UC Clermont English Faculty Honored for Creative Work

Three English faculty at UC Clermont College have been honored recently for their creative writing work.

Assistant Professor of English Phoebe Reeves’ poem "The Folly of Mercutio in a Pacifist Town," first published in

The American Poetry Journal

, and reprinted at

Verse Daily

(

http://www.versedaily.org/2011/pacifisttown.shtml

) has been nominated by Editor J.P. Dancing Bear for a Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize - Best of the Small Presses series -  published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America. Hundreds of presses and thousand of writers of short stories, poetry and essays have been represented in the pages of the Pushcart annual collections.

Joel Peckham, assistant professor of English, has received two recent accolades for his work. His essay, "Please Take What You Want," was listed as a "Notable Essay" in

Best American Essays 2011

, edited by Edwidge Dandicot.  His recent book,

Resisting Elegy: On Grief and Recovery

, was a finalist for the New Rivers MVP prize and will appear in hardcover from Academy Chicago Publishers this spring. The book reviews include this: “Joel Peckham’s

Resisting Elegy

is a fierce, fearless, and exquisitely candid look at what transpires when a man is devastated by the unexpected turns of a life. With the eye of a poet and the tenacity of a man who must reach some understanding, if not peace, Peckham has turned out a clear, courageous, and powerful memoir,” --Dinty W. Moore, author of

Between Panic & Desire

and

The Accidental Buddhist

.

Mike Hampton, visiting assistant professor of English, has recently had his work nominated for inclusion in the anthology

Best American Short Stories 2012

. The journal

Atticus Review

, which published his short story "Swimmers" earlier last year, made the nomination. You can read the story online at the following link:

http://atticusreview.org/swimmers/

“We are very fortunate to have this caliber of faculty who not only teach at UC Clermont College but are continually working on their craft and publishing their work,” said Kim Jacobs-Beck, chair of the English Languages and Fine Arts Department.