Publications

Books
Poems
- “Appalachian Psalm”, Whimsical Poet
- “Boxing and the Breath,” Whimsical Poet
- “Curing Pneumonia”, Two Hawks Quarterly
- “Freshman Composition”, TYCA-SE Journal
- “Fire Comes from a Place Beyond this World”, Whimsical Poet
- “Understanding English Poetry”, Whimsical Poet
- “Ghost Story”, the tiny journal
- “Mating Seasons”, Caesura
- “Stalking the Buck”, Connecticut River Review
- “The First Date and Everything After”, Caesura
- “The Light Inside the Body”, Associated Journal of Nursing
- “The Trouble with Love”, Theories of Her
- “Where Oxygen Comes to Rest”, Two Hawks Quarterly
- “Your Hands are Never Lonely”, Byline
Nonfiction
- “Armed and Ready to Stand Their Ground”, Chattanooga Pulse
- “Creating a Calm, Productive Environment for Middle School Students”, The 2007 AWP Pedagogy Papers, reprinted Best of the Pedagogy Papers 2007
- “Dancing with Snakes”, Tattoo Highway
- “Nine Words and a Mission”, Imagine Magazine
- “Tune Out, Tune In”, Chattanooga Pulse
- “Working on the Mind with the Mind: Socratic Inquiry”, Conscious Life Journal
Fiction
- “Giving Back the Dead”, Reflection’s Edge
- “The Land Pours In”, Hard Row to Hoe
- “When This Blows Over”, AWP Intro Award nominee
Oral Storytelling
- “Ghosts of War”, The Elephant Storytelling Showcase, Fort Myers
- “How I Got Here”, FGCU Slam Storytelling
- “I Hope You Know What You’re Doing”, FGCU Slam Storytelling
- “My Dog Remains”, FGCU Slam Storytelling
- “Scars of War”, The Elephant Storytelling Showcase, Naples, FL
- “The Sweet Lodge”, FGCU Slam Storytelling
- “Walking Each Other Home”, FGCU Slam Storytelling
- “When I See Those Mountains”, FGCU Faculty Salon Series
Media