David Hightower’s lyrically expansive meditation on the whims of fate and the unpredictability of the human condition fill the pages of THE HANGING MAN DREAMS with thrilling music and mesmerizing imagery. Hightower’s richly infused voice echoes the e
A long time ago when Muriel Rukeyser said the world would split open if one woman told the truth about her life, this is the poetry she had in mind.
---Frances Mayes, author (Under the Tuscan Sun; The Discovery of Poetry )
Background
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Education
Studied with Nancy J. Rekow, Bainbridge Island, 1994-96
Advanced Poetry Writing Certificate Program, UW Seattle Extension, with Jana Harris, 1995-1997
MFA from UW (Seattle) 1996-1998
Writing
Web sites:
Blogger/Poet: www.themoxiebee.com
Contributing Writer: www.eatdrinkmemory.com
Featured Blogger: www.skirt.com/moxiebee
Chapbook:
Resculpting (Paper Boat Press, 1995)
Anthologies:
In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself Vol. 4 (MW Enterprises, 2002), This Far Together (Haight Ashbury Literary, 1995)
Journals:
Coffeehouse Poets Quarterly, Convolvulus, Exhibition, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Half Tones to Jubilee, Switched-On Gutenberg, Synapse,
Newspaper:
Freelance writer, The Buffalo News, 2000-01
Influences/Favorites:
Lynda Hull
Colette
Nikki Finney
Charles Simic
Dolores Kendrick
M. Nourbese Philip
Jana Harris
Lynn Emmanuel
Tim Seibles
Cornelius Eady
Birth Place
Buffalo, NY Erie
Accomplishments
-Recipient Migrant Special Education Fellowship, SUNY New Paltz, 2002-2003
-Recipient PEO Continuing Education Grant, 2002
-Recipient PEO Graduate Woman’s Award, 1997
-Recipient Scholarship, Univ. of WA, Graduate English, Creative Writing Dept., 1997
-Certificate of Recognition, Volunteer Internship CHILDFIND of America.
-Listed, Directory of North American Poets & Writers; 1996-present
Contact Information
TheMoxieBee.com
3419 Virginia Beach Blvd. A-36
Virginia Beach VA 23452
USA
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