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MARILYN L. TAYLOR

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Creative Writing)
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Linguistics)
  • B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison (Mass Communications)

PUBLICATIONS

Collections of Poetry:
  • Going Wrong. Parallel Press, 2009
  • Wisconsin Poets Laureate: Poems by Marilyn L. Taylor, Denise Sweet, Ellen Kort. Marsh River Editions, 2009
  • The Seven Very Liberal Arts. Aralia Press, 2006
  • Subject to Change. David Robert Books, 2004
  • Exit Only: Twenty-One Poems. Anamnesis Press, 2001
  • Marilyn Taylor's Greatest Hits. 1986-2000. Puddinghouse Press, 2001
  • Shadows Like These. Wm Caxton Ltd, 1994
  • The Accident of Light. Thorntree Press, 1991

Articles and Essays:
  • "Variations on a Theme: the Poetic Sequence". THE WRITER, October, 2010.
  • "The Poetry of Memory". THE WRITER, August, 2010.
  • "Harness the Power of Line Breaks". THE WRITER, June, 2010.
  • "How to Expand on the Spark of an Idea". THE WRITER, April, 2010.
  • "Writing to the Letter". THE WRITER, February, 2010.
  • "The Do's and Don'ts of Submitting Your Poetry". THE WRITER'S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED. Kalmbach Publishing Co., 2009
  • "Dare You and Another Poet Collaborate?". THE WRITER, December, 2009
  • "23 Writing Prompts to Get You on a Roll". THE WRITER, October, 2009
  • "12 Pitfalls of Protest Poetry". THE WRITER, June, 2009
  • "The Pantoum Playfully Links Stanzas". THE WRITER, April 2009
  • "The Reason Behind the Rhyme". THE WRITER, February 2009
  • "Repeat yourself--with Purpose: the Villanelle". THE WRITER, December 2008
  • "'Do Not Go Gentle': Poems about Loss". THE WRITER, October 2008
  • "How to Create Emotional Landscapes". THE WRITER, August 2008
  • "Want a Fun Poetic Challenge?" [on writing the sestina]. THE WRITER, June 2008
  • "Brainstorm to Begin a List Poem". THE WRITER, April 2008
  • "Make a Great Work of Art the Starting Point of Your Poem". THE WRITER, February 2008
  • "The Tao of Poetry Submission". THE WRITER, Dec. 2007
  • "Writing Like a Woman". THE WRITER, Oct. 2007
  • "27 Ways to Please a Poetry Editor". THE WRITER, July 2007
  • "It Takes More than Love to Pen a Good Poem". THE WRITER, April 2007
  • "Put Your Poetry Through the Paces". THE WRITER, February 2007
  • "Tips for Finding the Right Words". THE WRITER, December 2006
  • "Writing the Dramatic Monologue". THE WRITER, October 2006
  • "Travel Poetry". THE WRITER, August 2006
  • "Mothers and Daughters". THE WRITER, June 2006
  • "Rx for an Ailing Poem". THE WRITER, April 2006
  • "The Sonnet: Not Just for the Lovelorn Anymore". THE WRITER, October 2005
  • "The Virtues of the Iambic Pentameter". THE WRITER, July 2005
  • "Get the Beat". THE WRITER, June 2005
  • "Going Formal". THE WRITER, August 2004

Anthologies:
  • Poetry.us.com: Today's Poetry for Today's World: http://poetry.us.com/. "Reading the Obituaries" "The Blue Water Buffalo" "The Lovers at Eighty"
  • Fearsome Facinations Anthology. 2009: Outrider Press
    "The Showdown"
    "Studying the Menu"

  • Open Poetry Sonnet Anthology, 2008: Hand Luggage Only. Open Poetry, Leicestershire, UK, 2008.
    "Posthumous Instructions"

  • Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv. Red Hen Press, 2008.
    "Reading the Obituaries"

  • A Walk in My Garden. Outrider Press, 2007.
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"

  • Alhambra Press Poetry Calendar Anthology, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. Alhambra Press, Brussels, Belgium.
    "Extravaganza at Dave's" (2011, forthcoming)
    "Another Reason Not to Live North of 43 Degrees Latitude, Especially Near Lake Michigan" (2010)
    "No Way" (2009)
    "At the End" (2008)
    "Posthumous Instructions" (2007)
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday (2006)

  • FamousPoemsandPoets.com
    "Reading the Obituaries"
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"
    "The Geniuses Among Us"

  • On Retirement: 75 Poems. U of Iowa Press, 2007.
    "Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"

  • Discovering Genre: Poetry. Prestwick House, 2006. (Recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award for Reading and Language Instruction from the Assn. of Educational Publishers)
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"

  • Thirty American Women Poets of the 20th Century: a Dual-Language Anthology. Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett, Munich, 2006.
    "Summer Sapphics"
    "For Lucy, Who Came First"
    "Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
    "Subject to Change"

  • Rhymes for Adults. Virginia Reals Press, 2006.
    "Again"
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"

  • The Poem Tree: an Anthology of Formal Verse. www.poemtree.com, 2004.
    Ten poems

  • Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology. Universities West Press, 2005.
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"

  • Body Language: a Head-to-Toe Anthology. Black Moss Press, 2003.
    "Another Thing I Ought to Be Doing"

  • When I Was a Child. PoetWorks Press. January 2003.
    "Legacy"
    "Notes from a Family Picnic"

  • The POETRY Anthology, 1912-2002. Ivan R. Dee, Publisher. October, 2002.
    "To a Young Diver"

  • Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage. Poetworks/Grayson Books, January, 2003.
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"

  • Smaller Than God: Words of Spiritual Longing. Black Moss Press, 2001.
    "The Agnostic's Villanelle"

  • The Cancer Poetry Project: Poems by Cancer Patients and the People Who Love Them. Fairview Press, 2001.
    "One Last Favor"
    "Leaving the Clinic"

  • New Voices: University and College Poetry Prizes, 8th Edition, 1989-1998. Academy of American Poets, 2001.
    "To See in the Dark" (excerpt)

  • Henry's Creature: Poems and Stories on the Automobile. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 2000.
    "Drive All Night"
    "What They Don't Know"

  • Claiming the Spirit Within: a Sourcebook of Women's Poetry. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.
    "The Lovers at Eighty"

  • Espresso Poetry. Milwaukee, WI: Audubon Court, 1994.
    "At the End"
    "The Lovers at Eighty"

  • I Am Becoming the Woman I've Wanted. Watsonville, CA: Papier Mache Press, 1994.
    "The Lovers at Eighty"

  • Dreams and Secrets. Milwaukee, WI: Woodland Pattern Book Center, 1993.
    "What They Don't Know"

  • Wisconsin Poetry. Eau Claire, WI: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, 1991.
    "The Boy on the Plane"
    "The Tenth Avenue Care Home"

    Journals (selected):

  • Able Muse (Fall, 2008)
    "Mixed Signals"
  • The Alabama Literary Review (Spring, 2007)
    "Studying the Menu"
    "Late November"
  • The American Scholar 66.1 (Winter 1997) 120.
    "Rondeau: Old Woman With Cat"
  • Ars Poetica at www.logolalia.com (August 4 - 6, 2007)
    "Cover Letter"
    "Trocha-spondaloopian Sonnet"
    "In Memory of the Nissan Stanza Wagon"
  • The Atlanta Review (October 2007).
    "The Seven Very Liberal Arts"
  • BlackCatPoems.com (posted April, 2009).
    "Rondeau: Old Woman With Cat"
    "Summer Sapphics"
    "Reading the Obituaries"
  • Blue Unicorn 12.1 (October 1988) 12.
    "A Love Song, Continued"
  • The Cream City Review 27.2 (Spring 2003)
    "After Twenty Years"
    "The Native"
  • The Cream City Review 17.2 (Fall 1993) 125.
    "Clown"
  • The Cream City Review 12.1 (Winter 1988) 76 - 78.
    "At Pompano"
    "Earth Mother"
  • Dogwood (Spring 2003)
    "Notes from the Good-Girl Chronicles, 1963"
  • Ducts (Spring 2009)
    "The Amazing Perseverance of the Sandhill Crane"
    "Reading the Dispatch"
  • Echoes (Fall-Winter 2009)
    "Stranger Things"
  • Evansville Review (2006)
    "Another Thing I Ought to Be Doing"
    "Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
  • First Things (June/July 2009)
    "Contingency"
  • Free Verse (#84, 2006)
    "Memo to a Late Baby"
    "Father Goose"
    "The Geniuses Among Us"
    "The Collector"
    "Cover Letter"
    "Three Lies: a Glose"
  • Free Verse (#93, 2007)
    "The Amazing Perseverance of the Sandhill Crane"
    "First Day in London"
  • The Formalist 10.1 (1999) 120.
    "Splitting"
  • The Formalist 11.2 (2000) 106.
    "Reading the Obituaries"
  • GSU Review (Spring 2001), 7.
    "On Learning, Late in Life, that Your Mother Was a Jew"
  • Indiana Review 14.3 (Spring 1992) 143-44.
    "The Lovers at Eighty"
    "Drive All Night"
  • Iris 38 (Winter/Spring 1999), 76.
    "To Lucy, Who Came First"
  • Irish American Post (July 2001) Vol. 2, Issue 2
    "Oh Lord, How I'd Love to Be Irish"
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 279, No. 17 (May 6, 1998) 1396.
    "Another Thing I Ought to Be Doing"
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 279, No. 22 (June 10, 1998) 1766.
    "Leaving the Clinic"
  • Kalliope: a Journal of Women's Art 11.2 (1989) 64.
    "I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows"
  • Kansas Quarterly 23, Numbers 1-2 (Spring 1992) 24-25.
    "Before You Were Born"
    "The Globetrotter"
  • The Ledge #25 (September 2001)
    "Explication of a True Story"
    "Dispatch from the Cold War, 1951"
    "On Learning, Late in Life, that Your Mother Was a Jew"
    "Always Questions"
    "After the Countdown"
  • MEASURE Vol III Issue 1 (2008)
    "November in Verona, Wisconsin"
  • MEASURE Vol III Issue 2 (2009)
    "No Way"
  • Mezzo Cammin, Vol. I, Issue 1 (2006)
    "Nice Try"
    "Latter-day Letter to ESVM"
    "Again"
  • Midcoaster 1.1 (Winter 1986) 11.
    "In Tanzania"
  • Midland Review 8 (Spring 1992) 10.
    "From the Ice Cave"
  • Midwesterner (June 19, 2004), website
    "Surveying the Damage"
  • Other Poetry [U.K.] Vol. 1 (1995) 18.
    "To My Neighbor John, Who Is Completely Happy"
  • Passager 29 (1998) 6.
    "Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
  • Passager 32 (2000) 13 - 20
    "The Aging Huntress Speaks to Her Reflection"
    "Agnostic's Villanelle"
    "I Miss You and I'm Drunk"
  • Plains Poetry Journal 24 (July 1988) 30-31.
    "In Mr. Warren's Den"
    "Sixty-Five"
  • Poemeleon (Summer, 2006)
    "In Other News"
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"
    "Subject to Change"
  • Poemeleon (Summer, 2007)
    "To My Neighbor John Who Is Completely Happy"
    "Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
    "Reverie with Fries"
  • Poemeleon, Humor Issue (Winter, 2008/2009)
    "At the Cocktail Party"
    "Been Thinking"
  • Poet Lore 88.3 (Fall 1993) 14.
    "What They Don't Know"
  • Poetry 158.3 (June 1991) 137.
    "To a Young Diver"
  • Poetry 162.4 (July 1993) 222.
    "Golden Warriors End Year With Big Loss"
  • Poetry 174.3 (June 1999) 142-143.
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"
    "Summer Sapphics"
  • Poetry 180.5 (August 2002) 257-258
    "The Geniuses Among Us"
    "Subject to Change"
  • Poetry Daily On-Line Journal (featured poem, June 22, 1999)
    "Summer Sapphics"
  • Poetry Northwest 28.4 (Winter 1987-88) 41-42.
    "Late in the Wet Season"
    "The Tenth Avenue Care Home"
  • Poets On 17.2 (Spring 1993) 13.
    "One Last Favor"
  • Primavera, Vol. 24 (2002)
    "1949"
    "Chemotherapy"
  • qarrtsiluni, (March 10, 2010)
    "Sarcoma"
  • Raintown Review (Spring 2006)
    "Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
  • Raintown Review (Spring 2007)
    "Notice from the Sweet Chariot Funeral Parlor"
  • Raintown Review (Spring 2010)
    "Inventing the Love Poets"
  • Sheeps Head Review (Fall 2009)
    "The Geniuses Among Us"
  • Shepherd Express/ExpressMilwaukee.com (June 25-July 1 2009)
    "Summer Saphhics"
  • Smartish Pace (Spring/Summer 2000)
    "Voice Mail for Wallace Stevens"
    "To a Cat Gone Blind in his Eighteenth Summer"
    "Ballade of the Open Mike"
  • Smartish Pace Anniversary Issue 10 (April 2004)
    "In Other News"
  • Smartish Pace Issue 13
    "To the Mother of a Dead Marine"
  • Southern California Anthology 9 (1991) 112-118.
    "Transparencies: the Photographer's Last Letters to Her Son"
  • Transactions: Journal of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters 80, (1992) 129-30.
    "Miss Martin at Four O'Clock"
    "Tercets from the Train"
  • Umbrella, 4, Winter 2007
    "Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
  • Umbrella, 7, Fall 2008
    "Crickets: a Late Chorale"
  • Valparaiso Poetry Review, Vol. II No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2001)
    "Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"
  • Verse Daily, May 8, 2004
    "The Geniuses Among Us"
  • Verse Wisconsin, Spring 2010
    "Any Constellation"
  • Wheelhouse, Spring 2007
    "To the Mother of a Dead Marine"
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"
  • Writing Women [U.K.] 11.1 (1995) 40-41.
    "Caveat for Poets"
    "At the End"
  • Wisconsin Academy Review 50.2 (Spring 2004)
    "Sappho Under the Arches"
  • Wisconsin People and Ideas, formerly Wisconsin Academy Review (Spring 2009)
    "On Learning, Late in Life, that Your Mother was a Jew"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2003
    "Surveying the Damage"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2004
    "The Wilderness Has No Straight Lines"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2005
    "Crickets: a late Chorale"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2006
    "Valentine for a Bashful Boy"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2008
    "Cover Letter"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2009
    "Another Reason Never to Live North of 43 Degrees Latitude, Especially Near Lake Michigan"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2010
    "To My Neighbor John, Who Is Completely Happy"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2011 (forthcoming)
    "Star Wars"
  • Wisconsin Review 22.2 (February 1988) 58.
    "Speak to Me in the Oldest Tongue"
  • YourDailyPoem.com (September 17, 2009)
    "Subject to Change"
  • YourDailyPoem.com (November 19, 2009)
    "Home Again, Home Again"
  • YourDailyPoem.com (forthcoming April 17, 2010)
    "Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
  • ZinkZine: a Literary E-Zine of Fine Writing (Issue #3, Winter 2002)
    "What They Don't Know"
    "The Showdown"
    "The Vow"
    "To My Neighbor John, Who is Completely Happy"
    "The Lovers at Eighty"
  • ZinkZine: a Literary E-Zine of Fine Writing (Issue #9, Spring 2006)
    "What Lips" (a collaboration)
POETRY AWARDS AND PRIZES (selected)
    POET LAUREATE appointment, STATE OF WISCONSIN, 2009 - 2010

  • Winner, Eratosphere Sonnet Bake-off Competition, 2010
  • Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, October, 2008
  • Finalist, Open Poetry Sonnet Competition (U.K.), February, 2008
  • International Publication Prize, The Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, 2007
  • Honorable Mentions (two), Dancing Galliard Sonnet Contest, 2007
  • Finalist, Erskine J. Poetry Prize, 2006
  • Finalist, Frost Foundation Poetry Awards, 2005
  • Nomination, THE POETS PRIZE, 2005
  • Two Pushcart Prize nominations, 2005
  • Honorable Mention, Anne Posner Poetry Book Award. Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2005
  • Second Place, Emily Dickinson Award, Universities West Press, 2004
  • POET LAUREATE appointment, CITY OF MILWAUKEE, 2004 - 2005
  • First Prize, Dogwood Poetry Competition, 2003
  • Finalist, New Millennium Writings, 2003
  • Runner-Up, Stanzas Prize (David Robert Books), 2003
  • Semi-finalist, Emily Dickinson Award, Universities West Press, 2003
  • Finalist, Pearl Poetry Prize, 2002 and 2003
  • Finalist, Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, 2003
  • Finalist, John Ciardi Prize, BkMk Press, 2002
  • Finalist, Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, 2002
  • First Prize, GSU Review Poetry Contest, 2001
  • First Prize, The Ledge 2000 Poetry Awards Competition
  • Merit Award winner, Atlanta Review Poetry 2000 International Poetry Competition
  • First Prize, Anamnesis Press Poetry 2000 Chapbook Competition
  • Finalist (7th place), 2000 Writers Digest Writing Competition
  • Pushcart Prize nomination, 2000
  • First Place Award, Passager Poetry Contest, 1999
  • Honorable Mention, River Styx Poetry Competition, 1998
  • Honorable Mention, Passager Poetry Competition, 1998
  • Outstanding Achievement Recognition Award for Shadows Like These, Wisconsin Library Association, 1995
  • Fellowship, Wisconsin Arts Board, 1993
  • Finalist, Washington Prize for Poetry, 1992
  • Finalist, Snake Nation Press Poetry Competition, 1992
  • Semi-Finalist, Morse Poetry Prize, 1992
  • Kansas Arts Board/Kansas Quarterly Award, 1992
  • Charles Simic Master Class, 92nd St. Y, New York, NY, 1992
  • Associated Writing Programs Intro Award, 1991
  • Academy of American Poets Prize, UW-Milwaukee, 1991
  • Wladislaw Cieszynski Memorial Prize, UW-Milwaukee, 1991
  • Second Place Award, Ann Stanford Memorial Prize Competition, University of Southern California, 1991
  • First Prize for Poetry, Sigma Tau Delta of Southeastern Wisconsin, 1991
  • Finalist, Martha Scott Trimble Poetry Competition, Fort Collins, CO, 1991
  • Honorable Mention, Blue Unicorn Poetry Competition, 1988
  • Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets Prize, UW-Milwaukee, 1987

ADDITIONAL HONORS, APPOINTMENTS, PRESENTATIONS (selected)
  • Presenter, Southeast Wisconsin Book Festival, Waukesha (2010)
  • Workshop Facilitator, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Menomonie (2010)
  • Reading (with R. Virgil Ellis and Robin Chapman), Avols Books, Madison (2010)
  • Workshop facilitator (with Liam Callanan), Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan (2010)
  • Presenter, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Spring Conference, Green Bay (2010),br>
  • Moderator, America's Favorite Poem Project, Fox Cities Book Festival (2010)
  • Reading and Workshop facilitator, Amery (2010)
  • Announcer, Mezzo CamminTimeline Project launch, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.c. (2010)
  • Featured reader, Verse Wisconsin launch, Madison and Milwaukee, (2010)
  • Reading with Mark Kraushaar, Lake Mills (2010)
  • Reader, Midwest Vocal Ensemble Valentine concert, Greendale (2010)
  • Judge, "Poetry Out Loud" State Finals, Madison (2010)
  • Reader, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison (2010)
  • Featured Reader, Prairie Voices Publication Launch, Sun Prairie (2010)
  • Keynote Speaker, Statewide High School Writing Festival, UW-Whitewater (2009)
  • Speaker, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Fall Conference (2009)
  • Visiting Poet, Ripon College, Ripon (2009)
  • Featured reader and presenter, Chippewa Valley Book Festival, Eau Claire (2009)
  • Speaker, Learning in Retirement Program, University of Wisconsin Green Bay (2009)
  • Featured presenter, Wisconsin Governor's Residence Home and Garden Tour, Madison (2009)
  • Judge, Peninsula Pulse Annual Poetry Contest, Door County, WI (2009)
  • Judge, Academy of American Poets Contest, Valparaiso University (2009)
  • Judge, Rising Phoenix Poetry Contest, UW-Green Bay (2009)
  • Judge, "Poetry Out Loud" statewide competition, Madison, WI (2009)
  • Featured Poet, Valparaiso Poetry Review (March 14, 2009)
  • Presenter, UW-Milwaukee Book Festival, Milwaukee (2009)
  • Participant, Poet Laureate Roundtable. Artworks for Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI (2008)
  • Workshop Facilitator, National Poetry Slam, Madison, WI (2008)
  • Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL (2008)
  • Visiting Poet and Workshop Facilitator, Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL (2007)
  • Judge, Greenburgh Poetry Competition, Greenburgh, NY (2007)
  • Judge, Illinois State Poetry Society contest (2006, 2007, 2009)
  • Featured writer, "Celebrity Saturday", Allwriters Studio, Waukesha, WI (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI (2006)
  • Visiting Poet, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (2006)
  • Visiting Poet, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT (2006)
  • Keynote Speaker, Suburban Prairie League Writing Festival, Geneva, IL (2006)
  • Final Judge, Wisconsin Academy Review Poetry Contest (2006)
  • Panelist, Wisconsin Book Festival - Madison, WI 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Presenter, Wisconsin Book Festival - Madison, WI, 2005, 2006
  • Panelist, Midwest Modern Language Assn. (2005)
  • Presenter, American Literature Assn. conference, San Diego, CA (2005)
  • Kenote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Delta Kappa Gamma Society
    Northwest Regional Conference, Milwaukee (2005)
  • Judge, Ekphrastic Poetry Contest, Milwaukee Art Museum (2005,'06,'07)
  • Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Wisconsin Statewide High School Creative Writing Festival, UW-Whitewater (2004)
  • Visiting Poet, Marian College, Fond du Lac, WI (2004)
  • Visiting Poet, Northeastern University, Chicago, IL (2004)
  • Judge, Free Verse Magazine poetry contest, (2004)
  • Judge, Triad Sonnet Contest, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, (2004)
  • Poetry editor, A Cup of Poems and a Side of Prose, Milwaukee and Madison, (2004)
  • Library of Congress "Poetry at Noon" Reading Series, Washington DC, (2004)
  • Visiting Writer, Portland State University, Portland, OR (April 2003)
  • Poetry editor, Printstar Publishing, Milwaukee, WI (2002-2003)
  • Contest Co-chair, Council for Wisconsin Writers (2002-present)
  • Featured Poet, Poetry magazine website (www.poetrymagazine.org): (August, 2002)
  • Poetry Judge, The Wisconsin Academy Review poetry competition (2002)
  • Visiting Poet, Colorado Council on the Arts, Montrose, CO (2002)
  • Poetry Judge, Impressions Prize competition, UW-Madison (2002)
  • Woodland Pattern Book Center, Board of Directors (2002-2005)
  • Board of Visitors, Dept. of English, UW-Madison (1999-2003)
  • Keynote speaker, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Conference (2001)
  • Visiting Poet, Ripon College, Ripon, WI (2001, 2004)
  • Visiting Poet, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)
  • Arthur Dakin Fellowship, Sewanee Writers Conference, Sewanee, TN (1999)
  • Visiting Poet, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (1996)
  • Presenter, Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester University. West Chester, PA (1995 and 1996)
  • Visiting Poet, California State University at Chico (1993)
  • Poetry Editor, The Cream City Review, (1988-1991)
  • Presenter, Midwest Modern Language Assn., Indiana University (1984)

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
  • Workshop Facilitator, Redbird Studios - Milwaukee, WI 2007, 2008
  • CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, THE WRITER
  • ASSOCIATE LECTURER, The Honors Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING (ret.), Dept. of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Member, Wisconsin State Poet Laureate Commission, 2003 - 2005
  • Workshop Facilitator, St. Joseph's Writers Retreat - Baileys Harbor, WI 2003
  • Faculty, Bjorklunden Institute of Lawrence University - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Workshop Facilitator, Muskego Public Library
  • Faculty, University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Dept., 1996 - 2008
  • Faculty, The Telesis Institute, 2003, 2004 - Alverno College, Milwaukee
  • Co-Chair, Council for Wisconsin Writers Annual Writing Competitions, 2003 - present
  • Poetry Judge, Wisconsin Academy Review Poetry Competition, 2002
  • Poetry Editor, A Cup of Poems and a Side of Prose, Milwaukee and Madison
  • Poetry Editor, Printstar Publishing, Milwaukee, 2003
  • Poetry Judge, University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Union Competition, 2002
  • Board of Visitors, Dept. of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999 - 2004)
  • Council of Wisconsin Writers, Board of Directors (1999-present)
  • Literary Chair and Poetry Judge, Art Futures of Milwaukee County: Individual Artists Fellowships Competition, 1999
  • Instructor, University Outreach Writing Program
  • Teacher and Workshop Facilitator, Woodland Pattern Book Center
  • Faculty, Annual High School Creative Writing Festival: UW-Whitewater
  • Teacher and Workshop Facilitator, Redbird Studios, 2005 - 2008
  • Poetry Editor, The Cream City Review, 1988-91

ARTICLES, SCHOLARSHIP, Etc.
  • Panelist, "Poetry Handbooks": Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2009
  • Panelist, "The Art of Doggerel: Ogden Nash": Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2008
  • Chair, Critical Seminar on Prosody for the 21st Century: Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2007
  • Chair, Critical Seminars on Women Formalists: Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Panel Chair (various topics): West Chester Poetry Conference, West Chester, PA, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Panelist, Associated Writing Programs conference, Austin, TX, 2006
  • Poetry Editor, The Writer magazine: Bi-monthly articles on poetic craft, 2005, 2006 and continuing bi-monthly
  • Panelist, American Literature Assn. conference, San Diego, CA, 2005
  • Panelist, National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 2004
  • Critical Seminar: "The Recent Usage and Prospects of Non-Iambic Meters": West Chester University, West Chester, PA (2002)
  • Conference, Exploring Form and Narrative: "Homeless and Hapless: The Wanderer in Translation". Paper presented at West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1998)
  • Conference, Exploring Form & Narrative: "Syntax, Rhythm, and the Comeback of Prosodic Analysis: Howard Nemerov's Brainstorm". Paper presented at West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1995)
  • Hellas : a Journal of Poetry and the Humanities 6.2 (Fall/Winter 1995) 103-13 "Syntax, Rhythm, and the Comeback of Prosodic Analysis: Howard Nemerov's Brainstorm"
  • 1984 Conference, Midwest Modern Language Assn.: Paper, "The Rhythms of Free Verse: D.H. Lawrence's "The Ship of Death'". Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1984)

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