Education
Ph.D. in English, University of Iowa
M.F.A. in Poetry Writing, The Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Certification in Secondary Education, Brandeis University
M.A. in English and Creative Writing, Boston University
B.A. in English, University of Pennsylvania
Publications
Books
A Home for Wayward Girls, winner of the New Issues Press First Book Contest, judged by Rodney Jones, 2005
Lullaby of History, winner of the Mary Belle Campbell Poetry Chapbook Publication Award, judged by David Rivard, 2002
Poems in Journals
His poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly, Antioch Review, Colorado Review, Cottonwood, Denver Quarterly, Greensboro Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Natural Bridge, North American Review, Northwest Review, Poet Lore, Poetry East, storySouth and Virginia Quarterly Review.
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