Languages

• French, basic.

Geographical Regions of Interest

• United States of America
  The south--Southern Lit.

Publications

• Short Fiction “What The Newly Dead Don’t Know But Learn,” Night Train (forthcoming). “Welcome To The Authentic Trail Of Tears,” The Texas Review (forthcoming). "Leviathan: Monster of the Deep,” Fried Chicken and Coffee (www.friedchickenandcoffee.com, Summer 2010). “The Death of Bonnie & Clyde,” The Southern Humanities Review (Volume 44: Number 2, Spring 2010): 205-214. “Earth’s Last Night.” Wasatch Journal (Early Winter, 2008): 100-106. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Blue Run." Verb: An Audioquarterly (Volume 2: Issue 2, Spring 2008). "How Jesus Comes." McSweeney's (Issue 26, February 2008): 65-69. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "The All-Night Free Phone Booth." Oxford American (Issue 57, Summer 2007): 93-96. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "The Moon Over Naples." City Arts Journal (Spring 2007): 45-47. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "When Up is Down." Chattahoochee Review (Vol. 26:4. Fall 2006): 63-65. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "A Brief History of the Natural State." Red Mountain Review (Vol. 2. Fall 2006): 81-86. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Firsts." Salt Flats Annual (Issue One. Fall 2005): 88-94. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Crystal City Breakdown." Moon City Review (Vol. 5:1. Winter 2004): 24-42. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Dance Naked." Nebo: A Literary Journal (Spring 2004): 12-19. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Oratory." Arkansas Literary Forum (Vol. 2. 2000. www.hsu.edu/dept/alf/index.html). "Again." Parting Gifts (Vol. 12:2. Winter 1999-2000): 5-8. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "The Lifetime Loneliness Scale." Lynx Eye (Vol. 1:4. Fall 1999): 93-98. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Dance All Night." Shenandoah (Vol. 49:3. Fall 1999): 44-54. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Conviction." Boulevard (Vol. 14:3. Spring 1999): 110-124. "For Everything About To Fall." New York Stories (Vol. 1:4. Summer 1999): 3-5. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Crystal." Nebo Literary Journal (Vol. 18:1. Fall 1999): 29-30. "Sightings." Salt Hill Journal (Vol. 6. Winter 1998): 45-58. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Yellow Dog." Flint Hills Review (Vol. 3. 1998): 8-19. "Paradise." The Greensboro Review (Vol. 63. Winter 1997-98): 131-141. First Printed in The Crossroads Anthology. Salt Lake City: Crossroads Urban Center (1996): 246-254. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Where Words Go." Quarterly West (Vol. 45. Autumn/Winter 1997-98): 174-178. Reprinted in New Stories from the South: The Year's Best: 1998, Shannon Ravenel, editor. Winner, Larry Levis Memorial Prize for Fiction, University of Utah Department of English, 1997. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Why I Lie." The Gettysburg Review (Vol. 7:2. Spring 1994): 249-261. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. "Foolishness to the Perishing." The Greensboro Review (Vol. 45. Winter 1988-89): 108- 120. Nominated Story, Pushcart Prize. Published, 2010.
• Nonfiction “Ode to a Rescue.” Oxford American: Best of the South Issue. May 2010. “The Cult of George Singleton.” Southeast Review. November 2009. “Ode to Cape Lookout.” Oxford American. May 2009. Nominated nonfiction, Pushcart Prize. “White Indians.” Salt Flats Annual (Issue Two, Spring 2007): 84-85. Nominated nonfiction, Pushcart Prize. “Tomb Angels.” Santa Clara Review (Volume 88:2. Spring/Summer 2002): 177-187. “Arkansas, Arkansas.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Sunday, May 14, 2000. “Tear Down the P.O.? Reinventing Southern Writing.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Sunday, December 5, 1999. Poetry “First Frost.” The Working Poet : Seventy Five Excercises in Poetry Writing (Autumn House Press. 2009): 190-191. Nominated poem, Pushcart Prize. Published, 2010.