Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer, Poet
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Anthologies:
Every River On Earth (Ohio University Press, 2015)
, Pass/Fail (Red Sky Books, 2001)
, Resurrecting Grace (Beacon Press, 2001)
Books:
Earnest Occupations: Teaching, Writing, Gardening, & Other Local Work (Bottom Dog Press, 2018)
, Lives of the Poem: Community & Connection in a Writing Life (Wind Publishing, 2005)
, Milltown Natural: Essays and Stories From a Life (Bottom Dog Press, 1997)
Journal:
Fiction
Book:
Learning How: Stories, Yarns, & Tales (Bottom Dog Press, 2011)
Journals:
Appalachian Journal
, , Asheville Poetry Review
, Birmingham Poetry Review
, Cincinnati Poetry Review
, English Journal
, , Kiosk
, , , Now & Then
, The Prose Poem
, Wind Literary Journal
, Writing on the Edge
Poetry
Anthologies:
Motif: Come What May (Motes Books, 2010)
, O Taste And See: Food Poems (Bottom Dog Press, 2003)
, Crossing Troublesome (Wind Publications, 2002)
, Fresh Water: Poems From The Rivers, Lakes, And Streams (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
, I Have My Own Song For It: Modern Poems Of Ohioo (University of Akron Press, 2002)
, 2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology (Anamnesis Press, 2001)
, Earth Beneath, Sky Beyond (Outrider Press, 2000)
, Coffeehouse Poetry Anthology (Bottom Dog Press, 1996)
, Appalachia Inside Out (University of Tennessee Press, 1995)
, Mill And Smoke Marrow (Bottom Dog Press, 1991)
Books:
Studied Days: Poems Early & Late in Appalachia (Dos Madres Press, 2016)
, During The Recent Extinctions: New & Selected Poems 1984-2014 (Dos Madres Press, 2012)
, Public Hearings (Word Press, 2009)
, Burst: Poems Quickly (Dos Madres Press, 2004)
, The Time It Takes Light (Word Press, 2004)
, Alive In Hard Country (Bottom Dog Press, 2003)
, Garden (Word Press, 2001)
, Possible Debris (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1988)
, A Bestiary (Pudding House Publications, 1986)
, Ripening (Ohio State University Press, 1984)
Chapbook:
Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2001)
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Appalachian, Irish American
Prefers to work with:
Teachers, Teenagers
Born in:
Steubenville
Raised in:
Steubenville,
OH
Ohio
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Last update: Apr 12, 2019