Dr. Susan Swartwout
Professor
Director of the
Mail Stop 2650 English Department
Phone (573) 651-2641
Email: sswartwout@semo.edu
Teaching Interests
Creative writing, independent-press publishing and editing, twentieth- and twenty-first century American poetry and fiction
Publications
Books
Hurricane Blues: Anthology of Poems about Katrina and Rita,
Relief Effort.
Co-edited with Philip C. Kolin.
A Student's Guide to Getting Published.
Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry.
Uncommon Ground.
Freaks: A Collection of Poetry.
Essays
“The Changing Trends of University Press.” Associated Writing Programs Conference Papers, 2009. Forthcoming in 2009.
“Preparing a Successful AQIP Application: Engendering Communication, Collaboration, and Self-knowledge.” Co-authored with Christina Frazier (lead writer), Dennis Holt, Jane Stephens, and David Starrett. Higher Learning Commission Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement, Vol. 4. Chicago: HLC, 2007.
"How to Be a Bitter Failure as a Writer." The Heartland Writers Guild Journal. March 2005. 3.
"Truman Capote" in The
Tennessee
"Language Is More Clay than Stone" in Conversations with Rita Dove. Ed.
Earl Ingersoll.
“Revolution Has Not Yet Entered Their Souls: The Jilting of Katherine Anne
Porter” in Value and Vision in American Literature. Ed. Joseph Candido.
U of
“Janet Frame.” Gay and Lesbian Literature, Vol. 2. Eds. Tom and
Sara Pendergast. St. James P, 1997.
“In Praise of Smallness.” Small Press Feature. Amazon.com Books Website. March
1997. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/smallpress.html/ (March 26,
1997).
“Canto Alto.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995): 64.
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“Filling in Between: The Lesbian Love Poems of Linnea Johnson.”
Reviews
Review of
American Political Poetry into the 21st Century
by Michael Dowdy.
Choice
magazine of the American Library Association (August
2007).
Review of
Contemporary Fiction and the Ethics of Modern Culture by
Jeffrey Karnicky.
Choice
magazine of the American Library Association (July 2007).
Review of A Near-Perfect Gift: Stories by R. M. Kinder.
Southern Humanities Review
(Spring 2007).
Review of Lucille Clifton: Her Life and Letters
by Mary Jane Lupton.
Choice (July 2006).
Review of Ghostly Parallels: The Lyric Sequences of Robert Penn
Review of Understanding Adrienne Kennedy by Philip Kolin.
Choice (June 2006).
“Listen, Dammit, I Am
the Poem.” Rev. of Kevin Stein’s
American Ghost Roses: Poems. Requested by
American Book Review,
Ed. Charles Harris. May 2005.
Rev. of (Heather Sellers textbook)
Rev. of Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes
by Ryan Van Cleave. Pre-press review excerpted for in-text copy by Longman
Publishers on backcover and pages 2 - 4.
Rev. of Book of My Nights by Li-Young Lee, American Book Review
23.6 (Sept./Oct. 2002): 18.
“I Have Never Seen Elvis, but I Defend His Right to Appear.” Rev. of The
Blessing: Poems by Richard Jones. American Book Review 22.3
(March/April 2001): 18.
Rev. of The View from Below by Lindsey Crittenden. Rain Taxi
4.2 (Summer 1999): 44.
Rev. of Women Drinking Benedictine by Sharon Dilworth. Rain Taxi
4.1 (Spring 1999): 33.
Rev. of Little Red Riding Hood in the Red Light District by Manlio
Argueta. Rain Taxi, Spring 1999. Online.
Rev., monthly, ten titles by Independent Press publishers. Amazon.com. Online
monthly 09/96 through 11/98.
Rev., excerpt from online review quoted by Milkweed Editions as blurb for
Pattiann Roger’s Eating Bread and Honey, published 12/97. January 1998.
Rev. of Same Blue Chevy by Gale Reneé Walden. American Book Review,
18.4 (May-June 1997): 21.
Rev. of Small Hours of the Night: Selected Poems by Roque
Rev. of The Lord and the General Din of the World by Jane Mead.
American Book Review. 17.5 (June-July 1996): 17.
Rev. of Stunts by Carol Oles and Kyrie for One Voice by
Margaret Holley.
Rev. of The Old Man and the Wolves by Julia Kristeva. Review of
Contemporary Fiction 16.1 (1996): 177.
“Sure, Women Can Read Maps, But It May Not Get Them Where They Want To Be.” Rev. of Foreign Parts by Janice Galloway. American Book Review 17.2 (Winter 1995): 20.
Rev. of A Walking Fire by Valerie Miner. Review of Contemporary
Fiction 15.1 (1995): 166-7.
Poems
“And Also See.” Cuivre River Anthology Vol. IV. St. Louis, MO: High Hill Press, 2009. 19.
“Mock Elvis.” Cuivre River Anthology Vol. IV. St. Louis, MO: High Hill Press, 2009. 21.
“Family History, Chemically Etched.” Cuivre River Anthology Vol. IV. St. Louis, MO: High Hill Press, 2009. 24.
“In the Heart of Illinois State Fair.” Cuivre River Anthology Vol. IV. St. Louis, MO: High Hill Press, 2009. 26.
“Mama’s Gardenias.” Hurricane Blues: Anthology of Poems
about Katrina and Rita, Relief
Effort. Cape Girardeau, MO: Southeast
Missouri State University Press, 2006. 136.
“How to Host a Hurricane: Gov Love, American Style.”
Hurricane Blues: Anthology of Poems about Katrina and Rita,
Relief Effort. Cape Girardeau, MO: Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2006.
158.
“Burroughs Meets the Brain.” The Eye 3 (December 2005). 2.
"Stay." Lunarosity, June 2004.
"Thin Air." Lunarosity, June 2004.
"Family History, Filmy with Grief." Lunarosity, June 2004.
"Late News for the Geographically Indifferent.” Lunarosity, June 2004.
“Frankenfreud.” River
“One of the Lesser Gods.” Reprinted in Sou’wester: 40th
Anniversary Retrospective Issue 28.2 (Spring 2000): 102.
“Tenderest.” River
“Our Man Thumb.” The Laurel Review 33.1&2 (Fall 1999): 81.
“Wrestling My Son’s Sport.” Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
16.1 (1998): 196.
“The Goddess Discord Brings Her New Doll Buggy into My Backyard When I Don’t
Want Her There.” Baybury Review 1 (1997): 40.
“Montage a Ratatouille.” Sou’wester 25.2 (1997): 23.
“How to Be a Better Poet.” Sou’wester 25.2 (1997): 25.
“Tom Thumb Dreams.”
“Rear Window.”
“The Expanse Between Porch and Sky.”
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“I Stroke Death by the Eight Foot Jesus.” Pikestaff Forum 12.1 (1996):
16.
“Chinese Checkers: Basics and Strategies.” Pikestaff Forum12.1 (1996):
16.
“Ascent to Mountaintop, No Chariot.” Pikestaff Forum 12.1 (1996): 16.
“Bartender.” translated from Honduran poet José González.
“P.” translated from José González.
“Selected Defects.” translated from José González.
“Sport King.” translated from José González.
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“Sideways Through a Looking Glass.”
“Siamese Twins in Love.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995): 65.
“Chang’s Wife Takes to Gin.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995): 66.
“Nightfall Brushes Her Hair.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995): 67.
“Chang Runs Away From Home.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995): 68.
“Day Breaks Through Her Window.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995):
69.
“Eng Writes to Chang.” Clockwatch Review 9.1&2 (1995): 70.
“Roadkill Meditations.” Broadside. Ola De Etta Dillinger Good Foundation.
“I Wannabe Your Queen.” Sweet Nothings: Anthology of Rock and Roll
Poetry.
“Faggot.”
“Intentions of Shade.” Analecta 19 (1993): 21.
“One of the Lesser Gods.” Sou’wester special “Illinois Authors”
double issue 21.2&3 (1993): 40.
“Our Bodies Speak Their Lines” Negative Capability 12.3 (1993): 40.
Honorable Mention: 1992 Eve of St. Agnes Competition.
“The Trail at Hedgebrook.” Sou’wester special
“The Ceiba Tree.” Rhino (1992): 2-3.
“Five Deceits of the Hand.” Rhino (1992): 1.
“I Stroke Death by the Eight-Foot Jesus.” Druid’s Cave Spring (1992):
25.
“One of the Lesser Gods.” Druid’s Cave Spring (1992): 24.
“Orpheus: The First Time.” The
“Calle Rito de Gemidos.” Great Stream Review 2. 2 (1991): 34.
“The Emily Dickinson Computer Poem.” Vidette Fall (1991).
“Quotidian.” Vidette Fall (1991).
“Songbird: The Arribatamiento.” Farmer’s Market 8. 2 (1991): 56.
“War Games.” Vidette Fall (1991).
“Winslow Homer’s Watching the Breakers.” Creative Woman 11. 3 (1991):
37.
“A Reputation.” Farmer’s Market 7. 2 (1990): 49.
“A Year After the Divorce, My Car Gets Wrecked.” Farmer’s Market 7. 2
(1990): 48.
“Casting the
“Folded.” Lullwater Review 2. 1 (1990): 29.
“I Tell Myself Yellow.” Whetstone 7 (1990): 57.
“Mother and Daughter—Miles Apart.” Sou’wester 18. 2 (1990): 35.
“Naked in the Demimonde.” The
“Winslow Homer’s Watching the Breakers.”
“Your Lines, My Circles.” Sou’wester 18. 2 (1990): 36.
“Beastiality.” Catch 20. 2&3 (1989): 208.
“Cleaning Her Room.” Catch 21. 1 (1989): 38.
“Dutch.” Catch 21. 1 (1989): 36-37.
“In Search of Another Romantic.” Phizzogs 15 (1989): 6.
“Moondancer.” Phizzogs 15 (1989): 15.
“Nightmoves.” Phizzogs 15 (1989): 9.
“Concentrating on the Subtle Shutups.” Catch 19.2 (1988): 30.
“Domingo in
“Filling the Cornucopia.” Phizzogs 14 (1988): 27.
“Mysticante Gato.” Phizzogs 14 (1988): 31.
“Nightmoves.”
“The Red-eye.” Catch 19.2 (1988): 29.
“Anxious on a Long Leash.” Phizzogs 13 (1987): 27.
“Collar.” Phizzogs 13 (1987): 24.
“The Critic.” Phizzogs 13 (1987): 15.
“A View from the Porch Swing.” Phizzogs 13 (1987): 14.
Short Stories
“Student Bodies.” Phizzogs 15 (1989): 24-25.
“Living in the Rain.” Farmer’s Market 5.2 (1988): 21-33.
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“Living in the Rain.” Catch 19.3 (1988): 5-16. [Davenport
Award judged first place by novelist Jane Smiley]
Published Interviews
Interview with artist Gary Lucy, for Big Muddy 2.1. January, 2002.
“An Interview with Novelist Rick Harsch.” Amazon.com Online (Dec. 1998).
“An Interview with David Ignatow.” Druid’s Cave (1991): 3-5.
“An Interview with J. W. Rivers.” Druid’s Cave 15th Anniv. issue
(1990): 77-80.
“An Interview with Rita Dove.” Farmer’s Market 6.2 (1989): 4-7.
Honors and Awards
Creative Writing
Nominated for Pushcart Prize by poet Gary Gildner. February 2005.
Featured poet for Lunarosity, March 2004 issue.
Winner of the Hanks Award,
Nominated by the editors of The Laurel Review for the Hanks Award,
Finalist in the top 5, Southern Women Writers Writing Contest, Berry College,
for the poem “The Professional,” February 4, 1998.
Nominated for The Pushcart Prize by Sou’wester literary magazine,
Ragdale Foundation Fellowship,
Winner, Illinois Writers Inc. National Poetry Chapbook Competition, April 1996.
Finalist, Pearl Literary Magazine’s annual poetry chapbook competition.
December 1995.
National winner, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award for Poetry, presented in
Featured poet, Clockwatch Review [includes 6-poem sequence and an
essay] 9.1&2 (1995): 64- 70.
Ola De Etta Dillinger Good Award in Poetry. First place,
Illinois Writers’ Inc. annual chapbook contest for poetry manuscript
“Taken by Mountains.” Honorable mention,
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award nomination by Illinois Review for
poem “Faggot,” February 1994.
Pearl Literary Magazine’s annual poetry chapbook competition. Finalist,
December 1993.
Pushcart Prize nomination by Illinois Review in poetry for “Faggot,”
November 1993.
Illinois Writers’ Inc. annual chapbook contest for fiction manuscript
“Incarnations.” Finalist,
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award nomination by Farmer’s Market for
poem “Songbird: The Arribatamiento,” January 1993.
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award nomination by Illinois Writers Review
for essay, “Filling In Between: The Lesbian Love Poems of Linnea Johnson,”
January 1993.
White Eagle Coffee Store Press’ 1992 Poetry Chapbook contest for “Taken by
Mountains.” Finalist, December 1992.
Pushcart Prize nomination by Illinois Writers Review for
essay,“Filling In Between: The Lesbian Love Poems of Linnea Johnson,”
November 1992.
Anabiosis Press’ annual chapbook contest. Manuscript: “Reputations.”
Finalist [one of top 3 manuscripts of 115 entries], June 1992.
Negative Capability’s annual awards issue, 1992 Eve of St. Agnes
Competition, for “Our Bodies Speak Their Lines.” Finalist [one of 10 honorable
mention poems out of 1900], December 1993.
1992 Poet’s Market through 2000 Poet’s Market. Featured poet in the
entry for Sou’wester literary magazine.
Rhino’s annual poetry contest for “Five Deceits of the Hand.” First
prize, December 1991.
Illinois Writers’ Inc. poetry chapbook contest for “Reputations.” Finalist,
December 1992.
Hedgebrook Writer’s Colony,
Pushcart Prize nomination in poetry by Sou’wester for “Mother and
Daughter—Miles Apart,” 1990.
Davenport Award [judged by novelist Jane Smiley] for “Living in the Rain.” First
place, fiction, 1988. $250.
Nick Adams Short Story Competition for “The Holman Site.” Finalist, 1988.
Missy Peterson Poetry Award,
Academic
Selected as a Choice academic reviewer by Association of College and Research Libraries (division of American Library Association) in the genres of contemporary American fiction and poetry.
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $500,
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $500,
Chair of
Outstanding Teaching Honors Award,
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $500,
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $500,
Charter Excellence Award for English Department Top Graduate Student of 1995-96,
Graduate Committee Scholarship Award for contribution to a major professional
conference. Recepient, November 1993.
George Canning Scholarship Award,
Howard Wilson Prize for Non-fiction [judged by Howard Wolf of SUNY-Buffalo] for
“Creative Process in Gerard Manley Hopkins.” First place, 1989. $250
English Talent Grant,
Institutional Grant
Funding for Results Grant,
Funding for Results Grant,
Funding for Results Grant,
Funding for Results Grant,
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $1,000,
Funding for Results Grant,
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $500,
Student Government grant for printing of Journey magazine. Fully funded, $4,400.
2000-2001.
Funding for Results Grant,
Kent Library Endowment Fund, selected short fiction and poetry collections. Kent
Library,
FFR Individual Professional Development Award, $500,
Kent Library Endowment Fund, selected short fiction and poetry collections. Kent
Library,
Works-in-Progress
Creative
“Peculiar Beauties,” full-length poetry manuscript.
“Burgh,” collection of short fiction.
Academic
Author, “Publishing and the Independent Press,” textbook.
Author, “Don’t Dare Change a Thing: Isabel Paterson and The New York Herald,”
critical study.
Education
1996: Doctor of Arts,
1991: M.A.,
Dissertation
“Being Human: A Nonoppositional Sex-Difference Approach to Twentieth-Century American Short Fiction by Men and Women,” directed by Ray Lewis White
Teaching Experience
American Fiction of the 21st Century: Southeast Missouri State University
Practicum in Teaching Creative Writing (graduates): Southeast Missouri State University
Literary Editing Practicum: Southeast Missouri State
University
Small Press Publishing: Southeast Missouri State University
Introduction to Creative Writing: Southeast Missouri State University, Illinois
State
University
Fiction and the Human Experience: Southeast Missouri State University
Advanced Creative Writing--Poetry: Southeast Missouri State University (EN573)
Advanced Creative Writing--Fiction: Southeast Missouri State University (EN574)
Contemporary American Poetry: Southeast Missouri State University (LI 571)
CyberFiction and Society: Southeast Missouri State University (LI576)
English Composition: Southeast Missouri State University
Children’s Literature: Southeast Missouri State University
Rhetoric and Critical Thinking: Southeast Missouri State University
Creative and Critical Thinking: Southeast Missouri State University
Introduction to Poetry and Drama: for English majors, Illinois State University
Introduction to Fiction: The short story. Illinois State University
Women’s Literature: A multicultural approach.
Language and Composition I: Illinois State University
Language and Composition II [research paper writing]. Illinois State University
Fiction Writing Workshop, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
First-year Preceptorial—Selections in Western Thought, Knox College.
Other Instructional Activities
Director of Publishing Internships
Coordinator of KRCU’s poetry on the radio, 2007.
Creator/administrator of Southeast’s Small-press Publishing Minor, an
interdisciplinary minor for students interested in a career in literary
publishing.
Director/Coordinator for the
Judging Coordinator for the
Coordinator/producer of KRCU’s poetry on the radio, 1997.
Student Organization Advising
Advisor of Journey student literary magazine and its Visiting
Writers Series, Student Poetry Reading Series, and Journey Writers in
Classes Program.
Advisor to Student Society for Publishing,
Theses Director
Director of Masters Thesis by Donna Essner, Southeast Missouri State University, a collection of original work by the author. Current.
Director of Masters Thesis by Jennifer Weiss, Southeast Missouri State University, a collection of original work by the author. Current.
Director of Masters Thesis by Kristine Yesley, Southeast Missouri State University, a collection of original work by the author. 2008.
Director of Masters Thesis by Amelie Morgan, Southeast Missouri State University, a collection of original work by the author. Current.
Director of Masters Thesis by Anna-Marie Beard, Southeast Missouri State University, a collection of original work by the author. 2008.
Director of Masters Thesis by Elishia Heiden, Southeast Missouri State University, a collection of original work by the author. 2008.
Director of Masters Thesis by Corey Barnardt , Southeast Missouri State University, a novel by the author. May 2007.
Director of Masters Thesis by Kristi Murray, Southeast Missouri State University, a novel by the author. May 2007.
Director of Masters Thesis by Wade Christian,
Director of Masters Thesis by Daniel Jaycox,
Director of Masters Thesis by Nick Watts,
Director of Masters Thesis by
Director of Masters Thesis by
Director of Masters Thesis by
Director of Masters Thesis by Bridget Brown,
Director of Masters Thesis by Jason Sander,
Director of Masters Thesis by Leon Cluck,
Director of Masters Thesis by
Director of Masters Thesis by Miranda Henley, Southeast Missouri State University, "Independent Press Publishing: Procedures and Problems." May 2004.
Director of Masters Thesis by Clay Matthews,
Director of Masters Thesis by Dale Hawkins,
Director of Masters Thesis by David M. Taylor,
Director of Masters Thesis by Daniel Crocker,
Director of Masters Thesis by Sandra Braggs,
Director of Masters Thesis by Michael McArthur,
Director of Masters Thesis by Stacey Rollins,
Director of Masters Thesis by Mary Jane Mills, Southeast Missouri State
University, collection of creative works by the author. May 2002.
Director of Masters Thesis by Thomas Eaton,
Director of Masters Thesis by Stephanie Williams,
Director of Masters Thesis by Melissa Schwab,
Director of Masters thesis by Susan Parks,
Director of Masters thesis by Julie Chapman,
Theses Committee Member
Second reader of Masters Thesis by Jennifer Hotop, Southeast Missouri State
University. Current.
Third reader of Masters Thesis by Jesse Laurentius, Southeast Missouri State University. 2007.
Second reader of Masters Thesis by Amber Faircloth,
Second reader of Masters Thesis by Benjamin Pruett,
Second reader of Masters Thesis by
Third reader of Masters Thesis by
Third reader of Masters Thesis in History by Shonda Hemphill, Southeast Missouri State University, a study of race relations and school desegregation in Charleston Missouri between 1954 and 1968. Current.
Second reader of Masters Thesis by Michael Gurnow,
Third reader of Masters Thesis in Education by Melissa Harbaugh,
Second reader of Master’s thesis by David Thomas,
Undergraduate Honors Projects
Director of Honors Project by Michele Metych, writing and desktop publishing the book, A Treatise on No-kill Cat Sanctuaries. May 2007.
Faculty mentor. MacNair Scholarship Project by English major Kyle Barnett. 2007.
Committee member, Graduation with Distinction Project by art major Jennifer Catron. December 2006.
Director of Honors Project by Meredith Purvis, writing and desktop publishing the book, A Student’s Guide to Study Abroad. May 2006.
Committee member, Graduation with Distiction Project by art major Lindsey Baker. May 2006.
Committee member, Graduation with Distinction Project by psychology major Denekia Tucker. May 2003.
Committee member, Graduation with Distinction Project by English major Helen White. December 2002.
Committee member, Graduation with Distinction Project by psychology major Andrea Holloway. May 2001.
Director of Honors Project by
Director of Honors Project by Illinois State University senior Patricia Miller
on the selected fiction of African American writer Ann Petry, Fall 1993.
Languages
English, native; fluent in Spanish; read Italian and French
Listings
Directory of American Poets and Writers, Associated Writing Programs.
Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors, & Poets
Contemporary Authors Index, Gale Research.
Poet’s Market, featured poet for Sou’wester’s entry
Writer-in-Residence
Ragdale Foundation Fellowship award,
Second Annual Junior/Senior High School Poetry Festival,
First Annual Junior/Senior High School Poetry Festival,
Hedgebrook Writer’s Colony,
Presentations
Forthcoming, Speaker and panel moderator. “Changing Trends in University Press.” Associated Writing Programs Conference. Chicago, IL. February 14, 2009.
Forthcoming, speaker and lead writer for panel. “How Revis(ion)ing our Action Projects Made Us Stronger (And Didn’t Kill Us). Higher Learning Commission. Chicago, IL. April 2009.
Forthcoming, keynote speaker and workshop leader. St. Louis Saturday Writers. St. Louis, MO. October 25, 2008.
Speaker and panel moderator. “How to Plan Your First Published Book.” Kent Library Athenaeum. Southeast Missouri State University. October 22, 2008
Keynote speaker. Heartland Writer’s Guild Annual Conference. Cape Girardeau, MO. June 7, 2008.
Keynote speaker. 15th Annual Student Research Conference. Southeast Missouri State University. April 18, 2007.
Panel member.
“Preparing a Successful AQIP Application: Engendering Communication,
Collaboration, and Self Knowledge” with Drs. CL Frazier, D Holt, J Stephens, and
DA Starrett. Higher Learning Commission. April 2007.
Interviewee, with Tom Harte, for “Discover Cape” program on Stirring Words, aired on KFVS and Channel 5. May 2007.
Interviewed by KFVS TV about Internet publishing. Broadcast 03/07/07
Interviewed by Chris Schnell and Tom Harte for “Public Forum,” 09/25/07
Interviewed by Joshua Russell for “Discover Cape,” 12/04/07
Pedagogy Forum I participant, Associated Writing Programs
Conference,
Keynote speaker: “What Kinds of Jobs Can a Creative Writer
Get?” Writing Achievement Awards,
Interviewer, with Tom Harte, of Edward C. Matthews, III,
author of Matthews: Historical
Adventures of a Pioneer Family for
“Going Public,” KRCU radio,
Guest speaker at Southeast’s 25-Year Club Homecoming dinner,
Interviewer, with Tom Harte, of novelist Linda Busby Parker
for “Going Public,” KRCU radio, broadcast
Interviewer, with Tom Harte, of Gary Gildner for “Going
Public,” KRCU radio, broadcast
Guest speaker at 11th annual Heartland Writers’ Conference. June, 2004.
Interviewer, with Tom Harte, of
Poetry reading, Wordsfair,
Poetry workshops for three classes at
Booksigning and lecture on getting published. Barnes and
Noble,
Keynote speaker for Poetry Month Celebration at
Interviewed for “Books and Authors” Program on
Presented lecture entitled “Spirals of Revelation” and poetry workshop for The
St. Louis Poetry Center at the University Center Library Auditorium,
Poetry reading at the St. Louis Poetry Center, St. Louis, MO.May 28, 2000.
Poetry workshop at
Presented/performed, Walt Whitman’s “I Sing the Body Electric,” Millennial
Symposium of the Arts, Kent Library,
Poetry reading, Touch of Grace Café,
Poetry reading, Barnes and Noble,
Presented, Blues/Poetry Writing workshop, Southeast Missouri Writing Project,
Presented “Freaks in the Mainstream.”
Poetry reading, Journey magazine reading series,
Poetry reading and workshop, Cape Girardeau Public Library,
Keynote speaker on “Independent Press Opportunities in Online Marketing.” Book
Publishers of
Presented beginning poetry writing at
Poetry reading.
Session leader. “Teaching Creative Writing Techniques.” Eleventh Annual Toward
Excellence in English Conference, Southeast Missouri English Teacher’s
Association.
Presented “Memory’s Risky Fiction: Memoir and Invention in Creative Writing.”
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association.
Poetry reading with Journey writers, Family Weekend.
Keynote speaker. Southeast Missouri State University Writing Achievements Awards
ceremony.
Session leader. Third Annual Creative Writing Day.
Poetry reading and discussion, with Dale Haskell.
Poetry reading, Sigma Tau Delta Banquet,
Barnes & Noble Creative Writing Group,
Speaker. “Female Experience” course at Southeast Missouri State University.
Presented “Women and Writing,”
Ragdale Foundation,
Poetry reading. Babbitt’s Bookstore,
Keynote speaker, featured poet for teacher and student workshops, and poetry
reading. Second Annual Junior/Senior High School Poetry Festival, Illinois
Valley Association of Illinois Association for Teachers of English. March 15,
1996.
Featured speaker.
Poetry Radio-rama Benefit for Public Radio WGLT. Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
Poetry reading. Caxton Club,
HISED (Heads of Illinois Secondary English Departments),
Borders Book Store, Oak Park, IL. Poetry reading,
Clockwatch Review Special 10th anniversary reception,
First Annual Junior/Senior High School Poetry Festival,
Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
Black Women’s Association,
Wordsfair,
Illinois Valley Association of Illinois Association for Teachers of English
meeting,
HISED (Heads of Illinois Secondary English Departments),
WGLT Public Radio,
University’s Cultural Diversity Seminar,
The Bop Shop,
Student Teachers Seminar,
National Endowment for the Humanities seminar,
HISED (Heads of Illinois Secondary English Departments),
The Gallery,
Student Teachers Seminar,
Glenbard East High ,School,
Babbitt’s Bookstore,
Heads of Illinois Secondary English Departments Annual Conference,
Twenty-sixth Annual Community College/University English Articulation
Conference,
Editing, Judging
Publisher and editor, Southeast Missouri State University Press, July 2001-current.
Editor and co-founder, Big Muddy: A
Journal of the Mississippi River Valley, bi-annual literary journal.
Southeast Missouri State University, July 2000-current.
Judge for Poetry Out Loud, regional competition, February 2008.
Judge: 3rd Annual Show-Me Digital Film Festival, March 24, Cape Girardeau, MO
Judge: annual Mighty River Short Story Contest and the Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest, 2007 – current.
Judge. Southeast Missouri State University’s Writing Achievement Awards for schools. Feb.1998 – current.
Judge: annual Copperdome Poetry Chapbook Award, 2005 – current.
Judge for History Day at the University March 16, 2007.
Judge for Poetry Out Loud, regional competition, February 25, 2007.
Judge, Asininepoetry.com’s national sonnet contest, November 2005.
Judge, Heartland Writer’s Guild Poetry Contest, January 2005.
Judge, Southeast Missourian’s “The Best Years” poetry contest, September 2004.
Producer/publisher, Tears of the Trail by Marie W. Exler, edited by Dr. Carol
Morrow. February 2001.
Judging Coordinator,
Judge. Journey literary journal’s photography competition,
Judge for the AIDS student writing awards,
Judging Coordinator for the
Judge of The
Judge,
Small Press editor, Amazon.com Online Bookstore, 1996-1999.
Associate editor, The Cape Rock literary journal,
First reader, Thorngate Road Press Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition.
March 1998.
Judge. Journey literary journal’s photography competition,
First reader, Thorngate Road Press Berdache Chapbook Series 1. March 1997.
First reader, Thorngate Road Press Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition.
March 1997.
First reader judging the Spoon River Poetry Review 1995 international poetry
competition.
Assistant editor, Spoon River Poetry Review international poetry journal,1990
through 1993.
Co-editor, Druid’s Cave literary journal, Illinois State University, 1992-93.
Editor, Druid’s Cave literary journal, Illinois State University, 1990-91.
Editor, Druid’s Cave literary journal, Illinois State University, 1989-90.
First Reader for the 1992 national Fiction Collective Two novel competition,
November 1992.
Co-editor, Farmer’s Market international literary journal, 1988-89.
Co-editor, Phizzogs literary journal’s first place issue in national
competition,
Copyediting
Copyeditor/proofreader, avant-garde/experimental novels, Fiction Collective 2, Illinois State University and University of Florida, Fall 1991-2003. Entails 8 -10 novels per year, including the FC2 Annual Novel Competition Award winner and the Nilon Award for a Minority Writer selection.
Copyeditor for
Copyeditor/evaluator for “Cape Girardeau Gold,” a manuscript under consideration
for publication by Southeast’s Center for Regional History, October 1999.
Copy-editor, "Division Psychiatry in the
Copyeditor for Project Oz’s Drug/Alcohol/ Violence Prevention Curriculum
manuscript, 1994.
Proofreader for The Poetry of Marjorie Rawlins, edited by Rodger Tarr,
Professor, Illinois State University, 1994.
Proofreader for Thomas Carlyle: A Concordance by Rodger Tarr, Professor,
Illinois State University, 1994.
Copyeditor, A Beginner’s Guide to Saving and Investing, Quintessence
Publications,
Proofreader, Conversations with John Updike, ed. James Plath, Professor,
Proofreader for Distinguished Professor Ray Lewis White, Illinois State
University, 1993-95. Major projects include the W.W. Norton critical edition of
Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio.
Copyeditor/proofreader for Distinguished Professor.
Assistant to Director of Publications Unit, Illinois State University,
1991-1992.
Editorial assistant, Spoon River Quarterly, 1989-90.
Computer Experience
Teach publishing classes and interns, using PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator; build and maintain University Press electronic records; maintain UP and Faculty Senate websites.
Familiarity with Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Filemaker Pro, InDesign, OmniPage, Excel, Access, PageMaker, Microsoft Excel, Photoshop, email, webpage composing, and Internet.
Assistant to Director of Publications Unit,
Database input and design for Dalkey Archive Press,
Committees
Member, McNair Scholarship Committee, Fall 2006-current
Chair, English Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, Fall 2006-current.
Member, University AQIP Steering Committee, December 2005 – current.
Chair, University Equity Issues Committee, Fall 2005 – current.
Member, University Native American Culture Committee, 2005-2006.
Chair, Faculty Senate, 2004-2005.
Member, University Administrative Council, 2004-2005.
Member, Departmental Committee for Program Review, 2004.
Member, Faculty Senate Compensation Committee, 2003-2005.
Member, Faculty Senate Membership Committee, 2003-2005.
Member, Athletics Department subcommittee on "Student Success in Academics and Athletics" program.
Chair-elect, Faculty Senate, 2003-2004.
Member, University Budget Review Committee, 2003, 2004.
Member, University Planning Committee, Southeast Missouri State University, 2003-2004, 2004-2005.
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Phase II Program review, 2004.
Member, University Equity Issues Committee, 2004–current.
Member, English Department Graduate Committee, 2003–current.
Member, English Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2003–current.
Member, Faculty Senate, 2002-2005.
Member, English Department Merit Committee, Fall 2001–current.
Director, Writing Achievement Awards, Fall 2000-2004.
Member, English Department Website management committee, Fall 2000-current.
Member, Art Department Chairperson search committee, Spring 2000.
Member,
Member, University Committee on Relations with Native Americans, April
1999-current.
English Department search committee member for English Renaissance tenure-track
position,
Member, University Affirmative Action Committee,
Chair, Portfolio Review Committee,
English Department search committee member for British Renaissance
nontenure-track position,
Member, Women’s Studies Committee,
Chair, English Department Writing Programs Committee, Southeast Missouri State
University, 1996-current.
Member, English Department English Education Committee, Southeast Missouri State
University, 1996-current.
English Department, Literature Committee, Southeast Missouri State University,
1996-2006.
Member, Freshman English Committee,
Board member, Thorngate Road Press, Unit for Contemporary Literature,
Member, committee for the Annual North Cherokee Nation Pow Wow at
Chair, English Department Advisory Merit-pay Task Force,
English Department search committee member, Southeast Missouri State University.
Spring 1997.
Bloomington-Normal Chapter of
University Financial Aid Advisory Board,
English Department Feminist Issues Committee,
Poetry to the People performance reading group. Director/organizer, 1988-89.
Professional Membership
Associated Writing Programs, 1989 - current.
Heartland Writers Guild, Sikeston, MO, 2004 – current.
Honors Faculty.
Graduate
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, 1997 - 1999.
Southeast Missouri English Teachers Association, 1996 - 2002.
Barnes and Noble Writers’ Group. Cape Girardeau, MO, 1996 - 1998.
Bloomington-Normal Alliance for Arts Education committee in conjunction with the
Illinois Alliance for Arts Education, 1994 - 1996.
Modern Language Association, 1992 - current.
National Council of Teachers of English, 1990 -2002.
Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1990 - 1996.
Midwest Modern Language Association, 1991 - 1998.
Other Work Experience
Volunteer with ACE Animal Rescue Group, Zalma, MO. 2007 – current.
Marketing and development associate with Dalkey Archive Press, a literary press, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 1994-95.
Volunteer worker/Spanish language translator for Habitats for Humanity,
Spanish language translator for work party to
Designed and painted a wall mural, and restored a native mural in
Literacy Volunteers instructor, specializing in foreign students (Nicaraguan,
French, and Vietnamese), 1978-81.
Creative Writing Workshops with:
Rita Dove, Rodney Jones, Robin Behn, Jane Smiley, Dwight
Henry, Lucia Getsi, Jim Elledge, David Ignatow, Carole Oles, Robert Creeley,
Carole Maso, Carolyn Forché, Sharon Solwitz, Larry Heineman