Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst. English, 1992-94.
GPA 4.00/4.00
University of Houston. English (Poetry), 1989-1992.

M.A. summa cum laude, May 1991. GPA 3.95/4.00
Brigham Young University. English (Psychology Minor),
1986-1989.

B.A. cum laude, April 1989. GPA 3.86/4.00

Honors 2000 PEN Open Book Citation, PEN American Center

1999 Asian-American Literary Award, Finalist, AAWW

1999 Pushcart Prize, Special Mention, Pushcart Press

1998 Lambda Literary Award, Finalist, Lambda Book Report

1997 Holloway Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

1995 Lambda Literary Award, Finalist, Lambda Book Report

1993 John Ciardi Fellow, Breadloaf Writer's Conference

1992 Norma Farber First Book Award, Poetry Society of America

1992 University Fellow, University of Massachusetts

1989 Erhardt Memorial Fellow, University of Houston

Book Hard Evidence, Talisman House. (forthcoming)

Publications

Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry (Editor),Talisman House, 2000.

Take Out: Queer Asian American Writing (Contributing Editor), AAWW, Duke University Press, 2000.

Say Goodnight, Copper Canyon Press, 1998.

Burnt Offerings, Copper Canyon Press, 1995.

Vox Angelica, Alice James Books, 1992.

Selected

American Letters & Commentary no.11, 1999: "Psalm."

Journal

Antioch Review vol.49 no.4, Fall 1991: "His Body Like Christ."

Publications

Antioch Review vol.56 no.1, Winter 1998: "Winter."

(Poems)

BOMB, no.73, Fall 2000: "Two Poems."

Boston Book Review vol.5 no.2, March 1998: "Winter"

Boulevard vol.13 no.3, Spring 1998: "An Evening Train."

Boulevard vol.15 no.3, Spring 2000: "The Marriage."

Chelsea no.60, 1996: "Two Poems."

Chelsea no.63, 1997: "With One Eye Open."

Chelsea no.65, 1999: "Exsultate Jubilate."

Chelsea no.68, 2000: "Sitting Naked on a Porch."

Chelsea (forthcoming): "Three Poems."

Colorado Review vol.24 no.2, Fall 1997: "A Large Spacious Field."

Colorado Review vol.27 no.1, Spring 2000: "Stylus."

Denver Quarterly vol.30 no.4, Spring 1996: "Poem."

Denver Quarterly vol.33 no.4, Winter 1998: "In Fear."

Denver Quarterly vol.35 no.1, Spring 2000: "Three Poems."

Fence vol.2 no.2, Fall/Winter 1999/2000: "An Inferno."

Gettysburg Review vol.10 no.3, Fall 1997: "Two Poems."

Grand Street no.59, Winter 1997: "Two Poems."

Harvard Review no.7, Fall 1994: "Invocation."

Harvard Review no.9, Fall 1995: "That Room in which Disaster."

Indiana Review vol.14 no.1, Winter 1990: "Two Poems."

Indiana Review vol.16 no.2, Fall 1993: "Aperture."

Indiana Review vol.19 no.1, Spring 1996: "Crepuscule."

Iowa Review vol.27 no.2, Fall 1997: "Two Poems."

Iowa Review vol.29 no.3, Winter 1999: "Vox Humana."

The Journal vol.19.1, Spring/Summer 1995: "Three Poems."

The Journal vol.20.1, Spring/Summer 1996: "Nocturne."

The Journal vol.21.2, Fall 1997: "Three Poems."

The Journal vol.23.2, Fall 1999: "Felix Culpa."

Kenyon Review vol.XIV no.2, Spring 1992: "Two Poems."

Kenyon Review vol.XV no.3, Summer 1993: "Two Poems."

Kenyon Review vol.XVII no.2, Spring 1995: "Five Poems."

Kenyon Review vol.XIX no.3/4, Fall 1997: "Two Poems."

Kenyon Review vol.XXII no.2, Spring 2000: "For a New Century."

Kenyon Review (forthcoming): "Two Poems."

Massachusetts Review vol.34 no.4: "Two Poems."

Massachusetts Review vol.40 no.4: "Happy Valley."

The Nation June 30, 1997: "Reading Lu Chi."

The Nation (forthcoming): "Little Elegy in G Minor."

New American Writing no.16, 1998: "Three Poems."

New American Writing no.18, 2000: "Pretty Please."

New England Review vol.13 no.3/4, Spring/Summer 1991: "Quilt."

New England Review vol.16 no.3, Summer 1994: "Elegy."

The New Republic May 28, 1990: "Awaiting Translation."

The New Republic November 18, 1991: "Last Christmas."

New York Times Book Review January 28, 1996: "Sunday."

North American Review September 1990: "Mama."

North American Review (forthcoming): "Full Fathom Five."

Paris Review no.132, Fall 1994: "Four Poems."

Paris Review no.144, Fall 1997: "Three Poems."

Paris Review (forthcoming): "Four Poems."

Parnassus vol.17 no.1, 1992: "From Xian 1 & 2."

Parnassus (forthcoming): "Consolation."

Pequod no.35, 1993: "Two Poems."

Pequod no.43, 2000: "Two Poems."

Ploughshares vol.21 no.4: Winter 1995-96: "Two Poems."

Ploughsahres vol.26 no.1: "Middle-Class Realia."

Poetry vol.168 no.4, July 1996: "Two Poems."

Poetry East no.39, Fall 1994: "Two Poems."

Poetry East no.41, Fall 1995: "Two Poems."

Quarterly West no.30, Winter/Spring 1990: "From Xian 3 & 4."

Quarterly West no.38, Winter/Spring 1994: "Winter."

Quarterly West no.42, Spring/Summer 1996: "Two Men in Hirshhorn."

Quarterly West no.45, Autumn/Winter 1997: "Two Poems."

Quarterly West no.49, Autumn/Winter 1999: "A Screen Door."

River Styx no.34, Fall 1991: "Two Poems."

River Styx no.41, Fall 1993: "Two Poems."

River Styx no.53, Fall 1998: "To Zion."

Salmagundi no.113, Winter 1997: "Two Poems."

Salmagundi no.123, Summer 1999: "Ars Poetica."

Salmagundi (forthcoming): "The Long Boat."

Seneca Review vol.28 no.1, Spring 1998: "Two Poems."

Seneca Review (forthcoming): "Anniversary."

Shenandoah vol.46 no.4, Winter 1996: "Two Poems."

Southwest Review vol.77 no.2&3, Spring/Summer 1992: "Leaves."

Sulfur no.41, Fall 1997: "Three Poems."

Talisman (forthcoming): "Three Poems."

Threepenny Review no.71, Fall 1997: "Last Day."

TriQuarterly no.105, Summer 1999: "Figures on a Human Scale."

TriQuarterly (forthcoming): "Three Poems."

Verse vol.16 no.2, 1999: "Three Poems."

Verse vol.16 no.3, 2000: "Four Poems."

Volt no.4, 1998: "Hard Evidence."

Volt no.6, 2000: "Holding Pattern."

Washington Post Book World August 25, 1996: "Sunday."

Western Humanities Review vol.XLIV no.3, Au 1990: "Canker."

Western Humanities Review vol.XLVI no.2, Sum 1992: "Three Poems."

Western Humanities Review vol.XLVIII no.1, Sp 1994: "Men Without."

Western Humanities Review vol.XLIX no.4, Win 1995: "Two Poems."

Western Humanities Review vol.LII no.4, Win 1998: "Three Poems."

Yale Review (forthcoming): "Duck Hunting."

Journal "Michael Burkard’s Unsleeping." Publishers Weekly, 12/25/00.

Publications "Richard Meier’s Terrain Vague." Publishers Weekly, 11/27/00.

(Reviews) "Dionisio Martinez’s Climbing Back." Publishers Weekly, 10/30/00.

"Mary Oliver’s The Leaf & The Cloud." Publishers Weekly, 9/25/00.

"Nicholas Christopher’s Atomic Field." Publishers Weekly, 3/6/00.

"Adam Fuss." New Art Examiner, February 2000.

"Monumental Drawings." Art Papers, Jan/Feb 2000.

"Susan Mitchell’s Erotikon." Publishers Weekly, 1/10/00.

"Lim Young-Sun." New Art Examiner, November 1999.

"Eric Pankey’s Cenotaph." Publishers Weekly, 12/06/99.

"Michael Burkard’s Entire Dilemma." Harvard Review, Fall 1999.

"William Stone." New Art Examiner, Jul/Aug 1999.

"David Wojnarowicz." Art Papers vol.23 no.3, May/June 1999.

"Scott Reeder." New Art Examiner, May 1999.

"Two Asian-American Poets." Lambda Book Report, May 1999.

"Stan Rice’s The Radiance of Pigs." Publishers Weekly, 4/26/99.

"Ai’s Vice: New and Selected Poems." Publishers Weekly, 3/29/99.

"Lucia Perillo’s The Oldest Map." Publishers Weekly, 2/22/99.

"Studio Museum in Harlem." Art Papers vol.23 no.1, Jan/Feb 1999.

"Jason Simon." ARTnews vol.98 no.1, January 1999.

"Sonia Sanchez’s Selected Poems." Publishers Weekly, 12/21/98.

"Henri Cole’s The Visible Man." Lambda Book Report, Nov 1998.

"Angels Still Rebel." Lambda Book Report, August 1998.

"Punishing Love." Lambda Book Report, April 1998.

"The Uncomfortable Spaces." Art Papers vol.22 no.2, Mar/Apr 1998.

"Raye Bemis" New Art Examiner vol.25 no.6, March 1998.

"The Sacred and the Profane." Lambda Book Report, January 1998.

Anthology American Poetry: Next Generation. Carnegie Mellon, 2000.

Reprints The New Young American Poets. Southern Illinois, 2000.

Urban Nature. Milkweed Editions, 2000.

The World in Us. St. Martin’s Press, 2000.

Asian-American Literature. NTC/Contemporary Publishing, 1999.

A Day for a Lay: A Century of Gay Poetry. Barricade Books, 1999.

Orpheus & Company. New England University Press, 1999.

Outsiders. Milkweed Editions, 1999.

Real Things. Indiana University Press, 1999.

Black Lightning. Asian American Writer’s Workshop, 1998.

Poetry Nation. Vehicule Press, 1998.

Poet’s Choice: Poems for Everyday Life. Ecco Press, 1998.

The Anthology of Magazine Verse. Monitor Book Co., 1997.

Particular Voices. MIT Press, 1997.

Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology. Kaya Production, 1995.

Selected 12/03/00 Wave Hill, NY.

Poetry 11/13/00 Queens College, NY.

Readings 10/02/00 KGB Bar, New York, NY.

09/23/00 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Stanhope, NJ.

09/02/00 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA.

06/27/00 University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN.

04/24/00 St. Marks Poetry Project, New York, NY.

04/20/00 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.

04/11/00 Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

03/22/00 Rutgers University, New Burnswick, NJ

03/17/00 Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA.

11/13/99 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

10/31/99 CCS Reading Series, New York, NY.

07/11/99 Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY.

04/30/99 Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA.

11/16/98 AAWW Awards Night, Public Theater, New York, NY.

09/14/98 Alice James 25th, 92nd St. Y, New York, NY.

03/27/98 Associated Writing Programs Conference, Portland, OR.

03/25/98 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

04/30/97 University of California, Berkeley, CA.

11/15/96 Poet's House, New York, NY.

06/11/96 Asia Society, Houston, TX.

03/01/96 Knox College, Galesburg, IL.

02/27/96 University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.

Presentations 10/29/00 "Formal Poetry": Mid-Atlantic Gay & Lesbian Writers

Conference, Philadelphia.

Outwrite Conference, Boston.

10/31/98 "The Future of Queer Poetry Publishing": Mid-Atlantic

Gay & Lesbian Writer’s Conference, Washington.

11/01/97 "Outspoken Literary Series": Mid-Atlantic Gay & Lesbian

Writer's Conference, Washington.

04/19/97 "Politics of Poetry": A Different Light Bookstore's

Readers & Writer's Conference, San Francisco

03/11/95 "Counted Out: Gay & Lesbian Lit." Panel Discussion.

AWP Conference, Pittsburgh.

10/09/93 "Censorship: Gay & Lesbian Texts." Panel Discussion.

Outwrite Conference, Boston.

Courses Graduate Creative Writing II, ENG 626, William Paterson.

Taught Graduate Poetry Workshop, ENG 623, William Paterson.

Creative Writing I, ENG 331, William Paterson.

Creative Writing II, ENG 332, William Paterson.

Introduction to Literature, ENG 150, William Paterson.

Writing Effective Prose, ENG 110, William Paterson.

Graduate Poetry Workshop, University of California.

The Lyric Poem, Fine Arts Work Center.

Advanced Poetry: Enjambment, Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival.

Advanced Poetry: The Shadow, Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival.

Poetry: The Five Senses, Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival.

Poetry: Leaping Poetry, Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival.

Publication Workshop, Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival.

Contemporary American Poetry, ENG 363, Cornell College.

Contemporary American Fiction, ENG 364, Cornell College.

Modern American Poetry, ENG 361, Cornell College.

Multicultural Literature, ENG 367, Cornell College.

Personal Memoir, ENG 111, Cornell College.

Senior Seminar, ENG 411, Cornell College.

Writing Poetry I, ENG 214, Cornell College.

Writing Poetry II, ENG 314, Cornell College.

Writing Fiction I, ENG 213, Cornell College.

Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley. (1997)

Instructor, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown. (1997)

Assistant Professor, Cornell College. (1994-98)

Instructor, Iowa Summer Writer's Festival (1994-)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hampshire College. (1993-94)

University Fellow, University of Massachusetts. (1992-94)

Teaching Fellow, University of Houston. (1989-92)

Instructor, Writers in the Schools, Houston. (1989-92)

Managing Editor, Inscape, Brigham Young University. (1988)

Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University. (1987-88)

NEA Creation, Presentation & Stabilization Panelist (1999)

HVWC Chapbook Competition Judge (1999)

Graduate English Advisor, William Paterson (July 1999)

English Dept. Writing Awards Coordinator, William Paterson (1999-)

English Dept. Colloquium Coordinator, William Paterson (1999-)

Student Life Committee Member, Cornell (1998)

North Carolina Writer's Network Preliminary Judge (1997)

Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowships Panelist (1997)

English Club Faculty Advisor (1996-98)

Lectures, Arts & Cultural Events Committee, Cornell (1995-97)

Open Field Faculty Advisor (1994-98)

Iowa Arts Council CAPP3 Task Force Member (1994)

References Jules Chametsky, Professor, University of Massachusetts.

Richard Howard, Professor, Columbia University.

Jeffrey Knapp, Eng. Dept. Chair, University of California.

Amy Margolis, Assistant Director, Iowa Summer Writer's Festival.

Dennis Damon Moore, Academic Dean, Cornell College.

Donna Perry, Eng. Dept. Chair, William Paterson University.

Dossier Available upon request.