Curriculum Vita
Dr. Tony R. Morris
Armstrong-Atlantic State University
Savannah, GA 31419
912-921-5568
email: morriton@mail.armstrong.edu
Education
Ph.D., English, Florida State Univ.
August, 2002.
Major field of concentration: Creative Writing (poetry).
M.A., English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
May, 1998. Summa Cum Laude.
B.A. in English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
May, 1996. Double-minor in Communications and Journalism. Cum Laude.
Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts, Central Piedmont Community College
May, 1994.
Dissertation
A Quiver in the Wire. A poetry manuscript that studies the relationship between Southern regionalism and the trope of return in Southern writing. Dissertation director: Dr. David K. Kirby.
Major Preliminary Exam Area
American Literature and Poetry before 1865.
Minor Preliminary Exam Area
British Romanticism.
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Teaching:
Assistant Professor: Department of English,
Armstrong-Atlantic State University
Courses taught:
Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of English, Gardner-Webb University, 2002-present.
Courses taught:
· Composition I & II.
· Early British Literature (survey).
· Early American Literature (survey).
· Late American Literature (survey).
· Alumni Seminar Lecturer: The Philosophical Mind in Poetry.
· Alumni Seminar Lecturer: American Romanticism in the 21st Century.
Teacher Assistant: Florida State University, 1998-2002.
Courses taught:
· Composition I & II
· Computer Assisted Composition I
· American Romanticism
· Short Fiction Survey
· Essay, Article Creative Writing Workshop
Instructor: Central Texas College, PACE-AFLOAT Program, US Navy, 1998-present.
Courses taught:
· Composition I & II
· Pre-Composition
· Business Writing.
Seminar leader for North Carolina Center for the Book:N.C. Reads N.C.: Our Voices Speak, Cleveland County Memorial Library - fall 2003
Poetry workshop teacher for the Cleveland County Council for the Arts – spring/summer 2004.
Poetry workshop teacher for the Cleveland County Council for the Aging - summer 2003.
Gardner-Webb Poetry Club Advisor – spring 2002-spring 2004.
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Academic/ Writing Honors
Editorial/Journals
Southern Poetry Review
Managing Editor. Responsible for layout/publication, advertising, subscription management, writing and development of grant proposals, developing and strengthening community relationships on the local, state, regional and national level, assisting in selection of submissions for publication, and web-page management.
Broad River Review
Boiling Springs, NC
Advisor. Responsible for overseeing production, design layout and creative content of journal.
The Southeast Review
Editor. Responsible for coordinating readers, final editorial/business decisions, delegating responsibilities to staff members, overseeing layout design, distribution and advertising of the journal.
January 2000-2002.
Reader/Advisor. Responsible for reviewing and coordinating with other staff members the content and scope of poetry, fiction and other material to be published in the journal.
September 1999-2000.
Publications (Poetry)
Books:
Fugue’s End. Fall, 2004. Birch Brook Press. (Mary Belle Campbell Poetry Book Award).
Journals:
CrossRoads “Old School, 1939”
(spring, 2005)
Meridian “Sometimes Shadows”
(fall, 2004)
Fugue’s End “Blackbird Priests”
(fall, 2004) “Winter’s Edge”
“When the Muses Knew My Daughter”
“The Quilts”
River Styx Review “Mercy”
(fall, 2004)
Sewanee Theological Review “The Cabin Poems”
(fall, 2004)
StorySouth.com “Dusted Wings
(spring, 2004) “Uncle Conley Ray”
Puerto del Sol “Fairies’ Wheel”
(fall 2003)
Potomac Review “Against the Moment”
(fall, 2003)
The South Carolina Review “Field Mouse and Falcon”
(fall, 2003)
Santa Clara Review “The Sidewalk Dog”
(spring, 2003)
Tulane Review “Before We Rise”
(spring, 2003)
Nimrod International Journal “Passing Water”
(spring, 2003) “What He Worshipped There I Only Dreamed”
The Spoon River Poetry Review “Naming the Night”
(spring, 2003) “Reading”
“Coosawattee River”
“Shine”
“Rebecca”
Broad River Review “Elmer’s Hat”
(spring, 2003) “Lily”
“Southern Translations”
The South Dakota Review “Cord”
(fall, 2001) “Ruthie”
“Picture Window”
“War”
“Strange Flowers”
“What a Man Can’t Know”
“Breaker Mountain”
“We Sometimes Forget”
Louisiana Literature “This Short Winter that Rain
(fall, 2001) Ended”
Owen Wister Review “Broken Link”
(spring, 2001)
Chattahoochee Review: “Bodies Wrapped in Cinder”
(summer, 2000)
Cold Mountain Review: “Miles from the Past”
(fall, 1999)
Grab-A-Nickel Review “The Miller’s Wife”
(fall, 1999) “The Trailer”
Patagonia Winds “Tin Tub”
(fall, 1998) “The Dipper”
Southern Poetry Review: “Seedtime”
(summer, 1998)
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(Scholarly)
Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, Sept. 2004)
“Eponymous Hero”
“City Founder”
“Epic Hero”
“Oedipous”
“Poets as Heros”
“Zoroaster”
“The Romantic Imagination in William Carlos Williams’ Spring and All” (submitted to PN Review)
(Reviews)
“Pastoral Humor in David Kirby’s The Ha, Ha.” The Main Street Rag. upcoming, May, 2005.
“Spare Lyrical Lines of Life and Loss: Julie Suk’s, The Dark Takes Aim.” The Charlotte Observer, December, 14, 2003, Sec. 7H.
“A Poison Flower in Mexico: Lucinda Grey’s Martín Flores and the House Of Dreams.” The Main Street Rag. April, 2004.
“Milltown Baseball Stars of the 30’s & 40’s” (Charlotte Observer, 5/95).
“Twenty-percent Growth Expected in N.E. Charlotte” (Charlotte Observer, 12/94).
“Hall of Fame Lawyer Ayscue Visits UNC-C” (Charlotte Observer 10/94).
“Kwanzaa: In Celebration of African Heritage” (Charlotte Observer, 12/93).
*various other student/school centered articles and essays written for The Spark, and University Times Newspapers.
*Scriptwriting and video feeds from work experience at NBC Newschannel available upon request.
Conferences
2005 20th Century Literature and Culture Conference – conference reader.
2005 Coalition of Southern Small Presses - panelist
2003 Southern Festival of the Book – Tennessee Writers Alliance Poetry Contest Winner.
2002 Sewanee Writers’ Conference – Workshop contributor/reader
1998 Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium: Visions of Change: (Re)Creating Identity in Times of Transition: “Creative Mythology in Willa Cather’s My Antonia.”
Community
Charlotte, NC
2003-present
Stringer/Feature Writer: Human Interest Stories
1993-96
NBC NewsChannel (Satellite Central)
Charlotte, NC
Newswriter/Scriptwriter: Medical Desk (“Medical Minute with Dr. Kevin Soden”)
1996-98
University Times (UNC-Charlotte)
Charlotte, NC
Staff Writer
1994-96
The Spark (Central Piedmont College Student Newspaper)
Charlotte, NC
Editor
1992-94
Memberships
Writing
· Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
· Council of Editors of Learned Journals
· Association of Writers and Writing Programs
· Academy of American Poets
· Modern Language Association
· Associated Collegiate Press
· Georgia College Press Association
· North Carolina Writer’s Network
Academic
· The Charlotte Poetry Society, Charlotte NC 1996-98.
Writers with whom I have studied:
Mark Strand, professor, University of Chicago
Alan Shapiro, professor, UNC-Chapel Hill
Mark Jarman, professor, Vanderbilt University
Dave Smith, professor, The John Hopkins University
David Kirby, professor, Florida State University.
James Kimbrell, assistant professor, Florida State University.
Virgil Suarez, professor, Florida State University.
Barbara Hamby, creative writing instructor, Florida State University.
Robert Grey, professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Lucinda Grey, poetry instructor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Ken McLaurin, editor, Southern Poetry Review.
Languages
German: speaking, writing and reading ability.
Spanish: reading knowledge.
Recommendations
Professor David Kirby, English Dept.,
Florida State University, 850-644-1534.
Professor Virgil Suarez, English Dept.,
Florida State University, 850-644-2521.
Professor Janet Land, English Dept.,
Gardner-Webb University, 704-406-4410.