Samuel J. Fox

245 Memorial Drive, Suite 10459 Cullowhee, NC 28723

704-928-5172 samuelfox457@gmail.com Education:____________________________________________________________________ 2016-2018 Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC Graduate Study: Professional Writing Degree: M.A. in Professional Writing GPA: N/A 2014-2015 NC State University Raleigh, NC Graduate Study: Creative Writing Degree: MFA in Poetry (incomplete) GPA: 3.441 (upon withdrawal) 2012- 2014 Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Major: English Concentration in Literature, Minor: Professional Writing Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English, 2014 GPA: 3.01/4.00 2009-2012 Mitchell Community College Statesville, NC Major: General Education Degree: Associate of Arts, 2012 GPA: 3.49/4.00 Professional Experience:________________________________________________________ NC State University: Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora Helped in the design of a redirect link to a new website for the literary journal; also completed data entry and subscription information to prepare for the journal’s transfer to Illinois State University. johnbalaban.com Designed and constructed a new website for the poet John Balaban. It is live and can be referenced. Western Carolina University: Senior Seminar Presentation: Society’s Closet Door: Evaluating Society through Homoerotic Poetry The Kathleen Thompson Norris Society: Helped in the design of the website, compiled the bibliography, wrote the preface to an article, and helped edit website content Professional Employment:_______________________________________________________ Western Carolina University: Residential Living Cleric Assistant: 2016-current

Work as a proofreader, editor of documents/files/miscellany, and writer of documents for the Residential Living department on campus. Lester’s Fine and Rare Books: Bookkeeper, Organizer: 2015-2016 Helped a local bookstore gain customers as well as create an online presence in the community of Statesville, NC. Sold rare and fine, used books to local patrons. NC State University: Teaching Associate (ENG 287/289 – Creative Writing/Poetry Workshop), 2014-2015 Worked as a TA instructing students in writing, editing, and reviewing poetry my second year as a graduate student. I shadowed a creative writing instructor, before being given a course to instruct my second year (in the Fall semester of 2015). Summer Start Academic Tutor, 2015 Worked as lead tutor; spent one-on-one time with athletes and summer school students and discussed, planned, and proof-read their essays and public speeches. Special Collections Reading Room Assistant, Fall Semester 2014 Worked as one of three graduate student reading room assistants; by using archivist knowledge, knowledge of rare books, and aspiring to be a librarian, I assisted patrons in finding their resources, ordering resources, and acted as facilitator in their time within the reading room. Western Carolina University: Archivist in Special Collections, Hunter Library, 2013-2014. Archived photographs into an electronic setting, and acted as caretaker of the Special Collections documents and manuscripts. Contributed photos to the compilation of Western Carolina University’s 125th Anniversary celebration. Rearranged and archived artifacts and documents. Residential Assistant, Scott Hall/The Village, Summer 2013. Assisted freshman living on campus in settling into campus life, encouraged them, and helped in their advancement through their freshman years. Technology Technician, Hunter Library Technology Commons, Spring –Summer 13 Provided customer service to students, solved technical problems regarding technology and worked as a part of a team to resolve technology issues. Tutor, MIND Center, 2010-2012/2015-2016 Helped in providing tutoring for students in English, rhetoric, chemistry, and mathematics, proofread papers, critiqued editing, and gave group sessions and study workshops for literature classes. Other Relevant Experience:______________________________________________________ Starbucks, Mooresville, NC Barista, Spring/Summer 2016 Worked as a barista in stocking, sales, and customer service.

Belk’s, Statesville, NC Sales Associate, Fall/Winter 2015 Supervised, stocked, and acted as head cashier doing retail. TEAMeffort Youth Missions, Altoona, PA Camp Counselor/Worksite Manager/Worship Leader, Summer 2012 Facilitated worksites for construction projects, managed building projects, instructed youth in a Christian philosophy in charity, and led musical worship in an upbeat and creative manner. Worked as a carpenter and as a worksite manager. Sales/Service Associate, Food Lion, 2009-2012 Assisted customers by running a cash register and checking out patrons, cleaning, and giving full attention to the service needs of all customers. Publications:__________________________________________________________________ Pending: Carte Blanche: Three Postcard Poems Lime Hawk: Four Poems Bayou Magazine: A Lyric Essay Bennington Review: Two Lyric Essays Glassworks Magazine: A Flash Lyric Essay Bodega Magazine: Three Hybrid Forms A Public Space: Application for a Summer Residency North American Review: A Lyric Essay Current or Forthcoming: (Spring) 2017 Muse/A Journal “Notes on Ghost Hunting as a Method of Living” – lyric essay (Fall) 2016 The Avenue “Southern Lyric” – lyric essay (Fall) 2016 Polychrome Ink Literary Journal “The Year of Escape Plans” – lyric essay (Summer) 2016 Luna Luna Magazine “Nightly Phone Call” and “Reading Catcher in the Rye in Room 311” - poetry

(Summer) 2016 Birds Piled Loosely “Nocturne” - poetry (Spring) 2016 South Florida Poetry Journal “Postcard 1” “Postcard 2” “Postcard 3” - poetry

(Spring) 2016 Topology Magazine “The River Hymn” – poetry (Spring) 2016 Anti-Heroin Chic “Self-Portrait with Wretched Snow Angel” “Self-Portrait with Rain” – poetry (Spring) 2016 Windhover “Reoccurring Dream of Drowning” “Reoccurring Dream of Flight” – poetry

(Spring) 2016 Rat’s Ass Review “Alternative Forms of PDA” - poetry

(Spring) 2016 Broad River Review

“Owl Watching” – poetry, Finalist for the Ron Rash Award (Spring/Summer) 2016 MockingHeart Review

“Memory of Sawgrass,” “The Dogwood,” “Razor Blade” – poetry (Spring) 2016 Five 2 One Magazine

“Children of Rabies” – poetry (Fall) 2015 Iodine Poetry Review

“Reading Leaves of Grass in Room 311,” “Suicide Attempt in the Style of John Berryman” – poetry

(Summer) 2015 Fox Adoption Journal “White-Washed Fences” – poetry

(Spring) 2015 Dewpoint “The Carpenters” – poetry

(Spring) 2015 SLAB “Southern Gospel” - poetry (Spring) 2014 The Nomad “Philanderers”, “Philomatology” – poetry

(Spring) 2014 Atlantis (UNC Wilmington) “Turning the Soil” – poetry

(Fall) 2013 Full of Crow Magazine “Quiet Places from Hereafter”, “The Poet’s Hands”, “How to Create a Universe”, “Pissing into the Wind”, “Honey and Coroners” – poetry 2013 The Kathleen Thompson Norris Society website Compiled the bibliography (Spring) 2013 The Nomad ` “Hometown Heroes” – non-fiction (Winter) 2013 13 Magazine “Notes on Demonology” – poetry 2012 Dimensions “Last Love Letter to the Earth” – poetry 2011 Dimensions “Religion of Silence” – poetry Skills:________________________________________________________________________ Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Package, Adobe Dreamweaver (HTML, CSS), Blender (3D rendering), Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Muse, Audacity, GarageBand, WordPress Language Skills: Spanish (intermediate fluency, intermediate reading fluency)/Latin (some reading fluency) Awards and Merits:_____________________________________________________________ Broad River Review’s Ron Rash Awards Received a Finalist slot in the 2016 Ron Rash Awards (judged by David Kirby) Academy of American Poets Received honorable mention while at NC State MFA program; judged by Tarfia Faizullah.

Gilbert-Chappell Award Won the Distinguished Poet award for the Western Carolina region and worked with Richard Chess (of UNCA). Read at the Western Carolina Literary Festival in April, 2014. Raleigh Review Scholarship Seat Won full funding to attend a workshop and reading held by Mark Smith-Soto as well as a second workshop and reading held by Joseph Bathanti. City Lights Bookstore: Coffee with the Poet Had the honor of being the poet for the month of February 2014 to give a workshop and reading at City Lights Bookstore and Coffee Shop. Sigma Chi Fraternity Initiated as a brother in Sigma Chi on April 5th, 2014. Pledged during the Spring of 2014. An active alumni with the Kappa Gamma chapter at Western Carolina University. Internships:___________________________________________________________________ New Native Press Worked with Thomas Rain Crowe on several projects in editing and publishing such as the creation of the Press’s website, proofreading several now published books under New Native Press, and was assistant editor of a photographic anthology which will be published in 2014. Activities:_____________________________________________________________________ Guerilla Poets: Is an active member in the non-profit organization based out of Charlotte using art, poetry, music, and acting as a way of recognizing the down-falls of capitalism while helping the city community in ventures such as toy drives, fundraising, and donations for the needy, sick, or homeless. NC State University: Was a Faculty Advisor for Red Poetry Society at NCSU assisting with funding, supervising, and student support. Attended hip-hop/rap/spoken word nights with NC State Cypher, a leading organization in the trends aforementioned. Western Carolina University: Actively participates as a part of the spoken word troupe “The Truthwriters” and opened for spoken word poet Kelly Tsai for Take Back the Night and also introduced Colum McCann at the Spring Literary Festival in 2014. Mitchell Community College: President of a Creative Writing community at Mitchell Community College and hosted several open mic nights in Statesville and Cullowhee, NC References:____________________________________________________________________ John Balaban, Professor Emeritus in Creative Writing, NCSU

Email: tbalaban@earthlink.net As my faculty advisor, John Balaban instructs me in poetry writing, editing, and reviewing and acts as one of many advisors to my graduate thesis while at NCSU.

Catherine Carter, Associate Professor and Director of English Education, WCU Mailing Address: 421 Coulter Building, 239 Memorial Drive Cullowhee, NC 28723 Email: ccarter@email.wcu.edu I have worked closely with Catherine Carter as a mentee and as a student in creative writing. She has seen my work and has closely followed my educational career with that of a trained poet. I have helped to build her website for the Kathleen Thompson Norris Society. Richard Chess, Roy Carroll Professor of Honors Arts and Sciences, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, UNCA

Mailing Address: 219 Karpen Hall CPO # 2130 One University Heights Asheville, NC 28804 Email: rchess@unca.edu

After winning the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Award, of which Richard Chess is the Chair for the Western Region, I have mentored with him under the guidelines set by the award. He has worked tirelessly as an editor and mentor of my poetry. I have learned vast amounts of information on poetic form and prosody from him. He can testify to my ability and my quick learning on editing. Thomas Rain Crowe, Main Editor of New Native Press, North Carolina Email: newnativepress@hotmail.com I have interned with Thomas in his publishing press on many different projects in the Spring of 2014. I have edited his website and designed it from a template already used but corrected many glitches and added content. I have helped proofread several different manuscripts to be published by the press as well as perform graphic design on covers for his books. He can make reference to my work ethic and skill as a designer and assistant editor. Secondary References: Lori Oxford, Assistant Professor of Spanish, WCU Mailing Address: 128B McKee Building, Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 28723 Email: lfoxford@email.wcu.edu Dr. Oxford has taught me in every single Spanish course I have taken at Western Carolina University. She has guided me into intermediate fluency of writing and translating in Spanish. She can reference to my abilities in foreign languages and my work ethic in class. Mary Adams, Associate Professor of English, WCU Mailing Address: 418 Coulter Building, 239 Memorial Drive Cullowhee, NC 28723 Email: madams@email.wcu.edu I have taken several literature classes with Dr. Adams and several web writing and technical writing classes as well. She can reference my abilities with computers and my work and knowledge of literature especially that of Shakespeare and the Renaissance.