about
JOE BETZ
1 Blvd. de Scarpone
Nancy, France 54000
joe.betz.ii @ gmail.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Creative Writing—University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2010
B.A. English Studies, Linguistics—Ball State University, 2008
AWARDS
- James Russell Grant Poetry Award—University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2010
- Laurence Goldstein Prize—University of Michigan, judged by Paul Muldoon, 2009
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
- The Portland Review : “Vernon” (online) ; “Winter Poem With a Family”
- Michigan Quarterly Review : "Remembering the Prostitute in New York"
(republished at Poetry Daily on 8/21/09) - Emerson Review : "Pitz, Patz, Putz" ; "Idaho Grassbugs"
- Columbia Review : "Holiday Poem"
- The Broken Plate: "Problems With Hands, Lips and Snaps," "Posey County"
- blue skies poetry (Canada) : "Beard Fields"
- Blue Earth Review : "After Looking Up on a Fall Day, She Looks at You," ; "In the Sloth You See Yourself and Hope Long," and "Walking by the Airport, I Think of When You Left"
- Berkeley Poetry Review : "Tap My Defibrillator With Your Good Palm is a Type of Unspoken Love"
- Bellerive : "Wall Street"
REVIEWS
- The Colorado Review : “Anamnesis,” by Lucy Ives
October 7, 2010 (online)
COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Florissant Valley Community College—adjunct 2009-2010
- English 030 (intro to college writing)
- English 110 (creative writing)
- English 202 (introduction to poetry and plays)
Institute of Reading Development—teacher 2009-2010
University of Missouri-St. Louis—writing lab assistant 2008-2010
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF)—teacher 2010-2011
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
River Styx—assistant editor 2009-2010
Natural Bridge (University of Missouri-St. Louis)—assistant editor 2009-2010
The Broken Plate (Ball State University)—assistant editor 2008
VOLUNTEER WORK
Studio St. Louis—creative writing mentor 2008-2009
REFERENCES
Dr. Howard Schwartz, retired professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Prof. Mary Troy, professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Dr. Eamonn Wall, professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
