Recent Periodical Publications:
"Confessional," The Kenyon Review (2000)
"Because I Wanted to Write a Happy Poem, I Thought of Harry Caray's Dying," The Gettysburg Review (2000)
"John Brown's Face," "Our Armor," "Tomorrow," and "That Other Four Letter F-Word the Gods so Love," The Southern Review (2000)
Recent Book Publications:
Chance Ransom, University of Illinois Press, 2000 (poetry)
Private Poets, Worldly Acts, Ohio University Press, 1996; rpt. 1999 (criticism)
Bruised Paradise, University of Illinois Press, 1996 (poetry)
A Circus of Want, University of Missouri Press, 1992 (poetry)
(Winner of the Devins Award for Poetry, 1992)
Forthcoming Publications:
Illinois Voices: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry, eds. Kevin Stein and G. E. Murray, University of Illinois Press, fall 2001.
Awards and Fellowships:
1998 Indiana Review Poetry Prize
Devins Award for Poetry 1992
National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship 1991-92
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award / 2001, 1991, 1987
Illinois Arts Council Poetry Fellowship / 1996, 1988, 1986
Recent Readings:
Each event included a poetry reading, class discussion, informal lecture/discussion:
DePauw University 2000
Bluffton College 2000
Indiana University 2000
Spoon River College 2001
Recent Workshops/Master Classes:
Indiana University Writers' Conference / "Names and Naming in Contemporary Poetry," class/workshop / June 2000
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga / Workshop / November 1999
Availabile year-round within a four-hour drive from Peoria area for readings, lectures, master classes, and workshops.
Fees:
Performance: $500 to $1,000
Performance plus educational activities: $1,000 to $1,500
Technical Requirements: Microphone, if location warrants
Preferred audience: 18 year olds to senior citizens
