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Education
Master of Fine Arts in poetry,
B.S. in English, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 1990.
Teaching Appointments
Associate Professor of English:
Lecturer in English,
Assistant
Professor of English:
Instructor of English:
Faculty
in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction:
Summer Writing
Program. 1995-1999.
Instructor
of Developmental Writing:
Adjunct
Instructor:
Graduate
Teaching Assistant: The
Awards and Recognitions
2004 Nicholas Roerich Poetry
Prize, Story Line Press.
Poet of the Month, PoetryNet (http://poetrynet.org), November 2000.
Fellow, Stadler
Semester for Younger Poets, Bucknell University,
1990.
Books
Fall Sanctuary, Story Line Press, 2004 Nicholas Roerich
Poetry Prize winner.
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
“
“The Turning,”
Southern Voices in Every Direction,
Bell Buckle/Iris Press, 1996.
“Beginning of Summer,” Southern
Voices in Every Direction,
*Poems in journals
“Old Man
Praying,” Tar River Poetry,
forthcoming.
“Letting Out
Line,” Tar River Poetry, forthcoming.
“Down the Third Base Line,” Measure, Volume IV, Issue 1,
forthcoming.
“So Much,”
Great River Review, Fall/Winter 2009,
forthcoming.
“Lightweights,” Southern Poetry Review, forthcoming.
“Precisely,” Poem, Volume 100, November 2008.
“To the Dead Who Wished Me
Well,” Poem, Volume 100, November
2008
“Provisional,”
Meridian, Issue 22, 2009.
“
“In Winter,” The
“Prayer,” The
“A Short Short
Life of Long Evenings,” The Southern
Review, Autumn 2008.
“Ellipses for the Rain on
Its Way,” The Southern Review, Autumn 2008.
“A Summary of Your Life,” Sou’wester, Spring 2008,
Volume 36, Number 2.
“Mountain View Couples
Club,” Passages North, Winter/Spring
2009.
“Practice,” Passages North, Winter/Spring 2009.
“Indiscriminate,”
Measure, Volume III, Issue 1, 2008.
“About
That Troubled Childhood We Survived,” Grist,
Issue 1, 2008.
“Palette,” Grist, Issue 1, 2008.
“That Year
in Oak Ridge,” Grist, Issue 1, 2008.
“One
Morning in Late May,” Grist, Issue 1,
2008.
“Based on Something You Told
Me,” Grist, Issue 1, 2008.
“City Diner,” Rock & Sling: A Journal of Literature,
Art and Faith, Summer 2008, Volume 5, Number 1.
“
“To Fellow Poets,” New
“A Study of Despair,” New
“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,
Fall 2007, Volume 9, No. 1.
“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
“A Search for Survivors,” The
“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,”
“Creekside,” Potomac
Review, Issue 41, 2006.
“These
Trees and Nearby Hills,” Potomac Review,
Issue 41, 2006.
“June,”
“Never a Sad Ending,” 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
“Understory,” Southern Poetry
Review, Volume 43, Number 2, 2005.
“City Park Nocturne,” Smartish Pace, Issue 12, 2005.
“Target Practice,” in
“Before His Final Day,” in
“An Etymology of Sorts,” in
“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,”
“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,”
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.
(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,”
“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,”
“On the Day of Your Death,”
“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
“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
“Foolishness,” Poet & Critic, 1992.
“Evening in a Field,” Zone 3, Volume VI: No. 1. Winter 1991.
“Neill’s Grocery,
“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
“Cherry’s Truck Stop,
“Names,” Poet & Critic, Volume 22: 2. Winter 1991.
“Passing Through,”
“Gravel Roads at Big Ivy,” Zone 3, Volume V: No. 1. Winter 1990.
“Brother,” Wind, 1990.
“Barbeque”
“The Dead,” Zone 3, Volume V: No. 1. Winter 1990.
“Inventory,” Old
“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
“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
“Evening,” Old
“Tracing the Outline,” The Panhandler, Number 19, Fall 1988.
“Valedictorian Explaining
the Failure of His Life,” The
Presentations and
Davidson Academy, Fall 2007
(Poetry Reading)
University
of Tennessee, Fall 2005. (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)
University of
Southern Festival of Books, “Poetry Rooted to the Earth,” Fall 2002. (Poetry reading)
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)
NCTE Conference, Fall 1998. (Poetry reading)
Southern Festival of Books, Fall 1998. Favorite Poem Project.
(participant)
O’More
The Assembly of Monteagle,
Summer 1996. (Poetry reading)
WPLN,
Southern Festival of Books, “Southern Voices in Every
Direction,” Fall 1994. (Poetry reading)
University of the South at Sewanee, Fall 1990. (Poetry reading)
Professional and College Service
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.
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.
Shelly Ganter, POB 1315, Columbia State Community
College, Columbia, TN 38401. Phone: (615)-
790-5988. ganter@columbiastate.edu