Derek A. Pollard
Educator, administrator, and award–winning poet and editor specializing in teaching the full range of English and Textual Studies courses from basic skills, composition, and world literatures to creative writing and popular culture. Highly skilled in using integrative classroom technologies with an emphasis on collaborative, student–centered pedagogies and in designing and teaching courses across the curriculum.
Education
MFA, Creative Writing, University of Utah
BA, English/Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University, summa cum laude
Teaching Competencies/Interests
American literature, composition and research writing, contemporary world literature, creative writing, dramatic literature, early modern literature in England, etymology, film studies, history of the avant–garde, literary journal editing and publishing, literary Modernism, poetry and poetics, popular culture, photography, rhetoric, Romantic literature, Shakespearean drama and literature, theatrical performance
Teaching Experience
Graduate Assistant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013–2012
Design and teach a range of courses in the English Department, from Composition to World Literature. Create and implement web-enhanced, student-centered course content. Assist senior colleagues with curriculum development.
Instructor, DWC PRO Program, Downtown Writer’s Center, YMCA of Greater Syracuse, 2013–2008
Teach literature and forms courses in two–year creative writing certification program. Design syllabi and assist in program–wide curriculum development. Serve as advisor for individual student tutorials.
English Instructor, Pre–College Summer Program, Pratt Institute, 2012–2010, 2008–2006
Design and teach advanced level courses in literature, creative writing, and portfolio development to a diverse range of high school students seeking to pursue studies in literature, creative writing, and fine arts at the college level. Work closely with students to prepare a portfolio for college admissions. Assist in organizing a final group reading as part of the program’s closing ceremonies.
Adjunct Instructor, Brookdale Community College, 2012–2010
Taught multiple sections of English Composition: Writing and Research as part of the college’s undergraduate developmental writing curriculum. Collaborated with departmental colleagues to design and implement course materials aligned with the New Jersey Coastal Communiversity alliance of colleges and universities. Maintained a web–enhanced learning environment using the Angel Learning Management Suite. Certified by the Teaching and Learning Center to teach online courses across the curriculum.
English Instructor, Monmouth Academy, 2010–2009, 2007–2004
Designed and taught college preparatory courses in American literature, British literature, contemporary world literature, dramatic literature, etymology, and literature and composition to students in grades 9–12. Co–taught Latin I and II in the World Languages Department to students in the same grades. Organized official departmentalization of subject area as part of Middle States accreditation. Collaborated with departmental colleagues to vertically and horizontally integrate English and Language Arts curriculum in grades K–12. Redesigned the school’s annual literary journal and served as its faculty advisor and faculty editor. Conducted independent poetry and fiction workshops with upper school students.
English and Writing Tutor, Monmouth Academy, 2010–2009
Established and administered an after–school and summer tutoring service at the school. Tutored students in grades 8–12 and alumni at area colleges in English and Language Arts courses, as well as in preparation for the SAT examination. Tutorials supplemented curriculum at the school, as well as undergraduate English and Literature curriculum at area colleges.
Adjunct Instructor, English Department, Le Moyne College, 2009–2008
Taught Composition and Perspectives in Literature courses as part of the college’s interdisciplinary Core Curriculum Program. Designed syllabus, essay assignments, and exams for each course and created and maintained an interactive online learning environment using the Blackboard Learning System.
Teaching Artist, The Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse, 2009–2008
Taught after–school creative writing courses in collaboration with classroom teachers at participating schools in the Syracuse City School District. Debuted writing, grammar, and physical education learning activity LeapTales, developed by Executive Director Philip Memmer.
Substitute Teacher, Portage Public Schools, 2002–2001
Substitute taught courses across the curriculum in area high schools.
English and Writing Tutor, Writing Center, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, 2001
Tutored individual students in various introductory, ESL, and writing courses across the curriculum.
Supplemental Photography Instructor/Laboratory Technician, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, 2002–1998
Collaborated with faculty in designing and implementing supplemental course–specific classroom and lab instruction for all introductory, intermediate, and advanced photography classes offered through the Art Department. Assisted in supervision and management of darkroom and photography lab.
Tutor, Western Michigan University, 2001–1998
Established independent tutoring service on campus. Tutored a diverse range of students in various upper and lower division undergraduate English and Comparative Religion courses.
Administrative Experience and Service
Black Mountain Institute Emerging Writers Series Selection Committee, Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013
Registration Committee, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2013
AP Reader–English Literature, College Board AP, Educational Testing Service, 2013–2010
Conference Liaison, Modernist Studies Association Conference and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012
Founder, Curator, Barrow Street West Reading Series, Barrow Street, Inc., 2012–2011
Curriculum Planning Committee, English Department, Monmouth Academy, 2010–2009, 2007–2004
Assistant Arts Education Program Coordinator, The Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse, 2009–2008
Chair, English Department, Monmouth Academy, 2006–2005
Academic Dean’s Assistant, Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Chair, English Program Evaluation Committee, Middle States Evaluation, Monmouth Academy, 2005–2004
Co–chair, Educational Programs Evaluation Committee, Middle States Evaluation, Monmouth Academy, 2005–2004
Publications
Books
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. Inconsequentia. Buffalo, NY: BlazeVOX, 2010.
Chapbooks
TiMe BomB. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1998.
Kheperu. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1997.
Pollard, Derek, et al. 22 23. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1996.
Pollard, Derek, Samara Golden, and April Wehrman. Exit Incommunicado. Minneapolis: Lake Street, 1994.
Is It Tuesday: Califa. Poems & Collected Nonsense. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1992.
Poems and Creative Non–Fiction in Print Anthologies
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “This Unmade Bed." Interrupture: The Best of Years One & Two. Ed. Curtis Perdue and Katherine Factor. Interrupture, 2013. 10.
“Katsura Tree.” Blankets & Other Poems: An Anthology for the People of Japan. Ed. Connie Lopez–Hood, Angela Thomson–Brenchley, and Melissa Haklitch. Big Bear Lake, CA: n.p., 2011. 14.
“Carillon, Carillon.” Zoland Poetry. Ed. Roland Pease. Cambridge, MA: Zoland, 2009. 207–208.
“It hurts even worse in French.” Six–Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak By Writers Famous and Obscure. Ed. Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. New York: Harper, 2009. N. pag.
“Bride, Arbor–type, Steam Engine.” Diagram III: Poetry. Prose. Schematic. Ed. Ander Monson. Washington, DC: Del Sol, 2008. 190.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “The Exquisite.” Diagram III: Poetry. Prose. Schematic. Ed. Ander Monson. Washington, DC: Del Sol, 2008. 117.
“An Elegy for the Innumerable.” The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel. Ed. Reb Livingston and Molly Arden. Reston, VA: No Tell, 2007. 178.
“Quietly from Lovell Street.” Shade. Ed. David Dodd Lee. New York: Four Way, 2006. 238.
Poems in Print Journals
“Adam’s Game.” Basalt. Forthcoming.
“Anchovies and Peppermint.” The Warbler. Forthcoming.
"At le Christopher." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
"Let the Great World Spin." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. "The Street, a Jetty." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
Pollard, Derek, PJ Mills, and Aadarsh Parikh. "Our Long Winter." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
Pollard, Derek, and Shannon Salter. "Oysters." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
Pollard, Derek, and Denise Weber. "Three Sunflowers." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
“Reconfiguring Ghiza.” Badlands. Forthcoming.
"Summer Moon, Ostranenie." Chariton Review. Forthcoming.
“Beneath the City's Filthy Blazon.” Ping Pong (2012): 150-151.
“Departure.” Ellipsis: Literature & Art 48 (2012): 74.
Pollard, Derek, and Astrid Werther. “The Summer Cottage.” Forklift, Ohio 24 (2012): 236-237.
“Apothegm.” The Comstock Review 25.1-2 (2011): 152.
“Ça Me Revient.” With+Stand 5 (2011): n. pag.
“Many years passed with nothing heard from the great Henry Grimes, as he lived in a tiny rented room in a single–room occupancy hotel in downtown Los Angeles and sustained himself with survival work not related to music.” Slab 6 (2011): 100-101.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “An Exquisite Grammatology.” Badlands 2 (2011): 46.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “The Windowsill.” The Comstock Review 25.1-2 (2011): 20-21.
“A Silence Left Over.” Redactions: Poetry & Poetics 14 (2011): 44.
“Sunday Morning.” MUST Magazine 20 (2011): n. pag.
“The Wave and Flutter.” The Ocean State Review 1.1 (2011): 30-31.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “Shutter.” Muse & Stone Fall (2010): 20.
“Cloud and Blenny Alike.” Colorado Review 36.1 (2009): 108–109.
“On the G Train Headed Toward Clinton–Washington.” Blue Earth Review 7.1 (2009): 100–101.
“Necessary Days.” Margie: The American Journal of Poetry 8 (2009): 287.
“Parade.” Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York 3 (2009): 264–265.
“Katsura Tree.” HazMat Review 10.2 (2008): 83.
“Lissa and I Sitting in Henderson’s Front Yard on Benjamin Street.” Barrelhouse 5 (2008): 52–54.
“Poem for Emo Philips.” Verbal Seduction 6.11 (2008): 60.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “Ars Poetica.” Verbal Seduction 6.11 (2008): 59.
Pollard, Derek, and Patrick Whelan. “Hotel.” Barrelhouse 5 (2008): 55–56.
“St. Teresa’s Ecstasy.” Pank 2 (2008): 26–27.
“Aleph–Zed.” Verbal Seduction 6.10 (2007): 58.
“Cons(eq)uence.” Vox 3 (2007): 34.
“Dear Lucifer.” Pleiades 27.2 (2007): 92–94.
Pollard, Derek, and Jared Levin. “After the Lions.” Verbal Seduction 6.10 (2007): 54–55.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “From Inconsequentia: Eight Poems.” Caketrain 5 (2007): 217–239.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “Vine Street Lightening the Streetlights Out.” 580 Split 9 (2007): 63.
“Sidereal.” Verbal Seduction 6.10 (2007): 56–57.
“There Was Something.” Harpur Palate 6.2 (2007): 92.
“Ça Me Revient.” Quarterly West 62 (2006): 113–115.
“H–E–Y.” Interim 24 (2006): 104.
“Impressions.” Diner 6 (2006): 70.
“It’s Spring, James Schuyler.” Court Green 3 (2006): 1.
“On Kenneth Rexroth’s Lawn.” 88 6 (2006): 40.
“Something Different by Grace.” Quarterly West 62 (2006): 116.
“The Corner of 1st South and 9th East.” Iota 70 (2005): 24.
“Four Statements on the Dance.” Ambit 179 (2005): 54–55.
“A Gloss of That Small Year.” Zone 3 20.1 (2005): 93–98.
“Manhattan Still.” Flyway 9.3–10.1 (2005): 36–37.
“Ad Marginem.” Hawai’i Review 27.62 (2004): 155–158.
“Balance and Equilibrium.” Barrow Street Summer (2004): 73.
“Everything as It Should Be.” Poet Lore 99.1–2 (2004): 19–20.
“Found Poem No. 9.” Caketrain 2 (2004): 105.
“Lilac Tree on Fire.” Colorado Review 31.1 (2004): 152.
“Standing at the Sink.” Hawai’i Review 27.62 (2004): 153–154.
“Suddenly while walking.” Caketrain 2 (2004): 102–104.
“This Sentence Is Giving Credibility Because Freda Jackson Is Beautiful But Turns Ugly.” Caketrain 2 (2004): 106–107.
“Watching S. Rush By in a Fit of Simultaneity.” Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art 39 (2004): 129.
“Green is God is Go.” Barrow Street Summer (2003): 27.
“Poem No. 52.” Way Station 7 (2002): 25.
“Making Delicate Stars, Glittering.” Kalamazoo Gazette 18 Dec. 2000: D3.
“Burning a hole in my ghost.” Prechelonian 2 (1999): 21.
“Staring into Space.” Prechelonian 2 (1999): 22.
“St. Sign.” Bathtub Gin 3 (1998): 19.
“Equestrian.” Prechelonian 1 (1991): 12.
“Ode to the Ceaseless Waters.” Prechelonian 1 (1991): 13.
“On an Autumn Noon.” Prechelonian 1 (1991): 9.
“The Casquader’s Court.” Prechelonian 1 (1991): 11.
“Untitled.” Prechelonian 1 (1991): 10.
“Verse One.” Prechelonian 1 (1991): 10.
Interviews and Book Reviews in Print Journals
Rev. of Panic, by Laura McCullough. Hiram Poetry Review. Forthcoming.
Rev. of You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am, by Tao Lin. Pleiades 28.1 (2008): 279–283.
“Flying Close to Earhart Edge.” Rev. of Navigate, Amelia Earhart’s Letters Home, by Rebecca Loudon. American Book Review 28.3 (2007): 18.
Keelan, Claudia. Interview. Barrow Street. Summer (2007): 88–92.
Rev. of Enter Invisible, by Catherine Wing. Pleiades 27.1 (2007): 170–174.
Rev. of A Green Light, by Matthew Rohrer. Prairie Schooner 80.1 (2006): 213–215.
Rev. of Black Maria, by Kevin Young. Pleiades 26:1 (2006): 205–210.
Rev. of Remainland, by Aase Berg, trans. Johannes Göransson. Interim 24 (2006): 211–214.
Rev. of Two and Two, by Denise Duhamel. Barrow Street Summer (2006): 116–117.
Rev. of 3.14159+, by Lois Hirshkowitz. Colorado Review 32:2 (2005): 73–74.
Rev. of Fa(r)ther Down, by Arielle Greenberg. Pleiades 25.1 (2005): 142–145.
Rev. of This Is How I Speak: The Diary of a Young Woman, by Sandi Sonnenfeld. Quarterly West Summer (2005): 127–128.
Rev. of This Is How They Say Yes Here, by Jacqueline Lyons. Colorado Review 32.1 (2005): 172–173.
Poems in Online Anthologies
“If You Were to Die Right Now, Johnny Depp.” Best of the Net 2007 Anthology. Ed. Erin Elizabeth Smith. Sundress Publications, 2008.
“Warning Open Windows Can Be Hazardous.” The Page: Poetry, Essays, Language, Ideas. Ed. Andrew Johnston. 2008.
Poems in Online Journals
“In Praise of…the Biro.” Moria. Forthcoming.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “Cogito.” Vinyl Poetry. Forthcoming.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “Crossings.” Jellyfish. Forthcoming.
“To Abjure.” Moria. Forthcoming.
“Equinox.” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. Connotation Press, 2013.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “The City of Our Accord.” Ozone Park. Ozone Park Journal, 2013.
Pollard, Derek, and Robert Faiges. “I No Longer Remember.” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. Connotation Press, 2013.
Pollard, Derek, and Shannon Salter. “Beside Nipton Pond.” Birdfeast. Birdfeast, 2013.
“The Sun Shuddering Across.” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. Connotation Press, 2013.
“In Response to Stephen Ratcliffe’s ‘Painting’.” Sidebrow. Sidebrow, 2012.
“Un Instant Inevitable.” Lunch Ticket. LunchTicket.org, 2012.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “The Darkest Swan.” Interrupture. Interrupture, 2012.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “The Sky As Vault.” 751 Magazine. 751 Magazine, 2012.
“Raggedy Andy.” Mayday Magazine. New American Press, 2012.
“Three Sunflowers.” The Pubscriber. The Pubscriber, 2012.
“When the Leaves Sing Their Color.” The Bakery. The Bakery, 2012.
“Bite Me Valve® Use.” Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations. Mead, 2011.
“Conduct Unbecoming.” Blood & Honey Review. American University of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011.
“Departure.” Ed. Jane Cassady. The Serotonin Factory. Jane Cassady, 2011.
“Fig.” Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations. Mead, 2011.
“The Lovers of the Eiffel Tower.” Anemone Sidecar. Ed. Kathryn Rantala. Spokane: Ravenna, 2011. 8. Anemone Sidecar.
“Old Erie Canal.” Blast Furnace. Blast Furnace Press, 2011.
“Our Rome.” The Anemone Sidecar. Ed. Kathryn Rantala. Spokane: Ravenna, 2011. 5–6. Anemone Sidecar.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “Among Our Darkness.” Interrupture. Interrupture, 2011.
Pollard, Derek, and Kevin McLellan. “This Unmade Bed.” Interrupture. Interrupture, 2011.
“Sunday Morning.” The New Yinzer. The New Yinzer, 2011.
“Telegram.” White Whale Review. White Whale Review, 2011.
“Colloquium in Snow.” H_ngm_n. H_ngm_n, 2010.
“Found Poem No. 6.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2010.
“If P, Then Q.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2010.
“On the Verge of Something Bright and Good.” Crash. Crash, 2010.
“Our Rome.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2010.
Pollard, Derek, and Jessi Melcer. “Ballad.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2010.
“With Ever in Denver.” H_ngm_n. H_ngm_n, 2010.
“You, My Warmth.” H_ngm_n. H_ngm_n, 2010.
“Once Ago.” Glass: A Journal of Poetry. Glass: A Journal of Poetry, 2009.
“Portrait at the Lakeshore, Michigan City, Indiana.” Dogzplot. Dogzplot Press, 2009.
“The Eagle and the Swan.” Tonopah Review. Tonopah Review, 2009.
“Nothing Made.” Tonopah Review. Tonopah Review, 2009.
“The Night of the Iguana.” Contrary: Journal of Unpopular Discontent. Contrary Magazine, 2007.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “From Inconsequentia: Four.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2007.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “From Inconsequentia: Thirteen.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2007.
“The Archer and the Queen of Disks.” No Tell Motel, No Tell Motel, 2006.
“A Day Busy With Indecision.” Identity Theory. Identity Theory, 2006.
“A Day Busy with Indecision.” Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics. Mudlark, 2006.
“The Dilemma of Integrity.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2006.
“An Elegy for the Innumerable.” No Tell Motel, No Tell Motel, 2006.
“ExQ.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2006.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “The Exquisite.” Diagram. Diagram, 2006.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “La Conséquence Exquise du Temps.” Word For/Word: A
Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2006.
“If You Were To Die Right Now, Johnny Depp.” No Tell Motel. No Tell Motel, 2006.
“The Lovers of the Eiffel Tower.” Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2006.
Pollard, Derek, and Derek Henderson. “Inconsequentia.” Action Yes Online Quarterly. Action Books, 2006.
“Spark of Desire Magneto.” No Tell Motel, No Tell Motel, 2006.
“Thinking of the Tarot Card The Moon While Staying at a Hotel in Las Vegas.” Identity Theory. Identity Theory, 2006.
“Warning Open Windows Can Be Hazardous.” No Tell Motel, No Tell Motel, 2006.
“Bride, Arbor–type, Steam Engine.” Diagram. Diagram, 2005.
“John Cassavetes Keeps Coming Up In Conversation.” Diagram. Diagram, 2004.
Interviews and Book Reviews in Online Journals
Rev. of Speech Acts, by Laura McCullough. Word For/Word: A Journal of New Writing. Word For/Word, 2011.
Creative Non–Fiction in Online Journals
“It hurts even worse in French.” Smith Magazine. MagSMITH, LLC, 2008.
Editorial Experience
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor/Advertising Copy Editor, Barrow Street, Inc., 2012–2003
Founding Editor, Blue Night Press, 2012–1991
Assistant Poetry Editor, Witness, Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012
Reader, Interim, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012
Contest Judge, Shuf Poetry Contest, Shuf Poetry, 2012
Manuscript Screener, Alice James Books, 2011–2010
Associate Editor, New Issues Poetry & Prose, Western Michigan University, 2008–2000
Faculty Advisor and Managing Editor, Cafe Blah Blah, Monmouth Academy, 2007–2004
Reader, Quarterly West, University of Utah, 2004–2002
Assistant Director, New Issues Press, Western Michigan University, 2002
Books and Journals Edited
Books Edited
LaBelle, Brandon. Second Blood. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 2002.
Trussoni, Danielle. Echo. Kalamazoo: Antares–Blue Night, 1999.
Lee, William. Manolete. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1998.
Pollard, Derek, Samara Golden, and April Wehrman. Exit Incommunicado. Minneapolis: Lake Street, 1994.
Books Co–edited
Covino, Peter. Cut Off the Ears of Winter. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2005.
Winner of the 2007 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry.
Butts, Anthony. Little Low Heaven. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2003.
Winner of the 2004 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.
Henry, Brian. Graft. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2003.
Saskya, Ever. The Porch is a Journey Different from the House. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2003.
Sexton, Elaine. Sleuth. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2003.
Aiuto, Vito. Self–Portrait as Jerry Quarry. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2002.
Cantwell, Kevin. Something Black in the Green Part of Your Eye. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2002.
Haight, Robert. Emergences and Spinner Falls. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2002.
Mangold, Sarah. Household Mechanics. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2002.
Lyon, David O. The Kalamazoo Automobilist. Ed. Thomas Seiler, Herb Scott, and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues P, 2002.
Reynolds, Rebecca. The Bovine Two–Step. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2002.
Serpas, Martha. Côte Blanche. Foreword by Harold Bloom. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2002.
Hardy, Myronn. Approaching the Center. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2001.
Messer, Sarah. Bandit Letters. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2001.
Powell, Elizabeth. The Republic of Self. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2001.
Samyn, Mary Ann. Inside the Yellow Dress. Ed. Herb Scott and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: New Issues, 2001.
Henderson, Derek. November. Ed. Derek Henderson and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1997.
Pollard, Derek, et al. 22 23. Ed. Derek Henderson and Derek Pollard. Kalamazoo: Blue Night, 1996.
Journals Edited
Café Blah Blah 1–3 (2004–2007). Howell, NJ: Monmouth Academy.
Prechelonian: A Literary and Fine Art Journal 1–1.3 (1991–2000).
Conference Presentations
“Poetry Craft Seminar: Two Heads Are Better Than One—The Poem, the Poet, and the Other.” Presented a craft talk and led a workshop with Kevin McLellan centering on poetic collaboration in theory and practice, including a brief historical overview of the tradition of collaborative poetics in Western cultures. 24–26 June 2010, University of Rhode Island.
“Poetry Panel: Holding On and Letting Go.” Presented a talk with Darcie Dennigan and Barbara Siegel on evolving poetic theory and practice in relation to composition and the business of preparing poems for publication in the age of new media at the Ocean State Summer Writing Conference. 24–26 June 2010, University of Rhode Island.
“American Made Terrain: Place, Love and Family in Original Short Fiction and Poetry.” Presented poems with Derek Henderson from the collaborative manuscript Inconsequentia and participated in a panel discussion on contemporary poetics of place at the 7th Annual Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. 21–23 February 2008, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
“Poetry Panel.” Presented poems and participated in a panel discussion on poetic craft at the Writing By Degrees National Graduate Creative Writing Conference. 27–29 September 2007, Binghamton University.
“New Issues Readings.” Presented poems at the Attention/Inattention: Critique and Create Conference. 7–9 October 2005, University of Denver.
“Multifield/Visual/MediaPoetics.” Presented poems with Derek Henderson from the collaborative manuscript Inconsequentia and participated in a panel discussion on contemporary poetics at the Attention/Inattention: Critique and Create Conference. 7–9 October 2005, University of Denver.
Literary Readings
National Poetry Month Reading, Middletown Public Library, Middletown, New Jersey, 22 April 2012
The New Yinzer Presents, Modern Formations Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 19 May 2011
River Read Series, Red Bank, New Jersey, 15 May 2011
Creative Writing Faculty Reading, Brookdale Community College, Freehold, New Jersey, 21 April 2011
The River's End Bookstore, Oswego, New York, 2 April 2011
River Read Series, Red Bank, New Jersey, 12 December 2010
River Read Series, Red Bank, New Jersey, 12 September 2010
Ocean State Summer Writing Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 26 June 2010
Barnes & Noble Guest Readers Series, Howell, New Jersey, 7 May 2010
Downtown Writer’s Center Guest Reading Series, Syracuse, New York, 29 January 2010
Inconsequentia Book Release Party, Monmouth Academy, Howell, New Jersey, 28 January 2010
“You Are Not Alone: Six–Word Memoirists at the Highline Ballroom,” New York, New York, 30 May 2009
Downtown Writer’s Center, Syracuse, New York, 24 April 2009
Le Moyne College Faculty Reading Series, Syracuse, New York, 25 March 2009
Downtown Writer’s Center, Syracuse, New York, 17 December 2008
Le Moyne College Faculty Reading Series, Syracuse, New York, 7 November 2008
Downtown Writer’s Center, Syracuse, New York, 31 March 2008
Verbal Seduction Reading Series, Syracuse, New York, 5 December 2007
Barnes & Noble Guest Readers Series, Freehold, New Jersey, 23 April 2007
Ear Inn Reading Series, New York, New York, 17 February 2007
Cabaret Voltage Reading Series, Salt Lake City, Utah, 30 August 2006
Barnes & Nobel Guest Readers Series, Freehold, New Jersey, 8 May 2006
Ear Inn Reading Series, New York, New York, 25 March 2006
Johns Hopkins University–Center for Talented Youth, St. Mary’s City, Maryland, 13 July 2005
Barnes & Noble Guest Readers Series, Freehold, New Jersey, 20 April 2005
Working Dog Reading Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 9 December 2003
Graduate Student Reading Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 September 2003
Barrow Street Reading Series, Salt Lake City, Utah, 22 August 2003
Barrow Street Reading Series, New York, New York, 7 August 2003
Working Dog Reading Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 February 2003
Working Dog Reading Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 October 2002
Working Dog Reading Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 6 September 2002
Literary Awards
Finalist. Forms Abandon. Ms. The Black River Poetry Chapbook Competition. Black Lawrence Press, 2012.
Finalist. Forms Abandon. Ms. Toadlily Press Quartet Series. Toadlily Press, 2012.
Semi–finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Three Candles Press Open Book Award. Three Candles Press, 2011.
Finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Zone 3 First Book Award for Poetry. Zone 3, 2008.
Finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. Marsh Hawk Press, 2007.
Finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Four Way Books Intro Prize for Poetry. Four Way Books, 2006.
Finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Kinereth Gensler Awards. Alice James, 2006.
Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers. Full Scholarship. The Center for Book Arts. New York, 2006.
Semi–finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Saturnalia Books Contest, 2006.
Semi–finalist. Bedding Down With It All. Ms. Zone 3 First Book Award for Poetry, 2006.
“Manhattan Still.” Sweet Corn Prize. Flyway 9.3–10.1 (2005): 36–37.
“Watching S. Rush By In a Fit of Simultaneity.” Poetry Prize Runner–up. Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art 39 (2004): 129.
“Making Delicate Stars, Glittering.” Fifth Annual Community Literary Awards Adult Poetry Prize. Kalamazoo Gazette 18 Dec. 2000: D3.
Academic Awards
Black Mountain Institute PhD Fellowship, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2015-2012.
Vice Presidential Fellowship, University of Utah, 2004–2002
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Western Michigan University, 2002
Presidential Scholarship in Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University, 2002
George Sprau Award, English Department, Western Michigan University, 2001
Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Award, Western Michigan University, 2001–2000
Michigan Competitive Scholarship, 2001–1998
Western Michigan Academic Scholarship, 2001–1998
Golden Key National Honor Society, Western Michigan University, 2000
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Western Michigan University, 2000
Membership in Professional Organizations
Academy of American Poets
Art Alliance of Monmouth County
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Poetry Society of America
Teachers & Writers Collaborative