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