Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration examines the significance or relevance of the idea that the U.S. Constitution was, as many believe, divinely inspired. How much did that belief matter to founders of the nation and how much does it matter no
Author of Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis (2010); Fierce Consent and Other Poems (2005), Island Universe: Essays and Entertainments (2007); co-author Guilty Pleasures: Indulgences, Addictions and Obsessions (2003). Publication credits include: Missouri Review, Iowa Review, The Progressive, Boulevard, Natural Bridge, Gulf Coast, River Styx, 13th Moon. Major influences: Sylvia Plath, H.L. Mencken, Mary McCarthy, James Baldwin, John N. Morris.
Accomplishments
M.F.A. Washington University
M.A. Syracuse University
Academy of American Poets Award; Washington University Teaching Fellowship; Missouri Biennial Award for Essay Writing; residencies at Ragdale and Dairy Hollow writers' colonies
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