Daniel Nathan Terry

E-mail: “DNT5883@UNCW.EDU

Department of Creative Writing                                                          

University of North Carolina Wilmington                              

601 South College Rd.                                                           

Wilmington, NC 28403-5938

Education:

2010                MFA in Poetry. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington,

North Carolina.

2007                BFA in Fiction. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington,

North Carolina.

Awards and Honors:

• Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition for Capturing the Dead. 2008. National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Selected by Jeff Gundy.
• 2008 Ralph A. Brauer Research Fellowship. The Graduate School, University of North Carolina Wilmington .
• 2007-2010 Teaching Assistantship, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
• 2006 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Expansion Initiative Grant, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
• 2006 Travel and Presentation Grant (for AWP presentation). University of North Carolina Wilmington.
• 2006 CSURF Travel and Research Grant for the College English Association presentation, University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Publications:

Poetry Book

             Capturing the Dead. Rochester Hills MI:  NFSPS Press, April 2008.

            Poetry

"After the Storm," forthcoming in The Cafe Review (Winter).

"Coroner's Aubade." The MacGuffin 25.3. (Spring/Summer 2009): 87. 

"Nighthawks," Weber: The Contemporary West 25.3. (Spring/Summer 2009): 144.

"In the Tattoo Parlor," Weber: The Contemporary West. 25.3. (Spring/Summer 2009):

145.

 “A Burial Party,” Show and Tell 6: Writers on Writing. The University of

 North Carolina at Wilmington, 2009, pp. 372-373.

“Soldier’s Bathing,” Show and Tell 6: Writers on Writing. The University of

 North Carolina at Wilmington, 2009. 374.

 "The Final Lincoln Portrait,” Show and Tell 6: Writers on Writing. The

 University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2009. 375.

“Tableaux Mort,” Show and Tell 6: Writers on Writing. The University of

 North Carolina at Wilmington, 2009. 376-377.

 “Harvest of Death,” Show and Tell 6: Writers on Writing. The University of

 North Carolina at Wilmington, 2009. 378-379.

"Loving a Painter," forthcoming in The Adirondack Review. 

“Battered Trees on Culp’s Hill—Gettysburg 1865,” Kakalak 2008 Anthology of Carolina

Poets. (2008): 12.

"The Calling,” Busted Halo. http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-calling. 2007.

“Before She Leaves the Delta Forever, Belva Claire Composes Her Husband’s Epitaph

 and Decides on Two Lines,” Oberon. (2006): 15.

“Days of Dark Miracles,” The River: The Natchez Poetry Anthology. (2006): 54.

“Requiem for Katrina: Dies Irae,” The River: The Natchez Poetry Anthology. (2006): 51.

“Requiem for Katrina: Lacrimosa,” The River: The Natchez Poetry Anthology.

 (2006): 55.

“What Remains,” The River: The Natchez Poetry Anthology. (2006): 53.

“I, Katrina,” The River: The Natchez Poetry Anthology. (2006): 54.

 “Storm Augury” Hinges. Chicago. 1.1. (2006): 23.

“In the Ninth Ward,” Hinges. Chicago. 1.1.(2006): 24.

Essay

“The Witch’s Tree: Image in Poetry,” Show and Tell 6: Writers on Writing. The

University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 2009. pp. 291-294.

Academic Position:

            Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina, Fall 2007-Present.

Courses Taught:

University of North Carolina-Wilmington:

Introduction to Creative Writing

                       Explorations in the Creative Process

                       Forms of Creative Writing

                        Poetry Writing  

                        Explorations in the Creative Process

Other Teaching Experience

Corban College, Salem, Oregon, 2008. Lecture on History into Poetry. 

Oregon State Poetry Association, Fall 2008 Conference. Lecture and Workshops

on History into Poetry.

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Fall 2008. Seminar Lecture Image in Poetry.

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Spring 2009. Seminar Lecture Line Break and Music.

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Fall 2009. Seminar Lecture Image in Poetry.

Additional Professional Experience / Service

Publishing Poetry, Panel Co-chair, Writer’s Week 2008. University of North

Carolina Wilmington.

Co-editor

The Bottle Chapel at Airlie Gardens: A Tribute to Minnie Evans. The University

of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2008.

Select Readings and Interviews:

Reading. Charleston County Library. Charleston, South Carolina. May 26, 2009.

Radio interview. WHQR Public Radio, May 2009.

Reading. New Hanover County Library. Wilmington, NC. National Poetry Month. April

2009.

Reading. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. April 17, 2009. 

Oregon State Poetry Association Fall 2008 Convention. Roseburg, Oregon. Reader and

Workshop Conductor. October 17-18, 2008.

Reading. Looking-glass Books. Portland, Oregon. October 2008.

Reading. Tsunami Books. Eugene, Oregon. October 2008.

Reading. Quail Ridge Books. Raleigh, North Carolina. 2008.

Reading. National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention. 2008. Layton,

Utah. June 21, 2008.

Panel Chair and Reader. 38^th College English Association. “Miracles and Margins.”

2007. New Orleans, Louisiana. gins.” April 12, 2007.

Reading. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs 2007. Atlanta, GA. March 2,

2007.

Reading. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington Board of Visitors.

Wilmington, North Carolina. November, 2006.