COURSES TAUGHT
- Approaches to College Writing
- Personal History and Memoir
- Creative Writing: Prose
- Creative Writing: Poetry
- Literature of the American West
- American Poetry and Social Justice
- Immigrant Narratives and American Dreams
EDUCATION
- Wallace Stegner Fellow, Stanford University
- MFA, University of Houston
- BA, Binghamton University
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Wallace Stegner Fellowship
- Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry
- Finalist, Forward Prize for Best First Collection
What is your hometown?
Nyack, NY
Who were your major teachers?
Eavan Boland, Mark Doty, and Tony Hoagland.