CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

M.A.     Sacramento State University, 1971, English, Creative Writing (poetry)

B.A.     Sacramento State University, 1970, English

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Playa, Artist in Residence, fall, 2015

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Artist in Residence, fall, 2013

Booklist star review (for The Names of Birds), 2011

Hubbub Award for “Best Poem,” 2006

ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award (for The Temple on Monday), 2002

Pushcart Prize for poetry, 2002

Hubbub Award for “Best Poem,” 1998

Oregon Book Award, 1994

Hazel Hall Award for Poetry, 1994

Oregon Institute of Literary Arts Fellowship for Poetry, 1990

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry, 1987

Bumbershoot Arts Festival Poetry Award, 1977

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry, 1977

POETRY PUBLICATIONS

Books        

Such a Waste of Stars. CreateSpace, 2017.

Caging the Robin. Friday Harbor, WA: Cedar House Books, 2014.

The Names of Birds. Santa Fe, NM: Sherman Asher Publishing, 2011.

Wu Wei. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2006.

The Temple on Monday. Spokane: Eastern Washington Univ. Press, 2001.

China Dancing.  Seattle: Cedar House Books, 1996.

Lauds. Seattle: Cedar House Books, 1993.

If It Weren’t For Trees.  Amherst, MA: Lynx House Press, 1987.

I Want to Say Listen. Chapbook Series. Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 1979. 

Anthologies

Spark Birds, foreword by Jonathan Franzen, Northampton, MA: Orion Magazine, 2023.

Earthly Love, foreword by Barry Lopez, Northampton, MA: Orion Magazine, 2020.

Plume Poetry, ed. Daniel Lawless, Asheville, NC: MadHat Press, 2016.

The Vivisection Mambo: 125 Poems of The New Neo-Realist School, ed. Lolita Lark, San Diego, CA: Mho & Mho, 2015.

(epigram), A Feathered River Across the Sky, by Joel Greenberg, New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. Poem selected for associated Project Passenger Pigeon website: passengerpigeonproject.org. 

The Heart of the Monster, by Rick Bass and David James Duncan, Missoula, MT: All Against the Haul, 2010. 

The Moment Witnessed, ed. Shirley G. Gladish. La Conner, WA: Skagit River Poetry Festival, 2008.

Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, ed. Bill Henderson. New York: Pushcart Press, 2003.

And We the Creatures, ed. C.J. Sage. San Jose, CA: Dream Horse Press, 2003.

Who Are the Rich and Where Do They Live? An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, ed. Richard Jones. Chicago: De Paul Univ., 2000. 

Kwangju Bilingual, An Anthology of the Kwangju Biennal. Kwangju, Korea: 2000.

From Here We Speak, An Anthology of Oregon Poetry. Portland: Oregon State Univ. Press, 1994.

A New Geography of American Poets, ed. Edward Field. Little Rock: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 1993.

Gathering of Poets, A Twenty Year Commemoration, ed. Maggie Anderson. Kent, OH: Kent State Univ.,  Press, 1993.

Life on the Line, Selections of Words and Healing. Mobile, AL: Negative Capability Press, 1992.

Handspan of Red Earth. Iowa City: Univ. of Iowa Press, 1991.

Landing Lights, ed. Doug Blazek. California State University Poetry Series. Sacramento: California State Univ. Press, 1986. 

The Bumbershoot Anthology, Bumbershoot Arts Festival. Seattle, WA: 1984.

Younger American Poets in Translation  (in Japanese), 1976

New Voices in American Poetry, ed. David Evans. Boston: Prescott Press, 1973

Journals

“Care Dog,” Whitefish Review (Jan. 2017).

“Care Dog,” Catamaran Literary Reader (Fall 2015).

“Earth Art,” Catamaran Literary Reader (Fall 2014).

“Martha,” Outlook Magazine, Aldo Leopold Foundation (Summer 2014).

“No Hero on Board,” Catamaran Literary Reader (Winter 2014).

“Canto,” Catamaran Literary Reader (Summer 2013).

“Room to Room,” “Come Sun,” “Canto 23,” “It Hands Out the Gold,”  Poetry East (Spring 2010).

“Sugar,” Poetry East (Fall 2009).

“Harvest” and “I’m Talking to Myself,” Hubbub (March 2006).

“The Names of Birds,” Orion (Jan./Feb. 2006).

“Trailer Song,” Camas (Spring 2003).

“Stars & Stripes,” Orion (Jan./Feb. 2003).

“Wu Wei” and “The Enthusiast,” Willow Springs (2003).     

“Prayer,” Orion (Summer 2002).                 

Selected poems in: Calapooya Collage, Chelsea, Columbia Poetry Review, Cutbank, Fireweed, Hubbub, Ironwood, The Malahat Review, New York Quarterly, New Letters, Poetry East, Quarry, and others.

Selected Readings, Lectures, and Workshops

Readings and Workshop, Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua, Lee Vining, CA, 2017.

Reading and conversation with David James Duncan, Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, 2016.

Poetry Workshop, Catamaran Center for the Literary Arts, Santa Cruz, CA, fall, 2015.

Reading, Poetry Santa Cruz, UCSC, fall, 2015.

Reading, Santa Fe Institute, January, 2015.

Keynote speaker, Memorial to J.J. Audubon in conjunction with exhibition, “The Art of Vanishing,” Jules Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, 2014. 

Reading, Santa Fe Art Institute, November, 2013.

Reading and Workshop, Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua, Lee Vining, CA, 2013.

Reading and conversation with David James Duncan, Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, 2012.

Poetry Workshop, Keynote speaker, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon, 2012.

Interview, KSFR “Santa Fe Radio Café,” with Mary-Charlotte Domani, 10 January 2012.

Reading, workshop, Columbia Gorge Writer’s Conference, Hood River, Oregon, 2009.

Reading, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon, 2013.

Reading, Press Club, Portland, Oregon, 2012.

Reading, Lane Literary Guild, Windfall Poetry Series, Eugene, Oregon, 2008.

Reading, Mt. View School, Port Townsend, Washington, 2008.

Reading, Peninsula Pierce Country Library, Gig Harbor, Washington, 2008.

Reading, Columbia Gorge CC, Hood River, Oregon, Clackamas CC, Portland, Oregon, 2008.

Lecture, Touchstones for Poetry, Wordstock, Portland, Oregon, 2008.

Reading, Wordstock, Portland, Oregon, 2008.

Reading and panelist, Skagit River Poetry Festival, La Conner, Washington, 2008.

Reading, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, 2007.

Reading/Workshop, “Care for Caregivers,” Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, 2007.

Reading, Open Books and Elliott Bay Bookstore, Seattle, 2007.

Reading, Collected Works, Santa Fe, 2007.

Interview, KSFR “Santa Fe Radio Café,” Santa Fe, 2007.

Reading/Craft Talk, Solano Community College, Suisun City, California, 2006.

Readings/Workshop, Wordstock Literary Festival, Portland, Oregon, 2006.

Reading, Oregon Coast Community College, Mt. Hood Community College, Clackamas.        Community College, The Dalles Community College, and others, Oregon, 2006.

Interview, KBOO Community Radio, Portland, Oregon, 2006.

Reading, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005.

Reading, Cutbank Writing Series, University of Montana, Missoula, 2004.

Readings, Tuolomne Meadows Poetry Festival, Yosemite National Park, 2003.

TEACHING 

Adjunct professor of English, Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012.

Poet & Scholar-in-Residence, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, June-Sept., 2007.

Professor of English, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, S. Korea, 1993-99.

Professor of English, Department of Graduate Studies, Sichuan International Language University, Chongqing, China, 1991-92.

Adjunct professor of English, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1988-91.

Adjunct professor of English/Creative Writing (Oregon): Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, 1987; Oregon State Prison, Salem, 1984-85; Tillamook Bay Campus, Tillamook, 1983; Linn Benton Community College, Lincoln City, 1983.

Professor of English and Creative Writing and American Literature, Solano Community College, Suisun City, California. 1970-77.