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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:
  • "Wendy Cope". MEZZO CAMMIN, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2013.
  • "Twelve Pitfalls of Protest Poetry". POETRY FOR STUDENTS, Vol. 44. Cengage Learning, Gale Publications, 2013.
  • "36 Tips for a Great Poetry Reading". THE WRITER, October, 2012.
  • "Creating a Pattern for the Page". THE WRITER, August, 2012.
  • "Tell Them a Story". THE WRITER, April, 2012.
  • "Poetry and the Art of Sound". THE BEST OF THE WRITER, Kalmbach Publishing Co., 2012.
  • "Give 'Em the Beat: Tips on Teaching Meter" and "Hot Stuff: Teaching the Women Poets of the 19th Century", WOMEN ON POETRY: WRITING, REVISING, PUBLISHING AND TEACHING, McFarland, 2012.
  • "How to Write the Poem that Scares You", THE WRITER, February, 2012.
  • "How to Connect With Your Peers", THE WRITER, December, 2011.
  • "Two French Forms Play with Echoes", THE WRITER, October, 2011.
  • "Writing Poetry About Poetry". THE WRITER, August, 2011.
  • Symposium: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Form". THINK Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 4, Spring, 2011.
  • "Avoid the Pitfalls of Poetic License". THE WRITER, June, 2011.
  • "Poetry and the Art of Sound". THE WRITER, April, 2011.
  • "Expressing the Inexpressible". THE WRITER, February, 2011.
  • "Semi-Formal Verse and its Prosody". ABLE MUSE, Inaugural issue, Winter, 2010.
  • "The Top 5 Poetry Fallacies Debunked". THE WRITER, December, 2010.
  • "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

Poetry Anthologies (selected):
  • The Man Who Ate His Book: the Best of Ducts, Vol. II. Greenpoint Press, 2013

  • Masquerades & Misdemeanors: an Anthology from the Hartford Avenue Poets. Pebblebrook Press, 2013.

  • The World Keeps Turning to Light: a Renga by the Poets Laureate of America. Caryn Miriam-Goldberg, Ed. Negative Capability Press, 2013.

  • The Cancer Poetry Project Anthology, Vol. II. Karin B. Miller, Ed. The Cancer Poetry Project, 2013.

  • The Cancer Poetry Project Anthology, Vol I. Karin B. Miller, Ed. The Cancer Poetry Project, 2012.

  • Villanelles. 2012: Random House.

  • Women Poets Anthology. Kelli Russell Agodon & Annette Spaulding-Convy, Eds. An eBook.

  • Hot Sonnets: an Anthology. 2011: Entasis Press.

  • Love and Lust: an Anthology. 2011: Parallel Press.

  • An Endless Skyway: Poetry from the State Poets Laureate. 2011: Ice Cube Press.

  • Filled With Breath: 30 Sonnets by 30 Poets. 2010: EXOT Books, New York.

  • The Able Muse Anthology. 2010: Able Muse Press, San Jose, CA.

  • Poetry.us.com. 2010: Today's Poetry for Today's World. http://poetry.us.com/.

  • Fearsome Fascinations Anthology. 2009: Outrider Press, Chicago.

  • Open Poetry Sonnet Anthology--Hand Luggage Only. 2008: Open Poetry, Leicestershire, UK

  • Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv. 2008: Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA.

  • A Walk in My Garden. 2007: Outrider Press, Chicago.

  • Alhambra Press Poetry Calendar Anthology, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Alhambra Press, Brussels, Belgium.

  • Famous Poems and Poets. 2007: FamousPoemsandPoets.com.

  • On Retirement: 75 Poems. 2007: U of Iowa Press.

  • Discovering Genre: Poetry. 2006: Prestwick House. (Recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award for Reading and Language Instruction from the Assn. of Educational Publishers)

  • Thirty American Women Poets of the 20th Century: a Dual-Language Anthology. Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett, Munich, 2006.

  • Rhymes for Adults. 2006: Virginia Reals Press.

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

  • Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology. 2005: Universities West Press.

  • Body Language: a Head-to-Toe Anthology. 2003: Black Moss Press.

  • When I Was a Child. 2003: PoetWorks Press.

  • The POETRY Anthology, 1912-2002. 2002: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher.

  • Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage. 2003: Poetworks/Grayson Books.

  • Smaller Than God: Words of Spiritual Longing. 2001: Black Moss Press.

  • The Cancer Poetry Project: Poems by Cancer Patients and the People Who Love Them. 2001: Fairview Press.

  • New Voices: University and College Poetry Prizes, 8th Edition, 1989-1998. 2001: Academy of American Poets.

  • Henry's Creature: Poems and Stories on the Automobile. 2000: Black Moss Press.

  • Claiming the Spirit Within: a Sourcebook of Women's Poetry. 1996: Beacon Press.

  • Espresso Poetry. 1994: Audubon Court.

  • I Am Becoming the Woman I've Wanted. 1994: Papier Mache Press.

  • Dreams and Secrets. 1993: Woodland Pattern Book Center.

  • Wisconsin Poetry. 1991: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.

    Journals (selected):

  • Able Muse (Fall, 2008)
    "Mixed Signals"
  • The Alabama Literary Review (Spring, 2007)
    "Studying the Menu"
    "Late November"
  • American Life in Poetry, Ted Kooser, ed. (Feb. 28, 2011).
    "Home Again, Home Again"
  • The American Scholar 66.1 (Winter 1997) 120.
    "Rondeau: Old Woman With Cat"
  • Anthills (Spring 2011).
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"
  • 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"
  • Broadkill Review (forthcoming May/June, 2014)
    "The Blue Water Buffalo"
    "Reading the Obituaries"
    "Home Again, Home Again"
    "Poem for a 75th Birthday"
    "Why Don't You"
  • 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"
  • Echoes (Fall-Winteer 2011)
    "Sonnet Against Form"
  • Echoes Anthology (Fall-Winter 2012)
    "Stranger Things",br>
  • 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"
  • Hummingbird (2012)
    "Sandpipers"
  • Indiana Review 14.3 (Spring 1992) 143-44.
    "The Lovers at Eighty"
    "Drive All Night"
  • Inkplots 1.3 (December 2010)
    "Piano Overture"
    "To Lucy, Who Came First"
  • 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"
  • Light (Winter/Spring 2014)
    "Studying the Menu"
  • 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"
  • Shit Creek Review (Issue 13, 2011.)
    "Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
  • 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"
  • Verse Wisconsin Online, Issue 102 (2010)
    "Glass Under Glass"
  • Verse Wisconsin Online, Issue 112 (October, 2013)
    "Along the Brule"
  • 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
    "Star Wars"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2012
    "St. Patrick's Day:a True Confession"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2013
    "Family Picnic"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2014
    "Snow Mist"
  • Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2015 (forthcoming)
    "Pyrotechnics at Amherst"
  • 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 (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

  • Forward Theater "Sons of the Prophet" project, 2013
  • Honorable Mention, Able Muse WRITER Award, 2013
  • 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, 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, "The Art of Medicine through the Humanities," Medical College of Wisconsin. 2013, 2014
  • Judge, Jade Ring Prize. Wisconsin Writers Association, 2013
  • Judge, Dorothy Rosenberg Poetry Competition, NYC, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Poet Laureate Commission, State of Wisconsin, 2012 to present
  • Presenter and Reader, Wisconsin Book Festival, 2012 - Madison
  • Workshop facilitator and Reader, Northern Lakes Center, Amery, WI, 2010
  • Reader, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum - Milwaukee, 2010
  • Reader, University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan, 2010
  • Reader, The Hefter Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2010
  • Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Wisconsin Regional Writers Assn., Madison, 2010
  • Featured Reader, Poetry at the Market, 2010 - Fond du Lac
  • Presenter and Reader, The Governors Residence, 2010 - Madison
  • Presenter and Reader, Wisconsin Book Festival, 2010 - Madison
  • Workshop Facilitator, Redbird Studios - Milwaukee, WI 2007, 2008
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Featured Reader, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 2009
  • 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)
  • Keynote 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, Write-by-the-Lake Conference, Dept. of Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2012, 2013, 2014
    • ADVISORY BOARD, Western State College MFA Program in Creative Writing, 20011, 2012, 2013, 2014
    • ADVISORY BOARD, Verse Wisconsin - 2010, 2011, 2012
    • 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; 2012 - 2015
    • Workshop Facilitator, St. Joseph's Writers Retreat - Baileys Harbor, WI 2003
    • Faculty, Bjorklunden Institute of Lawrence University - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
    • 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,"State Poets Laureate": Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2011
    • 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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