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EDUCATION

Ph.D. English (expected completion 2010) University of Connecticut

M.A. English, 2003 University of Connecticut

M.A. English/Creative Writing, 1996 Eastern Michigan University

B.A. English, 1991 University of Connecticut

Dissertation: “Audio Art in the Age of Media Saturation: Radio's Literary Voice”

PUBLICATIONS

Books

The Tragedy in My Neighborhood. Columbus, GA: Dead Academics Press, 2010.

Balance Act: Poems & Stories. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2000.

In Anthologies

“Havris and Eli.” (story) 60 Seconds to Shine Vol. IV: 161 One-Minute Monologues from Literature. Ed. John
Capecci and Irene Ziegler Aston. Lyme, NH : Smith and Kraus, Inc., 2007.

Journals/Magazines

"This Poem." (fiction). Storyscape. www.storyscapejournal.com. (Spring 2010).

"The Tower" (fiction). Toxic Poetry. http://toxicpoetry.com/ (January 2010)

"Which Membrane?" (poem). Toxic Poetry. http://toxicpoetry.com/ (January 2010)

“Everybody Just Be Cool” (poem). textsound. http://textsound.org/. (Issue 5, November 2009).

“The Sounds of Lunch” (fiction). Storyscape. www.storyscapejournal.com. (Issue 3, March 2009).

“Poetry Doesn't Need You” (poem). 32 Poems (Winter 2008), 1.

Five poems. From the Fishouse. www.fishousepoems.org. (2008).

“Albany” (poem). Euphony (Spring 2008), 9.

“The Letter I Sent” (poem). Pasatiempo, Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2007, Santa Fe, NM.

“We're Sitting on Buildings” (poem). THE Magazine, September 2007, Santa Fe, NM.

“The Tragedy in My Neighborhood” (fiction). Oddfellow Magazine (Fall 2005).

Four stories. Gone (Spring 1998), 109-116.

Two poems. Sulfur 40 (Spring 1997), 93-4.

“Feeling the Air in Relation to How Much Light There Is” (poem). Caliban 15 (1995), 146-7.

“Balance Act” (fiction). Exquisite Corpse (Fall 1995).

RADIO

“The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, and Music.” Founding editor & producer, Fall 2005-Spring 2008.

BBC Radio 4. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Aired on “BBC Americana,” December 27, 2009.

KVNF, Paonia, CO. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Licensed December 23, 2009.

KMXT, Kodiac, AK. "Bird Songs" (fiction). Licensed December 14, 2009.

KUT, Austin, TX. "Christmas with Grandma" (fiction). Licensed December 13, 2009.

KBUT, Crested Butte, CO. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Licensed May 6, 2009.

Georgia Public Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Licensed December 16, 2008.

Marfa Public Radio, Marfa, TX. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Licensed December 16, 2008.

WILL, Urbana, IL. “Dad's Naughty Pictures” (documentary). Aired July 5, 2008, on Sidetrack with Jason Croft.

Marfa Public Radio, Marfa, TX. “The Secret Pianos of Manhattan” (documentary). Aired September 15, 2007.

WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio. “The Sounds of Lunch” (fiction). Licensed March 2007.

Public Radio Exchange. “The Sounds of Lunch” (fiction). Featured podcast, February 2007.

WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Aired December 22, 2006.

WEVO, New Hampshire Public Radio. “Christmas with Grandma” (fiction). Aired December 15, 2006.

WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. Interview on “Where We Live” with Hartford Public High School student
poets. Aired April 20, 2007.

WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. Interview on “Where We Live” with Hartford Public High School teacher
Megan Chenette. Aired June 21, 2006.

WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. “The Lumberyard,” featured on “Essential Radio.” Aired April 2, 2006.

WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. “Oprah Spins a Yarn over Memoir's Fiction” (commentary), featured on
“Morning Edition (local).” Aired March 30, 2006.

Public Radio Exchange. “The Lumberyard.” NPR Station Showcase Feature, January 2006.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

EO Smith High School, Storrs , CT , April 30, 2009.

Quinebaug Valley Community College , Danielson , CT , April 16, 2009.

Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY, March 13, 2009.

Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT, November 20, 2008.

Nafe Katter Theatre, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, November 13, 2008.

Poetry against the War. Curbstone Press event, Willimantic, CT, November 10, 2007.

Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, September 6, 2007.

Julia de Burgos Park, Willimantic, CT, July 12, 2007.

Hygienic Art Park, New London, CT, July 7, 2007.

Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT, May 12, 2007.

Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT, April 12, 2007.

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, January 7, 2007.

Great Scott, Boston, August 2006.

E.O. Smith High School, Mansfield, CT, February 28, 2006.

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, December 2005.

RaFiFi, New York, NY, September 2005.

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, September 2005.

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, March 2005.

An Evening of Readings by Poet-Teachers, Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT, October 2004.

Seven Short Plays by Seven Authors, Fifth Avenue Workspace, New York, NY, May 2004.

One Vision Many Voices: HIV/AIDS Poetry Jam, York Correctional, Niantic, CT, October 2003.

An Evening of Short Plays, Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, NY, June 2003.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Student Documentary, Missouri Review Audio Competition: “Dad's Naughty Pictures,” 2009.

Second Runner-Up, Documentary, Missouri Review Audio Competition: “The Secret Pianos of Manhattan,” 2008.

Provost Award for Excellence in Outreach and Public Engagement (Finalist), University of Connecticut, 2007.

Edward V. Gant Scholarship, University of Connecticut, 2006-07.

Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2007.

Aetna Graduate Works-in-Progress Award, University of Connecticut, 2006.

Summer Dissertation Fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2006.

Long River Graduate Writing Award, University of Connecticut, 2005.

Aetna Graduate Teaching Award, University of Connecticut, 2005.

Best in Performance, Eastern Michigan University, 1996.

Outstanding Graduate Student in Creative Writing, Eastern Michigan University, 1996.

Wallace Stevens Poetry Award, University of Connecticut, 1991.

Hackman Fiction Prize, University of Connecticut, 1991.

TEACHING

University of Connecticut

The Art of Audio Narrative (Instructor): Spring 2009.

American Literature to 1880 (Instructor): Fall 2008.

The Short Story (Instructor): Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Summer 2008.

Introduction to Creative Writing (Instructor): Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2006.

Expressive Writing in Performance (Instructor): Summer 2002, 2003, 2004.

History & Practice of Small Magazine Publication (Instructor): Spring 2003, 2004, 2006.

Seminar in Academic Writing (Instructor): Fall 2001, Spring 2002.

Basic Writing (Instructor): Summer 2005, 2006.

The Short Story (Teaching Assistant): Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2004.

Multi-track Audio Recording Techniques (Instructor): Spring 2005, Summer 2005.

Radio Production Studio Lab (Instructor): Fall 2003.

Workshops Conducted

Creative Writing Workshop, Northeast Middle School, Bristol, CT, November 20, 2009.

From Interview to Internet: Oral History in the Digital Age, Connecticut Writing Project, Journalism and Media
Academy, Hartford, CT, August 26, 2009.

Writing for the Radio, Connecticut Writing Project, Journalism and Media Academy, Hartford, CT, June 12, 2009.

Writing & Performance, Urban Gifted Showcase, Central Connecticut State University, June 2, 2009.

Writing & Performance, Connecticut Writing Project Teacher/Student Conference, Storrs, CT, May 20, 2009.

Writing from the Pulse, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, September 7, 2007.

Writing & Performance, E.O. Smith High School, Storrs, CT, 2005-06.

Writing, Performance, and Teaching, Bristol Public Schools Gifted Program, 2004-05.

Writing & Performance, Bristol Central High School, May 2004.

Writing & Performance for Teachers, Bristol Central High School, May 2003.

Writing & Performance Special Topics: HIV/AIDS,” York Correctional Institute, 2003.

Songwriting, Connecticut Writing Project Teacher/Student Conference, March 2002, 2003, 2005.

Poetry & Performance, Red School House Poetry Primer, Desmond, Ontario, Summer 2003.

CONFERENCES

“Writing the Tape-Recorded Life.” American Comparative Literature Association Conference, New Orleans , April 2010.

“Ugly Papers: Media Influence.” Conference on Literacies—Personal, Professional, Academic at the University of New
Hampshire, Durham. October 2007.

“Producing Literature for the Radio: The Lumberyard.” Conference on Recharging the Sensorium at Central Connecticut
University, New Britain. April 2007.

“Producing Poetry for the Radio.” Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference, New York. February 2007.

Invited Speaker

Keynote Speaker, Connecticut Writing Project Teacher/Student Conference, Storrs, CT, May 20, 2009.

Keynote Speaker, Bristol Business Education Foundation Recognition Dinner, Bristol, CT. October 2006.

Guest Speaker, Urban Gifted Showcase, Central Connecticut State University, June 2006.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Associate Director, UConn Creative Writing Program, Fall 2006.

Co-Director, UConn Writing Center, Spring 2005, Fall 2005.

Director, Writing Center Art Show, Spring 2005, Fall 2005.

Assistant Director, UConn Creative Writing Program, Fall 2002-Spring 2004.

SERVICE

Aetna Chair Advisory Board Member, 2006-09.

Judge, Bristol Academic Bowl: Poetry Category, Bristol Eastern High School, March 2007.

Coordinator/Host, “ Long River Writers Series,” 2002-06.

President, Graduate Writing Activities Committee, 2004-05.

Coordinator/Host, Graduate Writing Activities Committee Film Series, 2002-06.

Co-founder/Director, Long River Review Reading Tour, 2002-04.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Association of Independents in Radio

Member, The Public Radio Exchange

Member, Modern Language Association

Member, The Melville Society