Jeff Hardin

931-540-2776 (Work) 931-388-7278 (Home)

email: hardin@columbiastate.edu

web page: http://www.jhardin.columbiastate.edu

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Education

Master of Fine Arts in poetry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1993.

B.S. in English, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 1990.

Teaching Appointments

Associate Professor of English: Columbia State Community College. 2003—Present.

Lecturer in English, Vanderbilt University, Spring 2005.

Assistant Professor of English: Columbia State Community College. 1999—2003.

Instructor of English: Columbia State Community College. 1994—1999.

Faculty in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction: Tennessee Young Writers’ Workshop, Humanities Tennessee

Summer Writing Program. 1995-1999.

Instructor of Developmental Writing: Mary Holmes College. 1993—1994.

Adjunct Instructor: Wallace State Community College. Summer 1992.

Graduate Teaching Assistant: The University of Alabama. 1990—1993.

Awards and Recognitions

2004 Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize, Story Line Press.

Poet of the Month, PoetryNet (http://poetrynet.org), November 2000.

Academy of American Poets Award, 1st Prize, The University of Alabama, 1993, 1992.

Fellow, Stadler Semester for Younger Poets, Bucknell University, 1990.

Works Published and Forthcoming

Books

Fall Sanctuary, Story Line Press (www.storylinepress.com), 2004 Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize winner.

Chapbooks

The Slow Hill Out, Pudding House Publications (www.puddinghouse.com), 2003.

Deep in the Shallows, GreenTower Press, Northwest Missouri State University, 2002.

*Poems in anthologies

“My Father Cuts Wood in the Rain,” Homeworks: An Anthology of Tennessee Writers, the University of

Tennessee Press, 1996.

“Pickwick Lake,” Homeworks: An Anthology of Tennessee Writers, the University of Tennessee Press, 1996.

“The Turning,” Southern Voices in Every Direction, Bell Buckle/Iris Press, 1996.

“Beginning of Summer,” Southern Voices in Every Direction, Bell Buckle/Iris Press, 1996.

*Poems in journals

“County Home Road,” The Gettysburg Review, forthcoming.

“In Winter,” The Gettysburg Review, forthcoming.

“Prayer,” The Gettysburg Review, forthcoming.

“A Short Short Life of Long Evenings,” The Southern Review, forthcoming.

“Ellipses for the Rain on Its Way,” The Southern Review, forthcoming.

“A Summary of Your Life,” Sou’wester, forthcoming.

“Mountain View Couples Club,” Passages North, forthcoming.

“Practice,” Passages North, forthcoming.

“Indiscriminate,” Measure, forthcoming.

“About That Troubled Childhood We Survived,” Grist, forthcoming.

“Palette,” Grist, forthcoming.

“That Year in Oak Ridge,” Grist, forthcoming.

“One Morning in Late May,” Grist, forthcoming.

“Based on Something You Told Me,” Grist, forthcoming.

“City Diner,” Rock & Sling: A Journal of Literature, Art and Faith, forthcoming.

“Rock Springs Road,” Rock & Sling: A Journal of Literature, Art and Faith, forthcoming.

“To Fellow Poets,” New Madrid, Summer 2007, Volume 2, Number 2.

“A Study of Despair,” New Madrid, Summer 2007, Volume 2, Number 2.

“A Word Come Down,” Southern Poetry Review, Issue 45:1.

“As the Rain Allows Us Time and Space,” Ascent, Volume 30, Number 2, Winter 2007.

“So Many Words of Caution and Yield,” Iron Horse Literary Review, forthcoming.

“No Wonder the Robin Stands So Proud in the Grass,” Iron Horse Literary Review, Spring 2007, Volume 8, No. 2.

“The Stillness of Trees,” Nimrod, Spring/Summer 2007, Volume 50, no. 2.

“Always Upstream or Downstream,” The Florida Review, Spring 2007, Volume 32:1.

“A Search for Survivors,” The Florida Review, Spring 2007, Volume 32:1.

“Emissary,” Carquinez Poetry Review, forthcoming.

“With Ever New and Increasing Admiration and Awe,” Carquinez Poetry Review, forthcoming.

“Slowly and with Deliberation,” Clare, forthcoming.

“On the Eve of a New Millennium,” Ploughshares, Volume 32, No. 4, Winter 2006-2007.

“As the Day Before So the Day After,” Potomac Review, Issue 41, 2006.

“Creekside,” Potomac Review, Issue 41, 2006.

“These Trees and Nearby Hills,” Potomac Review, Issue 41, 2006.

“June,” Main Street Rag, Fall 2007.

“Never a Sad Ending,” Zone 3, Volume XXI, Number 2, Fall 2006.

“A Place for What Arrives,” Zone 3, Volume XXI, Number 2, Fall 2006.

“Standing in a Doorway During a Rainstorm,” The Saint Ann’s Review, Summer/Fall 2006.

“At Horse Creek,” Poem, Issue 95, 2006.

“Autobiographical Notes,” Poem, Issue 95, 2006.

“Quatrains,” Blueline, Volume XXVII, 2006.

“Your Basic Unrepentant Heart,” Rock & Sling: A Journal of Literature, Art and Faith, Volume 3, Number 1.

“Speaking of Theories,” Rock & Sling: A Journal of Literature, Art and Faith, Volume 3, Number 1.

“Near the Founder’s Statue,” The Café Review.

“from Speculations,” The Café Review.

“What I,” Matter, Issue 7, 2005.

“Nothing Much To Tell,” Puerto del Sol, forthcoming.

“Understory,” Southern Poetry Review, Volume 43, Number 2, 2005.

“City Park Nocturne,” Smartish Pace, Issue 12, 2005.

“Target Practice,” in North Dakota Quarterly, Winter/Spring 2005.

“Before His Final Day,” in North Dakota Quarterly, Winter/Spring 2005.

“An Etymology of Sorts,” in North Dakota Quarterly, Winter/Spring 2005.

“Countenance,” Mid-American Review, Volume XXV, Number 1.

“Passover,” Ploughshares, Volume 30, No. 4, Winter 2004-2005.

“Clothesline,” Jabberwock Review, Volume 26.1, Winter 2005.

“The Miracle,” Freshwater, 2004.

“Remembrance and the Metaphysical Nature of All Things Near,” Ascent, Volume 28, Number 2, Winter 2004.

“Remember the Little People,” Poems & Plays, Number #11, Spring/Summer 2004.

“Invocation,” in Poem, Issue 91, June 2004.

“Perennial,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2004.

“Dissolution,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2004.

“Primer,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2004.

“Pasture,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2003.

“Towns Like Ours,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2003.

“November Couplets,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2003.

“Mnemonic Couplets,” in Zone 3, Spring/Fall 2003.

“Love Poem for Moonlit Backyard,” Sou’wester, Spring 2004.

“Saturday Night,” in Maize, Issue 3, March 2004.

“Library,” in Maize, Issue 3, March 2004.

“Elder Poet’s Final Tour,” in Iron Horse Literary Review, Fall 2003.

“Love Poem for My Being Here At All,” in New Orleans Review, Volume 29:2.

“Among the Giants of Each Main Pool Hall,” in West Branch, No. 53, Fall 2003. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Choir,” in The Formalist, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2003. Reprinted on www.versedaily.com

“A Return,” in Freshwater Magazine, 2003.

“Reply to the Shhh in the November Grass,” in Puerto del Sol, 2003. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Lady of Wealth, Circa 1963,” in Smartish Pace, Issue 8, 2003.

“Morning and Night,” in Rattapallax, Issue 8, 2002. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Sometimes Another World,” in The Distillery, Volume IX, Number 2, 2002.

“Thinking of Vanity, My Own,” Full Circle Journal, Issue 2, 2002.

“Ongoing,” Full Circle Journal, Issue 2, 2002.

“Genealogy,” The Bloomsbury Review.

“Visitation,” in Potomac Review, 2002.

“Another Routine,” Wisconsin Review, Volume 36, Number 3.

“The Babe,” Mid-American Review, Volume XXII, Number 2002. (Nominated for Puschart Prize)

“Moon Came,” The Laurel Review, Volume 36, Number 1, Winter 2002.

“Feeding Stock,” The Laurel Review, Volume 36, Number 1, Winter 2002.

“Late Nights,” Tar River Poetry, Volume 41, Number 1. Fall 2001.

“After So Long Taking the Same Road,” New Orleans Review, Volume 27, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2001. (Nominated

for Pushcart Prize)

“Enamored,” Nimrod, Volume 45, Number 1, Fall/Winter 2001. (Special Mention in 2003 Pushcart Anthology)

“Recluse,” Nimrod, Volume 45, Number 1, Fall/Winter 2001.

“After a Loss of Strength,” in Sou’wester, Fall/Winter, 2001.

“Summons,” The New Republic, Volume 225, Number 18. April 30, 2001. Reprinted on www.versedaily.com

(Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“To a Crawdad,” Ascent, Volume 26, Number 1, Fall 2001. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Questions about Rain,” Poem, Number 86, November 2001.

“Early Morning,” Poem, Number 86, November 2001.

“Trying to Get Near One Another,” Crab Creek Review, Autumn/Winter 2001. Reprinted on www.versedaily.com

“Common Ground,” The Laurel Review, Volume 35, Number 2. Summer 2001

“Confession,” The Laurel Review, Volume 35, Number 2. Summer 2001.

“Coyotes,” Lonzie’s Fried Chicken, Number 7, 2001.

“Fire Drill,” The Distillery, Volume VIII, Number 1, 2001.

“Old Quarrel Put to Rest,” New Millennium Writings, Winter 2000-01, Volume 5, Issue 2. (Nominated for Pushcart

Prize)

“Congregation,” New Millennium Writings, Winter 2000-01, Volume 5, Issue 2.

“A Descending,” Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 63, Spring 2000.

“The Fall That Will Not Fall,” Lonzie’s Fried Chicken, Summer/Fall 2000.

“An Answer to Your Need to Move,” Lonzie’s Fried Chicken, Summer/Fall 2000.

“Coming of Age,” Blueline, Volume XXI, 2000.

“Keep Off Bridge,” Blueline, Volume XXI, 2000.

“Living Near Hills,” Pleiades, 20:1, Spring 2000.

“Farm Presences,” Pleiades, 20:1, Spring 2000. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Flute,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, Number 25, Fall/Winter 1999/2000. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Permanence,” Whirligig: A Journal of Language Arts, Spring 2000.

“Dirge Couplets,” Whirligig: A Journal of Language Arts, Spring 2000.

“Hours as These,” Poem, Number 82, November, 1999.

“Let Us,” Poem, Number 82, November, 1999.

“Distance,” Poem, Number 82, November, 1999.

“When Convincing Takes Less Effort,” Pleiades, 19:1, Winter 1999. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Measure for Jess Harper,” Blueline, Volume XX, 1999. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“The Deerhunter Waits in His Stand,” Amaranth, 1999.

“On the Levee During the Recent Flood,” The Distillery, Volume VI: 1. 1999.

“Seek & Find,” Crab Orchard Review, Volume 4: 1. Fall/Winter 1998. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Afterwards We Discover,” Calliope, Volume 21: 1. Fall/Winter 1997/1998.

“Chill,” Ascent, Volume 22: 2. Winter 1998.

“The Funeral Director,” Poet Lore, Volume 92: 4. Winter 1997. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Local Vase,” Amaranth, Number 4, Spring 1997.

“Steadying Sight,” Puerto del Sol, Volume 32: 2. Summer 1997. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize)

“Thunderstruck,” Ascent, Volume 20: 3. Spring 1996.

“The Barn in Phillips’ Field,” Ascent, Volume 20: 3. Spring 1996.

“Winter Death,” Birmingham Poetry Review, Number 14, Spring/Summer 1996.

“Obscure,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 19, Tenth Anniversary, Fall/Winter 1996.

“Afternoon Conclusion,” Flipside, 1996.

“Precision” The Distillery, Volume III: 1. Winter 1996.

“Overtaken,” Connecticut Poetry Review, Volume 14: 1. 1995

“On the Day of Your Death,” Connecticut Poetry Review, Volume 14: No. 1. 1995.

“Dream Which Has Become a Psalm,” Elk River Review, 1995.

“Through a Field into Trees,” Poem, Number 73, May 1995.

“As a Man Must Do,” The Florida Review, Volume XX: No. 1. 1994.

“The Held Book,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 15, Fall/Winter 1994.

“An Uncertain Gesture,” Zone 3, Volume IX: No. 1. Fall/Winter 1994.

“Swan Dive,” The Devil’s Millhopper, 1994.

“Weekend Trip,” Poet & Critic, Volume 26: 1. Fall 1994.

“Those Running Toward the Heart,” Calliope, Volume 17: No. 2. Spring/Summer 1994.

“Wood, Hay and Stubble,” Anathema Review, Issue 4, November 1994.

“For the Asthmatic,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 12, Spring/Summer 1993.

“Camping in the Perry Hollow,” Zone 3, Volume VIII: No. 1. Winter 1993.

“The Grass Cutter,” Zone 3, Volume VIII: No. 2. Spring 1993.

“The Man Inside the House,” Zone 3, Volume VIII: No. 1. Winter 1993.

“Barrel Walking,” The G.W. Review, Volume VIII: No. 2. Spring 1993.

“Fairgrounds,” Quarterly West, No. 37. Summer/Fall 1993.

“Blanket,” The Chariton Review, Volume 18: No. 1. Spring 1992.

“Foolishness,” Poet & Critic, 1992.

“Evening in a Field,” Zone 3, Volume VI: No. 1. Winter 1991.

“Neill’s Grocery, Burnt Church,” Plainsong, Volume VIII: No. 1. Summer 1991.

“A Lifetime,” Plainsong, Volume VIII: No. 1. Summer 1991.

“At the Redlight,” Calliope, Volume 15: No. 1. Fall/Winter 1991.

“Dashboards,” Appalachian Journal, Volume 19: No. 1. Fall 1991.

“The Slow Hill Out,” Calliope, 1991.

“A House Set Well Back from the Road,” Calliope, 1991.

“Old Man Sitting in the City Park,” Old Hickory Review, Volume 23: No. 2. Spring/Summer 1991.

“Cherry’s Truck Stop, Savannah, Tn,” Creeping Bent, Number 11, Spring 1991.

“Names,” Poet & Critic, Volume 22: 2. Winter 1991.

“Passing Through,” Dickinson Review, 1991.

“Gravel Roads at Big Ivy,” Zone 3, Volume V: No. 1. Winter 1990.

“Brother,” Wind, 1990.

“Barbeque” Connecticut River Review, Volume 12: No. 1. Fall/Winter 1990.

“The Dead,” Zone 3, Volume V: No. 1. Winter 1990.

“Inventory,” Old Hickory Review, Volume 23: No. 1. Fall/Winter 1990.

“Staring out a Window,” West Branch, Number 27. 1990.

“Junior High Snow Storm,” Appalachian Heritage, Volume 18: No. 4. Fall 1990.

“To a Friend Hurting,” Appalachian Heritage, Volume 18: No. 4. Fall 1990.

“Driving Home,” Old Red Kimono, Volume XIX. Spring 1990.

“Bargaining with Snipe,” Genesis, Volume 1. 1990.

“Caravan,” Genesis, Volume 1. 1990.

“After Her Father’s Death,” Samisdat, Volume 56: No. 3. 1990.

“Spending the Night with Chad,” Rhododendron, Spring 1990.

“Window Ledge Fable,” Rhododendron, Spring 1990.

“Pure Gold,” Rhododendron, Spring 1990.

“The Long Wait,” Calliope, Volume 13: No. 1. Fall/Winter 1989.

“One on One,” Number One, Volume XVII 1989.

“Good Boys,” Zone 3, Volume IV: No. 3. Fall 1989.

“Dreaming of Attic Sidewalks,” New CollAge, Volume 21: No. 1.

“The Seconds Before Clocking Out,” Old Hickory Review, Vol. 21: No. 2. Spring/Summer 1989.

“Evening,” Old Hickory Review, Volume 21: No. 2. Spring/Summer 1989.

“Tracing the Outline,” The Panhandler, Number 19, Fall 1988.

“Valedictorian Explaining the Failure of His Life,” The Cape Rock, Volume 23: No. 2. Fall 1988.

Presentations and Readings

Davidson Academy, Fall 2007 (Poetry Reading)

Vanderbilt University, Spring 2007. (Poetry Reading)

Armstrong Atlantic State University, Spring 2007. (Poetry Reading)

Martin Methodist College, Fall 2006. (Poetry Reading)

University of Alabama, Spring 2006. (Poetry Reading)

Union University, Spring 2006. (Poetry Reading)

University of Tennessee, Fall 2005. (Poetry Reading)

Austin Peay State University, Fall 2005. (Poetry Reading)

Davidson Academy, Fall 2005. (Poetry Reading)

Belmont University, Spring 2005. (Poetry Reading)

David Lipscomb University, Spring 2005. (Poetry Reading)

Bucknell University, Fall 2004. (Poetry reading)

Southern Festival of Books, “The Particulars of Daily Life,” Fall 2004. (Poetry reading)

The Assembly of Monteagle, Summer 2004. (Poetry reading)

Southern Festival of Books, Fall 2003. (Poetry reading)

Cumberland University, Spring 2003. (Poetry reading)

Bowling Green State University, Fall 2002. (Poetry reading)

University of Toledo, Fall 2002. (Poetry reading)

Southern Festival of Books, “Poetry Rooted to the Earth,” Fall 2002. (Poetry reading)

Motlow State Community College, Spring 2002. (Poetry reading)

Hume-Fogg Magnet School, Spring 2002. (Poetry reading and lecture)

Southern Festival of Books, “On Displacement, Flight and Redemption,” Fall 2000. (Panel Host)

Southern Festival of Books, “Modern Poets,” Panel Host, Fall 1999. (Poetry reading)

Aquinas College, Fall 1999. (Poetry reading)

Columbia State Community College, Spring 1998, (Poetry reading)

NCTE Conference, Fall 1998. (Poetry reading)

Southern Festival of Books, Fall 1998. Favorite Poem Project. (participant)

O’More College of Design, Summer 1997. (Poetry reading).

Hume-Fogg Magnet School, Spring 1997. (Poetry reading and lecture)

Columbia State Community College, Fall 1996, “Poetry and Purpose: A Panel Discussion.” (Organizer)

The Assembly of Monteagle, Summer 1996. (Poetry reading)

Hume-Fogg Magnet School, Spring 1996. (Poetry reading and lecture)

Columbia State Community College Literary Symposium, Flannery O’Connor panel, Spring 1995. (lecture)

WPLN, Nashville, TN, “The Writer’s Voice” Series, Fall 1994. (Poetry reading)

Southern Festival of Books, “Southern Voices in Every Direction,” Fall 1994. (Poetry reading)

Mary Holmes College, Spring 1994. (Poetry reading)

University of Alabama, Spring 1993. (Poetry reading)

University of the South at Sewanee, Fall 1990. (Poetry reading)

Professional and College Service

Columbia State Community College

Self-Study Director, 2001-2003.

Self-Study Steering Committee, 2001-2003. (Chair)

Curriculum Committee, 2003, 2004.

Lyceum Committee, 1995-2004. (Reading series coordinator)

High School Competition Day, 1995-2004. (Organizer and poetry writing contest judge)

Professional Development Committee, 1998.

Advising Committee, 1998.

Learning Resources Center Committee, 1998.

21st Century Task Force Committee (21st century classroom design), 1996.

Continuing Education Committee, 1997.

Student Advisor, 1994-2004.

References

Robin Behn, Department of English, University of Alabama, Box 870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244.

Phone: (205)-348-8488. rbehn@english.as.ua.edu

Tony Earley, Department of English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235. Phone: (615)-322-

2541. tony.l.earley@vanderbilt.edu

David Till, Box 4565, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 38401. Phone: (931)-648-7865.

TillD@apsu.edu

Shelly Ganter, POB 1315, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN 38401. Phone: (615)-

790-5988. ganter@columbiastate.edu