Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing, University of North Carolina--Greensboro

M.A. in English/Creative Writing, Colorado State University

B.A. in English, Mars Hill College, NC

Teaching Experience

Over forty years at the college level

Classes taught: Beginning Creative Writing, Poetry Writing, Wilderness Literature, Literature and the Arts, American and British Literature

Publications

Books

Logic of the Lost (poetry), Longleaf Press

Absolute Faith (poetry), ByLine Press

Anthologies

Kakalak: An Anthology of Carolina Poets, seven times, Main Street Rag Publishing Co.

A Gathering of Poets, Jacar Press

Runes: Signals, Arctos Press

Lights in the Mountains: Stories, Essays, and Poems by Writers Living in and Inspired by

the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Winding Path Publishing

Poetry

Poems published in Appalachian Heritage, Asheville Poetry Review, Blue Pitcher, ByLine Magazine, A Carolina Literary Companion, Charlotte Poetry Review, Cold Mountain Review, College English, Crucible, Cumberland Poetry Review, Diagram, Ekphrasis, The Greensboro Review, The GSU Review, The Lyricist, Main Street Rag, North Carolina Literary Review, Pisgah Review, Rockvale Review, Sandhills Review, Word Journal.

Recognition

2019 Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Truchas NM

2000-2018 I. B. Seese Distinguished Service Professor of English and Creative Writing, Brevard College

2018 Honorable Mention, R. T. Smith Narrative Poetry Prize, Cold Mountain Review

2017 Finalist, James Applewhite Poetry Prize, North Carolina Literary Review

2016 & 2009 Finalist, Iowa Review Poetry Contest

2015 & 1999 Pushcart Prize nominations

2004 First Place, Word Journal Poetry Prize

2002 & 1999 Vermont Studio Center residency

2001 First Prize, Longleaf Press Poetry Chapbook Competition

1999 First Prize, GSU Review (Georgia State) National Writing Award in Poetry

1999 First Prize, ByLine Magazine National Poetry Chapbook Competition

Academic Service