Creative Work

Poetry

Poems Published

Sage and Rose. Briar Cliff Review. (forthcoming).

Voyeurism in December. Willow Review. (forthcoming).

Thirtieth Anniversary. Willow Review. (forthcoming).

In the Baggage Claim. Pearl. Winter 2012 (45): 120.

Bat Flight. South Dakota Review. Fall 2010. 48(3): 93.

Palos Verdes. South Dakota Review. Fall 2010. 48(3): 96-97.

Perpetual Care. Naugatuck River Review. (2011) 5: 102.

In the Three Goats' Heads. Kestrel. (Fall 2010) 25: 36.

Coyotes. Albatross. Spring 2011 (21/22): 6.

Texas Nocturne. Briar Cliff Review. 2010 (22): 20.

Turquoise in Its Foil. Flint Hills Review. 2008 (13): 65.

Tossing the Books. The South Carolina Review. Spring 2008. 40(2): 173.

The Green Baize of Olympus. Straylight. Spring 2008. 2(1): 74-75.

Moličre's Housekeeper. Measure. 2008. III (1): 146-149.

Cheating on Illinois. The Mid-America Poetry Review. Winter 2007-08 VIII(3): 152.

Vixen & Pup. Pearl. Spring/Summer 2007 (37): 71.

The Webcam on Yr Wyddfa. RHINO. Spring 2007: 137.

Goddess and the Old Rouč. Comstock Review. Spring/Summer 2006 20(1): 27.

The Later Vintage. The Lyric. Winter 2006 86(1): 5.

The Afterlife. Plainsongs XXVI (2) June 2006: 7.

In the Neonatal ICU. Plainsongs XXVI (1) October 2005: 19.

A Command of Facts. The Comstock Review 19 (1) Summer 2005: 25.

Land Reclamation. The Mid-America Poetry Review. VI (2) (Summer/Autumn 2005): 66.

Shiloh. The Comstock Review 18 (2) Fall/Winter 2004: 93.

Dante in Exile. The Mid-America Poetry Review V (3) Winter 2004-5: 128.

Laying the Ghosts. The Mid-America Poetry Review IV (3) Winter 2003-4: 125.

In the Valley of the Ancients. Minnesota Daily, February 1976.

Indian Days. Minnesota Daily, 1975.

Autumn, the Wind. Minnesota Daily, 1975.

A Visitation. Advent: Austin's Magazine of the Arts September 1973: 12.

Faustus. Advent: Austin's Magazine of the Arts September 1973: 12.

Fog Halo Over the City. Advent: Austin's Magazine of the Arts May 1973: 31.

417 Maple Street. Advent: Austin's Magazine of the Arts May 1973: 31.

Eve and Innocence. Look Up and See Wonders. 2: 27.


Awards

Honorable Mention in Formal Verse, 2003 Chicagoland Poetry Contest, for "Claudette, Lauren, Ingrid and Thou."


Editorial Service

Editor, River Oak Review, 2009 -

Associate Poetry Editor, River Oak Review, 2004 - 2009


Plays

Dostoyevsky's Gamble. Two-Act Drama.

  • Regular season production. Mill Theatre. March 12 - 21, 1998.
  • Staged reading. Mill Theatre. Spring 1997.
  • "A Lesson in Probability." (one scene) staged at Chicago Dramatists Workshop; Chicago, Ill.  October 15, 1994.

Saving Nineveh. Two-Act Comedy.

  • Professional premier. A. D. Players. Houston, Texas. April 28, 1996.
  • Public staged reading. A. D. Players. Houston, Texas.; January 27 & 28, 1995.
  • Regular season production. March 1992; Mill Theatre; Elmhurst, Ill.
  • Finalist, 1993 New Christian Plays Competition. Colorado Christian University. Lakewood, Colo.
  • Third Place, 1993 McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition. Midland Community Theatre; Midland, Texas.

Songs

Medieval Village, a song cycle for SATB choir, in collaboration with Dr. Kevin Olson, Elmhurst College Department of Music.

  • Premiered April 25, 2004, as part of Spring Choral Concert, Elmhurst College.
  • "The Cathedral" reprised at Honors Convocation, May 14, 2004.
  • Recorded by The Choirs of Elmhurst College on their CD The Cathedral, 2004.

Fiction

A Near Thing. Lower Stumpf Lake Review 19 (1984): 62-67.

Clayton and the Kingdom of Folly. FallOut 4 (1983): 20-21.

Approaching Austin. Minnesota Daily, WordsWorth Fiction Contest winner. May 19, 1980: 11-16.


Articles

The Cosmic Stumbling of Frederick Zydek. River Oak Review. (Winter 2010) 2(7):128-133.

Thom Satterlee's Wyclif Window. River Oak Review. (Winter 2008) 2(5):85-89.

Listening to Ken Meisel Listening. River Oak Review. 2(4) (Summer 2007): 59-65.

Rancor. Friends Journal. 51 (11) (November 2005): 11-12.

Learning to be a Good Patient. Quaker Life. April 2001: 16-17.

Getting in Touch with Your Inner Triviality. Quaker Life. October 2000: 14-15.

Unexpected Companions. Christian History 49: 17 - 19 (February 1996). [On the pilgrims of the Canterbury Tales]

Staging Jonah. Bible Review. February, 1995: 20-28.

Criticism—Can You Take It? The Writer. "Off-the-Cuff" Column. June 1991:7-8.; Reprinted in The 1992 Writer's Handbook: 64-66.

The Ad Hominem Rides Again. Humanist 43 (1983): 20-23. (Winner of Third Place in First Annual North American Essay Contest.)


Photography

The Bakery at La Purisima. Bartleby. 1(3) Spring 2011: 67.

Children's Garden, Morton Arboretum. Fifth Wednesday. (2) Spring 2008 : 119.


Poetry Readings

Illinois Philological Association. April 11, 2008. Decatur, Ill.

Rhino publication party and reading. Anderson's Book Store, Naperville, Ill. April 29, 2007.

Illinois Philological Association. April 7, 2006. DePaul University. Chicago, Ill.

Featured poet, The Gathering, Elmhurst College, November 1, 2005.


Acting Performances

The Professor. The Lesson. Dir. Melissa Niksic. Mill Theatre; Elmhurst College; Elmhurst, Ill; May 2000.

Leontes. A Winter's Tale. Dir. Robin Bennett. Mill Theatre; Elmhurst College; Elmhurst, Ill.; May 1998.

Lawyer Craven. Sly Fox. Dir. Blanche Allen. Village Theatre Guild; Glen Ellyn, Ill. Spring 1994.

Earl of Westmoreland. Henry IV, part 1. Dir. Jeff Baumgartner. Actor's Center of DuPage (non-Equity professional). Lisle, Ill. July 1992.

Canon Chasuble. The Importance of Being Earnest. Dir. Jan Barker. FirstNight Theatre; Villa Park, Ill.  November 1991.

Dogg, Shakespeare, Claudius, Polonius, Ghost. Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth. Dir. Peter Boekhoff. Village Theatre Guild; Glen Ellyn, Ill. Spring 1991.

Doc Gibbs. Our Town. Dir. Sue Keenan. Village Theatre Guild, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; Spring 1990.

Mr. Applegate. Damn Yankees. Dir. Michael Friedman. Mill Theatre, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Ill.; fall 1989.