Education
- Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Modern and Contemporary American Poetry from University of Utah (1978)
Selected Publications
Books
- BIRDSONG. New York: Scribner 2005. (Nonfiction: Natural History)
- A PARROT WITHOUT A NAME. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1990. (Nonfiction: Natural History)
- LETTER AT THE END OF WINTER. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida 1987. (Poetry)
Creative Publications
- Poems have appeared in POETRY, TRIQUARTERLY, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR, POETRY EAST, THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW, QUARTERLY WEST, GREENFIELD REVIEW, POETRY NORTHWEST, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, PASSAGES NORTH, THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW, and elsewhere.
- Prose publications include articles and essays in AUDUBON, SMITHSONIAN, ORION, SIERRA, NATIONAL WILDLIFE, LIVING BIRD, BACKPACKER, THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, PASSAGES NORTH, NEW YORK TIMES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, TRAVEL & LEISURE, and elsewhere.
Awards
- National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- (twice) Individual Artist Grant from the Division of Cultural Affairs, State of Florida