MFA, University of Iowa, Essays; BA, Gettysburg College, Comparative English Literature & Creative Writing
Creative nonfiction (memoir, personal essays, comedic essays, graphic and mixed media works); flash prose; short stories
Instructor of English literature and cross-genre writing workshops and seminars for the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Department, the University of Iowa's Lifetime Enrichment Adult Program, United Action For Youth of Iowa City, L'Ecole de Saint Catherine in Aix-en-Provence, France, the Young Writers' Studio of Iowa City, and the Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Sitka, Alaska.
Editor-in-Chief of Defunct; editorial assistant for The Gettysburg Review
Essays & Stories
The Rumpus, McSweeney’s, The Iowa Review, The Indiana Review, The Colorado Review, The North American Review, Hobart, Brevity, Barrelhouse, Upstreet, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Midwestern Gothic, Necessary Fiction, Wigleaf, PANK, Everyday Genius, The Claremont Review
Anthologized Essays
“Still Things,” Writing True: The Art of Creative Nonfiction, Mimi Schwartz and Sondra Perl, Cengage Learning Textbooks, 2013.
Where The Ghosts Go, University of Iowa, 2012
The Poetics of Comedic Writing, Gettysburg College, 2009
Writing Across The Genres: A Collection of Work, Gettysburg College, 2009
Pushcart Prize nomination, The Colorado Review, 2012
Pushcart Prize nomination, Hobart, 2012
Finalist, Hunger Mountain’s Creative Nonfiction Contest, Winter 2012
Recipient, Stanley Graduate Award for International Research, Summer 2011
Recipient, HASTAC Scholar at the University of Iowa, Fall 2010
Finalist, Brevity’s Bristol Stomp Lyric Essay Contest, Winter 2011
Finalist, Creative Nonfiction's Creative Nonfiction Contest, Fall 2010
Finalist, New Letters’ Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Contest, Fall 2010
Recipient, The Mercury's annual poetry prize, Spring 2009
Recipient, Marion Zulauf Poetry Award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, Spring 2005
Panelist, "Sorting Through The Slush: The Editorial Process," AWP Conference, Boston, Winter 2013
Panelist, "True Crime," NonfictioNow Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Fall 2012
Overseas Writing Workshop, The Philippines, Summer 2011
Overseas Writing Workshop, Corfu, Greece, Summer 2010
Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France, Fall 2007