CV
writer, editor, educator
Education
Master of Fine Arts | Creative Writing, Poetry | Cleveland State University, NEOMFA | 2021
Bachelor of Arts | English, Creative Writing, Chinese Minor | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2011
Experience
Editor-in-Chief | Cleveland Review of Books | October 2022 - Present
Managing Editor | Cleveland State University Poetry Center | June 2022 - Present
Adjunct Faculty | Cleveland Institute of Art | August 2021 - Present
WR 102: Research & Intellectual Traditions
WR 203: Narrative Forms
WR 211: Poetry Workshop
WR 215: Creative Writing Special Topics: Call & Response
WR 225: Reading Topics: Technology’s Imagination
WR 373: Art of the Personal Essay
Adjunct Faculty | Cleveland State University | August 2021 - Present
ENG 240: Introduction to Poetry
ENG 394: Intermediate Poetry Workshop
ENG 396: Independent Study: Manuscript Development
ENG 494: Advanced Poetry Workshop
ENG 497/597: Literary Editing & Publishing
Managing Editor | Cleveland Review of Books | June 2021 - September 2022
Editorial & Production Assistant | Cleveland State University Poetry Center | August 2018 - May 2021
Teaching Assistant | Cleveland State University | January - May 2021
ENG 203: Creative Writing Forms & Techniques
ENG 494: Advanced Poetry Workshop
Analyst | GitHub Education | May 2019 - January 2020
Account Manager | CommCreative | May 2017 - July 2018
Key Account Manager, Project Manager, Copywriter | Beyond Indigo | May 2011 - May 2017
Program Coordinator, Program Assistant | Juniper Institute for Young Writers | June 2016, June 2011
Awards, Prizes, Nominations
Pushcart Prize Nomination: “VOIDED: An Ethnography” (Essay) | Territory | 2021
Pushcart Prize Nomination: “Saying by Saying: An Essay in Voicemails” (Essay) | Always Crashing | 2021
Outstanding Creative Scholarship Award | Cleveland State University | 2021
Alberta Turner Prize: “Safe For Work” (Poem) | Academy of American Poets | 2020
Raab-Brennan Endowed Scholarship in Creative Writing | Cleveland State University | 2020
Readings, Panels, Talks, Workshops
Cleveland Review of Books at University of Notre Dame. MFA Publishing Practicum Visit & English Department Reading. South Bend, Indiana. March 6, 2024.
Poetry Rreading: “Channeled: Two-Day Sound + Poetry Event” with Holly Melgard, Joey Yearous-Algozin, Ed Steck. Fungus Books, Pittsburgh, PA. February 23, 2024.
Poetry Reading: Sound and Text with Angelo Maneage, Alyssa Perry, Ceremonial Abyss. Rhizome House, Cleveland, OH. February 17, 2024.
Poetry Reading: AWP Offsite with Kai Ihns, Brandan Griffin, Kate Greene, Philip Anderson, Alyssa Perry, Ryan Skrabalak, Ceremonial Abyss. Kansas City, MO. February 7, 2024.
Poetry Reading: “Starlight Elsewhere Reading Series” with Conor Bracken. Rhizome House, Cleveland, OH. December 14, 2023.
Editing The Region: Publishing, Place, and the Local in Literary-Cultural Production; Panel with Jacob Bruggeman, Mary Biddinger, Jason Harris, Mitch James. Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference. September 23, 2023.
Wilding the Mind: Disruptive Techniques for Poetic Experimentation; Panel/Craft Talk with Jon Conley and Alyssa Perry. Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference. September 22, 2023.
Poetry Reading with Alyssa Perry, Angelo Maneage, Michael Buebe, Benjamin Michael Rhodes, Ceremonial Abyss, Deniz Ozani. Trust Books, Cuyahoga Falls, OH. July 25, 2023.
Poetry Reading: Spiral Editions Showcase with Ryan Skrabalak, Zan De Parry, Chelsea Hogue, Ted Rees, Ceremonial Abyss. Fungus Books, Pittsburgh, PA. July 6, 2023.
Poetry & Publishing Panel with Walt Hunter, Kevin Latimer, Alyssa Perry; moderated by Dave Lucas. Cleveland Poetry Festival. April 22, 2023.
How to Break into Book Reviews: Practices and Possibilities for New Literary Criticism. Craft Talk. Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference. September 10, 2022.
August Show at The Mine presented by Cleveland Art Workers. Poetry Reading at Shepard Records, Cleveland, OH. August 20, 2022.
One Full Wit Reading Series. Poetry Reading. Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH. August 4, 2022.
Publishing, Teaching, Community Projects
Community Mausoleum. Publisher of doomed works and Coma, a journal. May 2024 - Present.
Index for Continuance. Podcast on small press publishing, politics, and practice. Co-hosted with Hilary Plum. March 2023 - Present.
the journal of american language. PDF poetry journal. January 2020 - August 2021.
Workshop: “In Advance of the Broken Essay: Formal Experiments in Creative Nonfiction”. Literary Cleveland. May 2021.
ID13 Prison Literacy Project. Writing mentorship to an incarcerated poet in Northeast Ohio. January - July 2021.