EDUCATION
May 2009 M.F.A. in Creative Writing (poetry), Syracuse University.
May 2006 B.F.A. in Creative Writing (poetry, fiction) Institute of American Indian Arts.
AWARDS & HONORS
Academic:
Syracuse University Fellowship 2006-2009.
Poetry:
School For Advanced Research Indigenous Writer in Residence January - February 2011.
Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship, September – October 2009
The Fine Arts Work Center’s Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation Scholarship 2007.
Napa Valley Writers’ Workshop Scholarship 2006.
Idyllwild Summer Poetry Scholarship 2005.
Truman Capote Scholarship 2001.
Naropa Summer Writing Undergraduate Scholarship 2001.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Syracuse University (Professional Writing Instructor) Fall 2011-Present
Writing 105: Introduction to Academic Writing, Writing 205: Critical Research, (2 semesters)
Downtown Writers Center (Visiting Poetry Instructor) Fall 2011
Downtown Writers Center (Visiting Poetry Instructor) Fall 2010
Downtown Writers Center (Visiting Poetry Instructor) Spring 2010
Dine College (Visiting Poet) March 2010
Syracuse University (TA) 2007-2008 Academic Year
Syracuse University (Writing Consultant) 2007-2008 Academic Year
White Horse High School (Visiting Poet) Fall 2005
Santa Fe Indian School (Visiting Poet) Fall 2003
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Literature Editor, American Indian Culture and Research Journal February 2011 – Present
Web Editor, Salt Hill Journal August 08 – August 09
PANELS & PRESENTATIONS
“Sing: Poetries of the Indigenous Americas”, (panel),
AWP Conference, Chicago, Ill. 2012.
“Santee Frazier: Presentation and Discussion w/ David Treuer” (artist talk),
School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM. 2011.
“Talking English: Anything but Token” (panel),
AWP Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2007.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS/Poetry
Dark Thirty. University of Arizona Press, 2009. (Suntracks Series)
Poetry in Anthologies:
“Coin Laundry”; “Cross-Town”; “Nick Cheater.” Sing: Poetries of the Indigenous Americas. University of Arizona Press, Spring 2012
Poetry in Literary Journals:
“Calling Collect”; “Pastoral.” Talking Stick, Issue 4.2 (Winter 2011). Print.
“Ritual of Sunrise.” Ploughshares (Winter 2010). Print.
“Mangled in the Demolition Derby”; “Twice Ruined”; “The Skewered Face” The Florida Review (Summer 2010). Print.
“Mama’s Work”; “The Carnival”; “Firecracker”; “Eating Against a Wall”; “10th Street Anthem.” From the Fishouse (Summer 2009). Web.
“Bluetop.” Many Mountains Moving (Spring 2009). Print.
“Jack Move”; “The Robbery”; “Seasonal Cityscape”; “Stranded.” The CT Review (Spring 2009). Print.
“Aerosol Representation of the Maya and Moche.” Third Coast Magazine (Fall 2008). Print.
“Gunshot Conjure”; “One Room Apartment.” Narrative Magazine (Winter 2007). Web.
“Pick-Axe”; “Red Oak Blues”; “Root Juice.” The American Poet: Emerging Poets Feature, Intro by Sherman Alexie (Fall 2006). Print.
“Mama’s Work”; “The Carnival”; “Hunter’s Moon.” The Ontario Review: Feature (Fall 2006). Print.
READINGS
The Raymond Carver Reading Series (Syracuse, NY) 2012
North Country Writers Festival (Watertown, NY) 2011
Schweinfurth Memorial Arts Center (Auburn, NY) 2011
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) 2011
School For Advanced Research (Santa Fe, NM) 2011
Drew University (Madison, NJ) 2010
Dodge Poetry Festival (Newark, NJ) 2010
Lannan Foundation Summer Reading Series (Santa Fe, NM) 2010
Naropa Summer Writing Program (Boulder, CO) 2010
SWIA Native Writers Series (Santa Fe, NM) 2010
AWP Denver: Uncommon Ground (Denver, CO) 2010
Dine College (Tsalie, AZ) 2010
Downtown Writers’ Center (Syracuse, NY) 2010
Marfa Book Co. (Marfa, TX) 2009
University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) 2009
Urban Think! Bookstore (Orlando, FL) 2009
Griswold Museum (East Haddam, CT) 2009
Salon Reading Series (New York, New York) 2009
Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, NM) 2009
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
Indigenous AWP Poets & Writers (Chicago Ill) 2009
Bluff Arts Festival (Bluff, UT) 2005
Remapping the Imagined Nations (Tucson, AZ) 2003
Fandango Literary Festival (Bluff, UT) 2002
Naropa Scholarship Student Reading (Boulder, CO) 2001
Aztec Café (Santa Fe, NM) 2000