
1997
  • "Duckpond in October," Nexus 32 (Fall 1996): 82.
  • "Possession," Prairie Schooner 71, 3 (Fall 1997): 24.
  • "Bliss," BlackWater Review (Fall 1996): 23-25.
  • "Cornfield in March," "Walking In Night Fog," Sulphur River Literary Review 13, 1 (Vernal Equinox 1997): 96-97.
  • "Burns Night, Hotel Roanoke," Scottish Life 2, 4 (Winter 1997): 80.
  • "October—Rehoboth Beach," Letters from Camp Rehoboth 7, 12 (September 19, 1997): 22.
1996
  • "Snow Biscuits," Ophelia's Legs and Other Poems, ed. Anne Cheney (Blacksburg, Virginia: Pocahontas Press, 1997): 47-48.
  • "Hilldale Woodgathering," Eureka Literary Magazine 5, 1 (Fall 1996): 84.
  • "Hawaii Kai," Amethyst 15 (Summer/Fall 1996): 6.
  • "Leaf Stains," The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review (Winter 1995): 44.
  • "Busing Through the Frostburg Highlands," "Aeolian," "Allen," Blackwater Review (Fall 1995): 6-11.
  • "Behind the Waterfall," "Pie Holler," "Dunkleheit," "Humus," Bohemian Bridge 3, 4 (Spring 1996): 14, 15, 22-23.
1995
  • "Moss Rose," Kinesis 4, 1 (January 1995): 12.
  • "Dismembered Maple," "Letter in an Ice Storm," L'Attitude (Spring 1995): 3, 24.
  • "Asparagus," "Sawing, the Last Day of Winter," Grab-a-Nickel 20, 1 (Spring 1995): 1, 15.
  • "Planting Time," Tantra 1, 4 (Winter 1994-95): 32.
  • "Serviceberry," Bite to Eat Place: An Anthology of Contemporary Food Poetry and Poetic Prose, ed. Andrea Adolph, Donald L. Vallis, Anne F. Walker (Oakland, California: Redwood Coast Press, 1995) 162-163.
  • "Snow Meal," The Poet's Domain 11: 52.
  • "Tomato Stakes," Antietam Review 15 (Spring 1995): 13.
  • "Biscuits and Honey," Amethyst 14 (Winter/Spring 1996): 28.
  • "The Crowbar Comes," Yemassee 3, 1 (Spring/Summer 1995): 27.
  • "Willow," "Scotch and Valentines," "Cardiac Cookies," Dead Snakes, Cats, and The IRS: Poetry of Rock and Rebellion, ed. Anne Cheney (Lewiston, New York: Mellen Poetry Press, 1995) 27-28, 95 97.
1994
  • "Graveyard Maples After Sleet," "Lunar Eclipse," "Another Droning Dismissal," "Weeds," Kestrel 4 (Fall 1994): 32 37.
  • "Rhubarb," Appalachian Voices (1994): 14.
  • "Georgia O'Keeffe's' Summer Days'," Parnassus Literary Journal 18, 2 (Summer 1994): 4.
  • "Frost Fugue," The Problem of the Passions: Feminism, Psychoanalyis, and Social Theory by Cynthia Burack (New York: New York University Press,1994) 70.
  • "Dark Wings," "Late March in the Woodyard," "Athletes," Iris 2, 1 (Winter 1994): 48-49, 56-57.
1989
  • "Note to an English Teacher," The West Virginia University Guide to Research, ed. Barry J. Ward (Acton, Massachusetts: Tapestry Press, 1989) 1-2.
  • "Dilly Beans," "June in Hinton," Appalachian Heritage 17, 3 (Summer 1989): 70, 79.
1987
  • "Jogging in St. Albans," "Midsummer in Forest Hill," "Unrequited Tenderness," Calliope 3 (Fall 1987): 3, 13, 25.
  • "Late December Sunset," "Yams," Laurel Review 20, 1-2 (Summer 1987): 118-119.
1985
  • "Waning and Waiting," Calliope 1 (Fall 1985): 54.
1984
  • "Christmas Eve," "Glimpsing the Witch Hazel," "Maple Light," "First Morning in Athens," The West Virginia University Literary Review (Fall 1984): 33, 41, 46, 60-61.
  • "How the Clematis Has Withered Along the Wall," The Green Fuse (Spring 1984): 44.
1983
  • "Assessing the Damage," "Brevities," "Indian Summer," "Getting Used to Fall," The West Virginia University Literary Review (Fall 1983): 8-9, 16, 45-47, 72

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
  • A History of Barbed Wire, a short story collection to be published by Suspect Thoughts Press in July 2006
  • On the Tongue, a poetry collection to be published by Gival Press in August 2006
  • "Locrian" and "Black Windows," in Coal: A Poetry Anthology, edited by Chris Green, Edwina Pendarvis, and Victor Depta
  • Review of For Love of Common Words by Steve Scafidi, in Appalachian Journal
  • Review of The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to Frog Level by Fred W. Sauceman, in Appalachian Journal
  • "Key West," in Queer Shorts, edited by Maria Angeline
  • "'Till the Ductile Anchor Hold': An Appreciation of Appalachian Folk Culture," in Traditions: A Journal of West Virginia Folk Culture and Educational Awareness
  • "Ice Storm on Flat Top Mountain," in Hot Cops, edited by Shane Allison
  • "Captive," in Secret Slaves, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Christopher Pierce
  • Review of An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature, edited by Danny L. Miller, Sharon Hatfield, and Gurney Norman, in Journal of Appalachian Studies
  • "The Ladies Mile Pub" in Kestrel
  • “Fireflies,” in Men of Mystery: Erotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense, ed. Sean Meriwether and Greg Wharton
  • “Demon Seed,” in Dangerous Liaisons, ed. Paul Willis
  • "After the Election: An Evening of Araporn," in Sodom and Me: Queers on Fundamentalism, ed. Greg Wharton and Ian Philips
  • “Love Made Solid,” in Birch Bark and Sassafras Tea: Tales, Cures, and Recipes of Appalachian Grandmothers, ed. Okey Napier
  • “Plantation Fantasies,” in Identity Envy: Wanting To Be Who We’re Not, ed. Jim Tushinski and Jim Van Buskirk
  • “Not for Long” in His Underwear, ed. Greg Herren
  • “Snowed in with Sam,” in PORN!, ed. Greg Wharton and Ian Philips
  • “4X4” in Departed: A Collection of Poems on Fathers and Loss, edited by Meghan Adler
  • “Relic” in His Underwear, ed. Greg Herren
  • “Buchenwald,” in In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself—Volume 6, edited by Marlow Peerse Weaver

ACADEMIC HONORS AND SERVICE

2006

  • Diversity Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Graduate Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Faculty Senate, Virginia Tech
  • Task Force on Career Pathways for Instructors, English Department, Virginia Tech

2005

  • Diversity Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Faculty Senate, Virginia Tech
  • Graduate Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Provost's Committee on Homophobia, Virginia Tech
  • Excerpt of "Homecoming" (poem) included in Stonewall City: Voices of Gay West Virginians, a DVD documentary.

2004

  • Diversity Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Faculty Senate, Virginia Tech
  • Work Included in the First Official Literary Map of West Virginia, Unveiled at the West Virginia Book Festival
  • College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Mentoring Meeting Planning Committee, Virginia Tech
  • Advisory and Review Committee Member for Project: QueerLit
  • Honorable Mention for “Single Men,” Appalachian Heritage Denny C. Plattner Award
  • Finalist, Masters of Midnight, Erotica Category, Lambda Literary Awards

2003

  • Diversity Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech

2002

  • Second Place Winner of the Now and Then Poetry Contest
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
2001
  • Judge, 2000 Gival Press Chapbook Competition
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Winner, White Fish Press's Key West Writing Contest in Poetry
2000
  • Finalist, Salmon Run Press's 1999 National Poetry Book Award
  • First Place, Literal Latte Food Verse Awards
  • Winner, Gival Press Poetry Prize
  • Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
1999
  • Nominee, Certificate of Teaching Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Winner, Poetic Matrix Chapbook Series
  • Instructor, Poetry Workshop, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, "Science and Creativity in Motion," Dublin, Virginia
  • Instructor, Dublin Middle School Poetry Workshops, Dublin, Virginia
  • Judge, Alfred E. Knobler Award Essay Contest, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Ad Hoc Creative Writing Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
1998
  • Instructor, Poetry Workshop, Southwest Virginia Governor's School for Science, Mathematics and Technology, "Science and Creativity in Motion Summer Camp," Dublin, Virginia
  • Judge, Blacksburg Middle School Creative Writing Contest
  • Instructor, Dublin Middle School Poetry Workshops, Dublin, Virginia
  • Poet in the Schools Reading/Workshop, Pulaski Middle School, Pulaski, Virginia
  • Judge, the 20th Annual Virginia High School Poetry Contest
  • Steering Committee, 4th Annual 39 Poets and Artists Against Hunger Contest, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Judge, National PTA Reflections Program Writing Contest
1997
  • Judge, Poetry Society of Virginia Contest
  • Instructor Concerns Taskforce, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Winner, Stonewall Chapbook Competition
1996
  • Steering Committee, 3rd Annual 39 Poets and Artists Against Hunger Contest, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Finalist, Stonewall Press Chapbook Competition
  • Social Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Presentation, GTA Orientation, English Department, Virginia Tech
1995
  • Collegiate Press Editorial Advisory BoardFirst Place Yemassee Poetry Award
  • Steering Committee, 2nd Annual 39 Poets and Artists Against Hunger Contest, Roanoke, Virginia
  • First Place, Poetry by a Professor Category, 1st Annual 39 Poets and Artists Against Hunger Contest, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Faculty Co-advisor, English Studies Association
  • Judge, Poetry Society of Virginia Contest
  • Judge, The 17th Annual Virginia High School Poetry Contest
  • Presentation, GTA Orientation, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Social Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • First Runner-up, National Federation of State Poetry Societies Chapbook Competition
1994
  • Social Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Presentation, GTA Orientation, English Department, Virginia Tech
1993
  • Instructor Teaching Award, English Department, Virginia Tech
  • Teaching Awards Committee, English Department, Virginia Tech
1984
  • Graduate Student Placement Committee, West Virginia University
  • Judge, James Paul Brawner Expository Writing Contest, West Virginia University
1983
  • James Paul Brawner Expository Writing Contest, First Place, West Virginia University
  • Rebecca Mason Perry Outstanding English Graduate Student Award, West Virginia University
  • Poetry Editor, The West Virginia University Literary Review
1981
  • Phi Beta Kappa, West Virginia University
  • Forestry Honorary Fraternities: Gamma Sigma Delta and Sigma Pi, West Virginia University

READINGS, LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2006

  • “Appalachian Folk Culture and Literature,” Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia, July 27-28, 2006
  • Participant, Memoir Panel, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2006
  • Poetry Reading Featuring Saints and Sinners Poets, Faubourg Marigny Art and Books, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13, 2006
  • Creative Nonfiction Reading, Harrington Park Press Reading Series, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, May 13, 2006
  • Poetry and Nonfiction Reading, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, April 26, 2006
  • Poetry and Nonfiction Reading for Arts Fusion, Easy Chair Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 22, 2006
  • Poetry Reading for Steger Award Ceremony, Graduate Life Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 20, 2006
  • Poetry Reading for the Poetry Society of Georgia, St Paul's Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia, March 28, 2006
  • Poetry and Nonfiction Reading, Los Robles Center for the Arts and Humanities, Savannah, Georgia, March 26, 2006
  • Participant, "Beyond Banjos: Another Appalachia," Virginia Festival of the Book, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 23, 2006
  • Participant, Panel on Stonewall City: Voices of Gay West Virginians, Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, March 17, 2006
  • Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, March 16, 2006
  • Moderator, "Out of the Margins: Queer Poets Making and Taking Space," Associated Writing Programs Conference, Austin, Texas, March 11, 2006
  • Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, March 2, 2006

2005

  • "Appalachian Poetry," International Mother's Day Shrine, Grafton, West Virginia, November 5, 2005
  • Poetry Reading, West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, West Virginia, October 23, 2005
  • Reading from Loving Mountains, Loving Men, "Gay in Appalachia," Torgersen Museum, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, October 21, 2005
  • Poetry Reading, Pride in the Park, Roanoke, Virginia, September 18, 2005
  • Poetry Reading, "Virginia Tech Cares About New Orleans" Benefit Reading, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 7, 2005.
  • “Appalachian Folk Culture and Literature,” Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia, July 28-29, 2005
  • Instructor, All Write at Virginia Tech, Creative Writing Summer Camp, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 20-24, 2005
  • Nonfiction Reading for Walking Higher: Gay Men Write About the Deaths of Their Mothers, Los Robles Center for the Arts and Humanities, Savannah, Georgia, May 29, 2005
  • Poetry Reading Featuring Saints and Sinners Poets, Faubourg Marigny Art and Books, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2005
  • Discussant, “Queer Myths, Queer Truths” Panel, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2005
  • Moderator, “Family Life Beyond the Big City” Panel, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2005
  • Poetry Reading for I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage, Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Reading, The Goethe Institut, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2005
  • Poetry Reading, National Poetry Month Noon Reading Series, Easy Chair Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 20, 2005
  • Memoir and Poetry Reading, ArtsFusion Faculty Reading, Nerv Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 12, 2005
  • Moderator, “Recreating Our Forebears: Queer Poetry, Queer History” Panel, Associated Writing Programs Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 1, 2005
  • Moderator, “Crosses, Ramps, Hill-Coves, and Coal Dust: Four West Virginia Poets” Panel, Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Radford, Virginia, March 19, 2005
  • Fiction Reading, “PAWS for Words,” International Bear Rendezvous, San Francisco, California, February 19, 2005
  • Poetry Reading, Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, American University, Washington, D.C., February 12, 2005

2004

  • Poetry Reading, Easy Chair Bookstore Grand Opening, Easy Chair Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, December 4, 2004
  • Nonfiction Reading, Private Party for Ohio University Press’s series on Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, Huntington, West Virginia, November 5, 2004
  • “Mountain Modes: Seven Dulcimer Poems,” Music, Myths, and Mountains Humanities Symposium, Donaldson Brown Conference Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, October 30, 2004
  • Poetry Reading for I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage, Lambda Rising Bookstore, Washington, D.C, October 21, 2004
  • Poetry Reading, West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, West Virginia, October 16, 2004
  • “Appalachian Poetry and Fiction,” Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia, September 27, 2004
  • “’A Beloved Place and People’: Landscape and Folk Culture in the Poetry of Maggie Anderson,” Emory and Henry Literary Festival, Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, September 23, 2004
  • Poetry Reading, Silhouette Benefit, Deet’s Place, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 29, 2004
  • Poetry Reading, Mountaintop Removal Awareness Week, Henderson Lawn, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2004
  • Poetry Reading, Pride in the Park, Roanoke, Virginia, September 19, 2004
  • “Appalachian Poetry,” Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia, July 23, 2004
  • “Poetry and Autobiography” Workshop, West Virginia Writers’ Conference, Cedar Lakes, West Virginia, June 6, 2004
  • Poetry and Nonfiction Reading, West Virginia Writers’ Conference, Cedar Lakes, West Virginia, June 5, 2004
  • “Poetry and Appalachian Folk Culture,” Workshop, West Virginia Writers’ Conference, Cedar Lakes, West Virginia, June 5, 2004
  • Interview with Mark Doty, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9, 2004
  • Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9, 2004
  • Moderator, “Queer Poetry, Queer History” Panel, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8, 2004
  • Reading of Devoured, Discussion of Genre Fiction and Regional Fiction in Fred D’Aguair’s Advanced Fiction Class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 27, 2004
  • “Appalachian Food and Food Habits,” Discussion in Rosemary Goss’s Appalachian Family and Its Environment class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 22, 2004
  • Poetry Reading, Appalachian Voice Benefit, Earth Day Celebration, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 20, 2004
  • Fiction and Nonfiction Reading for Edge and Devoured, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 8, 2004
  • “The Family in Appalachian Literature,” Discussion in Rosemary Goss’s Appalachian Family and Its Environment class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 1, 2004
  • “The Poetry of John Keats,” Discussion in Lisa Leslie’s Romantic Literature class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 6, 2004
  • Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Reading, Randall Reade’s Gay Literary Salon, Washington, D.C., February 29, 2004

2003

  • Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Reading, Outwrite Bookstore, Atlanta, Georgia, September 22, 2003
  • Moderator, Panel on Gay/Lesbian Genre Fiction, Lambda Literary Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 11, 2003
  • Moderator, Panel on Southern Gay/Lesbian Writing, Lambda Literary Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 12, 2003
  • Discussant, Panel on Gay Travel Writing, Lambda Literary Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 11, 2003
  • Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Lambda Rising Bookstore, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2003
  • Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 14, 2003
  • Book Signing for Masters of Midnight, A Different Light Bookstore, San Francisco, California, June 28, 2003
  • Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Book Party for Edge and Masters of Midnight, Visions Day Spa, Charleston, West Virginia, August 9, 2003
  • Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction Reading, Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 10, 2003
  • Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Reading for Bones Washed with Wine and Rebel Yell 2, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 17, 2003
  • Poetry Reading as part of the Virginia Tech Creative Writing Program Reading, Associated Writing Programs Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, February 28, 2003
  • Poetry Reading and Discussion in Gyorgyi Voros’ Poetry Workshop, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, March 10, 2003
  • Poetry Reading and Discussion in Gyorgyi Voros’ Introduction to Creative Writing class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, March 10, 2003
  • “Appalachian Literature,” Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Christiansburg, Virginia. March 14, 2003

2002

  • Poetry Reading, Southern Appalachian Writer's Cooperative gathering sponsored by Wind magazine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Reading and Discussion, Carl Bean's Introduction to Creative Writing class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Novella Reading and Discussion in Janine Roberts' Humanities 1604 class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Novella Reading and Discussion in Lisa Norris' Fiction Workshop, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading and Discussion in Lisa Norris' Introduction to Creative Writing class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Reading as part of the prize-winners' reception for Now and Then's 2002 Appalachian Poetry Contest, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
  • Poetry Reading, Second Annual West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, West Virginia
  • Reading, Deet's Place, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry and Fiction Reading, at the Twenty-fifth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, Unicoi State Park, Georgia
  • Poetry Reading, Open Mic., at the Twenty-fifth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, Unicoi State Park, Georgia
2001
  • Poetry Reading/Discussion in Susan Saffle's World Literature class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Reading for Rebel Yell, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Reading, "West Virginia Authors Showcase," First Annual West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, West Virginia
  • "Appalachian Folk Culture and the Mountain Dulcimer," Appalachian Culture Series, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
  • "Poetry in the Branches," Riverside High School, Belle, West Virginia
  • "Poetry in the Branches," St. Albans Public Library, St. Albans, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Cantos Booksellers, Roanoke, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Literature," Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia
  • Reading for Rebel Yell, Taylor Books, Charleston, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Silhouette Benefit, The Cellar Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
2000
  • Poetry Reading, "Appalachian Voices Through Poetry: Readings," at Piecing It Together, a conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Surface II Gallery, Charleston, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading and Book Signing for Mountain Fireflies and Flint Shards from Sussex, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading and Book Signing for Mountain Fireflies and Flint Shards from Sussex, Taylor Books, Charleston, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Meeting of the New River Valley Association of Teachers of English, Books-A-Million, Christiansburg, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Folklore and Poetry," 20th Annual Columbia- Montour Women's Conference, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
  • Poetry Reading, "Poems from England and Appalachia," Cranwell International Center, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, "Poets Reading Their Poetry," 31st Annual College English Association Conference, Charleston, South Carolina
1999
  • Poetry Reading, "American Poets/Irish Themes: A Reading," American Conference for Irish Studies, Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading sponsored by the Tom's Creek Basin Vision Group, Easy Chair Coffee Shop, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading and Book Signing for Bliss, Volume II Books, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Panel Discussion, "Writers and Their Communities," for Lisa Norris' Creative Writing class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Wild Iris Books, Gainesville, Florida
  • Poetry Reading, Silhouette Literary Magazine Benefit, the Cellar Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "The Struggle for Justice in Appalachia: Hassel Day and Junior Tackett in Denise Giardina's The Unquiet Earth," paper presented at the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Appalachian Studies Association, Abingdon, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Taylor Books, Charleston, West Virginia
1998
  • Poetry Reading, On-Campus Outreach Poetry Workshop for Pulaski Students, University Club, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Participant Reading, West Virginia Writer's Workshop, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • "Appalachian Song and Story," Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Writer's Harvest Benefit, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Ghost Stories," Honors Program Tea, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, Silhouette Literary Magazine Benefit, The Cellar Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, WUVT Radio, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Guest Poet, Maxwell's Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Poetry," for Dale Jenkins' Ethnic and Regional Literature class, Bluefield College Adult and Continuing Education Program, Stratford Plaza Business Complex, Roanoke, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Food," for Rosemary Goss' The Appalachian Family and Its Environment class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Printer's Ink Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, "Writing the Earth," sponsored by the International Club, University Club, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Poetry," for Alice Kinder's Appalachian Literature class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Confessional Poetry," for Sue McGann's Introduction to Poetry class, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
1997
  • "Appalachian Culture," Blacksburg Newcomer's Club, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Culture and the Mountain Dulcimer," Blacksburg New School, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Ghosts and Vampires," International Coffee Hour, Cranwell International Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Ghost Stories/The Mountain Dulcimer," L Plus Catholic Organization, Radford, Virginia
  • "Appalachian Song and Story," Wilderness Conservancy Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake Resort, Mountain Lake, Virginia
  • Panel Discussion, "Writers and their Communities," for Lisa Norris' English 2744/Introduction to Creative Writing class
  • Poetry Reading, XYZ Benefit, The Cellar, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Three Rivers Arts Council, Hinton, West Virginia
  • Participant Reading, West Virginia Writer's Workshop, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Participant Reading, GoldenRod Writer's Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Writer's Harvest Benefit, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Panel Discussion, "Writers and Their Communities," Virginia Tech
  • Noon Muse Open Reading, Associated Writing Programs Conference, Washington, D. C.
  • Poetry Reading, Contemporary Dance Ensemble Benefit, Pedro's Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
1996
  • Presentation on Appalachian Culture in Appalachian Folk Culture class, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading for the Appalachian Way student group, Solitude, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
  • Presentation on Appalachian Culture for Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Lynchburg, Virginia
  • International Coffee Hour Poetry Reading, Cranwell International Center, Virginia Tech
  • Honors Tea Poetry Reading, Hillcrest, Virginia Tech
  • Presentation on Appalachian Poetry for Appalachian Literature class, Virginia Tech
  • Open Reading, Montgomery/Floyd Regional Library, Christiansburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, First Congregational Church, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Renaissance Bookstore, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Presentation on Appalachia in the Media for Advanced Reporting class, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • "Evil in Literature"&8212;"With Good Reason" Radio Interview, WVTF, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Presentation on Denise Giardina's The Unquiet Earth for the Honors Program, Hillcrest, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading and Dulcimer Performance for the Honors Program, Hillcrest, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, "Appalachian Hour," Cranwell International Center, Virginia Tech
  • Writer's Harvest Benefit Reading, Volume Two Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
1995
  • Presentation on Appalachian Culture, Check Elementary School, Check, Virginia
  • Guest Poet, Poetry Slam and Autograph Party for Dead Snakes, Cats and the IRS: Poetry of Rock and Rebellion, Maxwell's Restaurant, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Writers' Harvest Benefit Reading, Volume II Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Open Reading, Appalachian Writers' Workshop, Hindman, Kentucky
  • Poetry Reading, Dance Ensemble Benefit, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Silhouette Radio Program, WUVT Radio, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Literature, Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake, Virginia
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Culture, Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program, Mountain Lake, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Artemis Reading Series, Bollo's Coffeeshop, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, AARP Luncheon, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • YMCA Open University, "Greek Appetizers" cooking class, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • YMCA Open University, "Pasta Making" cooking class, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Kestrel Writers' Conference, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Food, Smith Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program, Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Camp, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Dance Ensemble Benefit, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Cranwell International Center, Virginia Tech
1994
  • "PB's Cafe" Poetry Reading, WUVT Radio, Virginia Tech
  • Silhouette Benefit Reading, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Guest Poet, Poetry Society of Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Open Reading, Appalachian Writers' Workshop, Hindman, Kentucky
  • >New Virginia Review Reading Series, Richmond, Virginia
  • Guest Poet, Poetry Slam III, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Spring In Appalachia Poetry Reading, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Open Reading, Kestrel Conference, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Appalachian Studies Conference, Virginia Tech
  • Poetry Reading, Faculty Reading Series, Virginia Tech
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Literature, Smith Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Literature, Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program
1993
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Culture, Smith Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Christmas, Smith Mountain Lake Elderhostel Program
  • Lecturer on Appalachian Culture, Mountain Lake Resort Elderhostel Program
  • Poetry Reading, South Main Cafe XYZ Benefit, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Poetry Reading, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
1991
  • Poetry Reading, Faculty Reading Series, Virginia Tech
1988
  • Poetry Forum Moderator, Goldenrod Writers' Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia
1987
  • Poetry Reading, Fairmont State College Poetry Reading, Hemingway's Reading Series, University of Pittsburgh
  • Poetry Workshops, Monongalia Arts Center, Summer and Fall, Morgantown, West Virginia
1986
  • Poetry Reading, Fairmont State College
1985
  • Poetry Workshop, Pioneer Crafts Council, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
1984
  • "Passion as Predation: The Lovesongs of Ted Hughes," paper delivered at the West Virginia Association of College English Teachers Spring Meeting
  • Poetry Reading, Waynesburg College Spring Poetry Festival
1983
  • Speaker, West Virginia State Poetry Society Convention, Morgantown, West Virginia

EDUCATION

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (1982-1984)

  • Master of Arts in English
  • QCA: 4.0/4.0

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (1977-1981)

  • Bachelor of Arts in English, magna cum laude

West Virginia University, Nature (1977-1981)

  • Bachelor of Sciences in Recreation, magna cum laude
  • Interpretation emphasis

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