Education:
PhD, CUNY Graduate Center - 2014 (Literature)
M.F.A., Brooklyn College - 2001 (Poetry)
B.A., University of Virginia - 1996 (English / Modern Studies)
Areas of Expertise:
Poetry, creative writing, literature for young people, auto/biography, American and British modernism, composition and rhetoric, education and pedagogy.
Books and Publications
"The Beauty of the Snail and the Blinking Rain: A Conversation with Aracelis Girmay." Interview published in Teachers & Writers Magazine. February, 2022. (Books and Publications: Other) 2022
Bird Boy. Knopf, 2021. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2021
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life & Art of Corita Kent. Enchanted Lion Books, 2021. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2021
"The Braver We Become: An Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo" published in Teachers & Writers Magazine. Acevedo is a poet, novelist, and educator whose award-winning books include The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and most recently, Clap When You Land. April, 2020. (Books and Publications: Other) 2020
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring. Enchanted Lion Books, 2020. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2020
The Bear and the Moon. Chronicle, 2020. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2020
"Rigorous Play and Necessary Joy: An Interview with Ross Gay." Teachers & Writers Magazine, November 4, 2019. (Books and Publications: Other) 2019
Spellbound: The Art of Teaching Poetry. Teachers & Writers Books, 2019 (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2019
The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon. Knopf, 2019. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2019
"To A Reader" in A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader, edited by Maria Popova and Claudia Bedrick. Other contributors include Adam Gopnik, Alain de Botton, Krista Tippett, Lena Dunham, Mary Oliver, Rebecca Solnit, and Judy Blume. Enchanted Lion Books, 2018. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
"Your Golden Thread" appears in the anthology, Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage, published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in September 2018. Other contributors include Senator Amy Klobucher, Alia Shawkat, Maulik Pancholy, and James Lecesne. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space. Secretary Press, 2016. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2016
Enormous Smallness: A Story of E.E. Cummings. Enchanted Lion Books. 2015. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2015
Slippers for Elsewhere. UpSet Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2014
"Serious Play: Odes to the Everyday. What the First Graders Can Teach the College Students." The Poetry Foundation.org. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013
"'Glories Strung Like Beads': The Queer Brilliance of Joe Brainard's 'I Remember.'" Teachers & Writers Magazine 44.2, Winter 2012-13. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012
"The Sky Is the Limit: E.E. Cummings in the Classroom." Teachers & Writers Magazine 43.1, Fall. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
"Plays Well with Others: Collaborative Poems in the Classroom." Teachers & Writers Magazine 40.3, Summer. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2009
"See What Happens: Teaching Poems on Poetry." 40.1. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008
"See What Happens: Teaching Poems on Poetry." Teachers & Writers Magazine 40.1, Fall. Seven photographs published in the same issue, including front and back covers. http://www.twc.org/assets/40-1.pdf. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008
Creative Work
Dear Henri, the short film I wrote and co-produced, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in May 2017, and festival-partner Starbucks selected it as one of seven short films to be presented as part of their 1912 Pike project. Directed by Matthew Sandager, Dear Henri was shown at Toronto International Film Festival Kids (TIFF KIDS), New York Shorts Fest, Boston Kids Film Festival, and over 35 other film festivals around the world. 2017
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Award for Excellence in Teaching for a Full-Time Faculty Member. Brooklyn College. (Awards and Honors) 2018
Award for Excellence in Creative Achievement. Brooklyn College. (Awards and Honors) 2015
Award from The Fund for Poetry. (Awards and Honors) 2013
First prize in the GC Advocate Poetry Competition, judged by Wayne Koestenbaum. Five poems published in the May issue. (Awards and Honors) 2012
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Panel presentation. AWP Conference. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013