David Eye, MFA

Education

MFA, Syracuse University
BA, College of William and Mary

About

MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), Syracuse University

BA, Psychology, College of William and Mary in Virginia

Research

• Modern and contemporary poetry; creative nonfiction; academic and creative writing; gender and sexuality; representations of poverty.
• Neversink (working title), a poetic series which will document (and imagine) the mid-20th century flooding of Catskill villages for the New York City water supply system.

Professional Experience

• St. John’s University (Staten Island), Institute for Writing Studies. Adjunct Professor, Freshman Composition, 2009-2010.
• Syracuse University, Writing Program. Graduate Teaching Consultant (Theory and Strategy for the Teaching of Writing) and Writing Instructor (Critical Research and Writing, Practices of Academic Writing), 2005-2007.
• Syracuse University, Writing Center. Writing Consultant, Fall 2005.
• Performing Artist, 1986-2003
• United States Army, Officer, Medical Service Corps, 1982-1986

Publications & Professional Activities

Chapbook:

• Rain Leaping Up When a Cab Goes Past, Seven Kitchens Press, forthcoming.

Poems:

• All I Have (as In medias res), Stone Canoe, Vol. II, 2008.
• A Blonde Woman, Fearless Poetry Series, Vol. 2, 2011.
• Crossing, The Louisville Review, Vol. 70, Fall 2011.
• A Distant Line of Hills, Rondeau Roundup, October 2009.
• Ecstasy, Motif 3: All the Livelong Day, an Anthology of Writings about Work, MotesBooks Inc., 2011.
• Ineluctable, Chelsea Station, Issue 1, November 2011.
• Last Day, Lands End (as Evensong), Stone Canoe, Vol. I, 2007.
• Military Secret, Stone Canoe, Vol. V, 2011.
• Morning, Delft Haven (as Matins), Stone Canoe, Vol. I, 2007.
• MTA III: Woman with OCD, roger, Vol. I, 2006.
• Not That You Asked, Waccamaw, No. 3, Spring 2009.
• Negative (1996), Critical Encounters With Texts, 3rd-6th Editions, 2007-2010.
• The Stream Empties Into a Field, The Louisville Review, Vol. 70, Fall 2011.
• Targets, The Louisville Review, Vol. 70, Fall 2011.
• This is a Tree, Runaway Parade, March 2012.
• Unspoken at JFK, Consequence Magazine, Spring 2010.
• What the Band Doesn’t Know, Chelsea Station, Issue 1, November 2011.

Book Review:

• Lambda Literary, Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Kevin Simmonds, ed., March 2012.

Honors & Awards

• Runner-up, Robin Becker Chapbook Prize, Seven Kitchens Press, 2011
• Semifinalist, Winter Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, 2009 & 2011
• Finalist, Consequence Prize in Poetry, Consequence Magazine, 2009
• Finalist, Robin Becker Chapbook Prize, Seven Kitchens Press, 2009
• Finalist, Axton Fellowship, University of Louisville, 2008

Professional Memberships

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)

Courses Taught/Teaching

ENGL 110      College Writing, "What's So Funny? A Serious Look at Standup Comedy"
ENGL 210      Exposition and Argumentation
ENGL 240      Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 274      Reading Poetry
ENGL 340      Studies in Creative Writing (Advanced Poetry Workshop)