Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Short Fiction

“Blue Alyssa and the Sad Gray Crab” in PANK, forthcoming February 2012

“Madison in Dreams” in Louisiana Literature, Volume 26, Number 1

“Tempting Frances” in Quarterly West, Number 67

“Gator Girl” in Fringe Magazine, Special Environment Issue

“The Last Days of Princess” in Louisiana Literature, Vol 25, 1

“All’s Fair” in Cutthroat, Vol 5, 1

“Miranda’s First Soliloquy” in Art Amiss Number 14

“Invidia” in SPECS, Vol 1, 1

“Venus Envy” in Fringe Magazine, Issue 13

“The First Christmas” in Electric Yeti, Special Holiday Issue

“June Bug” in Electric Yeti

“Clara Belby: Last Tale of the Barefoot Mailman” in Scrivener’s Pen

“Ceramic Buck” in Louisiana Literature, Vol 19, 2

Collaborative Fiction: “Pushcorpse” in No Colony, #3 (with 64 other authors)

Nonfiction

Contributor to Teaching Creative Writing (book), PHP forthcoming

Interview with Ana Menendez, August 2011 in The Rumpus

“The Scarlet ‘SW’ for Sex Worker” (Front Page Feature) The Rumpus, September 2010

“Oh So Furry: The Rumpus Interview with Kilcodo” (Front Page Feature) The Rumpus, July 2010

“The Story Behind the Furry” essay in The Rumpus, July 2010

“The Exile and the Nomad are Cousins” review of The Last War and interview with author Ana Menendez (Front Page Feature) The Rumpus, May 2009

- “An Interview with Ana Menendez by Amy Letter” is reprinted in the Harper Collins “PS” section of the paperback edition of Menendez’s The Last War, June 2010.

Short Reviews: Rubyfruit Jungle, “Strongly Scented Sonnet,” Watchmen (movie) The Rumpus

“On Earth” memoir/essay in Relief, Vol 2, 3, July 2008

“Gone in 30 Seconds” script, video released 2004

Poetry

“Survival of Motor Neuron (1&2)” in Espresso Ink, forthcoming February 2012

“Diethel Phthalate” in Methods of Being Number 8

“Universal Translator” in The Rumpus, 2011 National Poetry Month Project, Day 10

“The Floralia” (a five poem series) in Center, Vol 8

“The Biggest Jazz Funeral in History” in Story South (also included in 8 year anniversary “Best Of”)

“Destination” in Perigee Vol 3, 2

Public Readings/Exhibitions

Writers and Critics Series, Cowles Library Reading Room, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa: “Blue Alyssa and the Sad Gray Crab” 2011

Sound Art at the 18 Rabbit Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 29-February 26, 2011: “Universal Translator” (video installation)

Focus the Nation: The Environment, poetry reading, Broward College Library, Davie, Florida: “Hope (forgive me),” “The Ones I Love, and Texas,” “Florida 2050,” “The Biggest Jazz Funeral in History” 2008

Below Sea Level Conference, Saint Augustine, Florida: “The Last Days of Princess” 2008

Public Reading for New Faculty, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida: “Anchor and Hope” 2006

University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas, “All’s Fair” 2001

Judging

Judge Manager/Organizer of Student Judging, Drake Emerging Writer Contest (First Book of Poetry), Drake University, 2012

Judge, Short Fiction Contest, Regional Competition: National Society of Arts and Letters, 2010

Judge, Flash Fiction Contest, in honor of the National Day on Writing, Sponsored by the University Center for Excellence in Writing, Florida Atlantic University, 2010

Awards/Honors

Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Grant (funded by NEA) to attend Creative Capital Weekend Professional Development Workshop 2010

Story South “Best Of” for poem, “The Biggest Jazz Funeral in History” 2008

Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Award for poem, “Hope (forgive me)” 2004

Nominee, AWP Intro Journals Project for poem, “Sunday Afternoon at the Coin Laundry” 2004

Finalist, MoveOn.Org Bush in 30 Seconds Contest, for “Gone in 30 Seconds” 2004

Lily Peter Fellowship in Fiction for the short story, “Venus Envy” 2002

Honorable mentions, Lily Peter Fellowship in Poetry 2001, 2002

Doctoral Academy Fellowship, University of Arkansas 2000-2004

Graduation magna cum laude, Florida Atlantic University, 2000