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1 Matthew C. Nickel Mercy Hall 368 Misericordia University 301 Lake Street Dallas, PA 18612 [email protected] Academic Credentials Education PhD, English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 2011. Dissertation: Hemingway’s Dark Night: Catholic Influences and Intertextualities in the Work of Ernest Hemingway Supervisors: Dr. Mary Ann Wilson, Dr. Marcia Gaudet, Dr. Joseph Andriano, Dr. H. R. Stoneback MA, English, The State University of New York at New Paltz. 2007. Thesis: “He Felt Almost Holy About It”: Hemingway’s “Lifelong Subject” of “Saintliness”—or, Pilgrimages Through Sacred Landscapes Supervisor: Dr. H. R. Stoneback BA, English, The State University of New York at New Paltz. 2002. Teaching Experience Assistant Professor of English, Misericordia University. Aug 2013-Present. Instructor, Department of English, SUNY-New Paltz. Aug 2011-2013, 2007. Instructor, Department of English, Marist College. Aug 2012-Dec 2012. Instructor, Department of English, Mount Saint Mary College. Aug 2011-Dec 2011. Instructor of Record, Department of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Aug 2007-May 2011. Instructor of Record, SUNY-New Paltz. Aug 2003-Dec 2006. Courses Taught At Misericordia University: ENG 151: University Writing Seminar (Fall 2013-Spring 2015) ENG 321: 20th Century American Literature (Spring 2015) 2 ENG 341: Imaginative Writing (Spring 2014) ENG 415: Christianity and Literature (Fall 2014) At the State University of New York at New Paltz: ENG 160: Composition I (Fall 2003-Fall 2006) ENG 180: Composition II (Fall 2011-Spring 2013, Spring2007) ENG 200: Analysis and Interpretation of Literature (Spring 2012) ENG 331: American Literature I (Summer 2012, Spring 2013) At Marist College: ENG 211: American Literature II (Fall 2012) At Mount Saint Mary College: ENG 1010: Composition I (Fall 2011) At the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ENG 101: Composition I (Fall 2007-Fall 2010) ENG 102: Composition II (Spring 2008-Spring 2011) ENG 206: American Literature II (Fall 2008, Spring 2011) Scholarship Publications Book of Poems The Leek Soup Songbook. West Park, NY: Des Hymnagistes Press, 2015. Garlic Odes & Leek Songs (Chansons d’ail & Poireau-Poèmes). Co-authored with H. R. Stoneback. NY: Anachthon Press, 2014. Editor of Scholarly Book Affirming the Gold Thread: Aldington, Hemingway, Pound & Imagism in Torcello and Venice. Eds. Matthew Nickel and H. R. Stoneback. Bradenton, FL: Florida English, 2014. Ghosts in the Background Moving: Aldington and Imagism. Eds. Daniel Kempton, H. R. Stoneback, Matthew Nickel. Bradenton, FL: Florida English, 2013. Book Chapter (Peer-Reviewed) “Across the Canal and into Kansas City: Hemingway’s Westward Composition of Absolution in Across the River and into the Trees.” War + Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway’s Early Life and Writings. Eds. Steve Paul, Gail Sinclair, and Steven Trout. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2014. Book Chapter (Refereed by two or more editors) “‘Thy quiet house’: Images of Light and Veneration in Ezra Pound and Ernest 3 Hemingway.” Affirming the Gold Thread: Aldington, Hemingway, Pound & Imagism in Torcello and Venice. Eds. Matthew Nickel and H. R. Stoneback. Bradenton, FL: Florida English, 2014. 99-106. “‘They thought they were their own shadows’: Catherine Aldington—Daughter of Richard Aldington.” Ghosts in the Background Moving: Aldington and Imagism. Eds. Daniel Kempton, H. R. Stoneback, Matthew Nickel. Florida English, 2013. Afterword “Afterword” for Coming Home: A Vision of Elizabeth Madox Roberts. Gregg B. Neikirk. West Park, NY: The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, 2015. Creative Work “Exile: False River” (poem), Instress, Misericordia University, 2015. “Defining Light” (poem), Shawangunk Review 26 (Spring 2015). 103-104. “Hunting the Ardennes with Colonel Cantwell” (poem), Shawangunk Review 26 (Spring 2015). 101-102. “Louisiana Purchase” (poem), Maple Leaf Rag V, New Orleans, LA: Portals Press, 2014. “The Way Words Move” (poem), The Wonder of Words, Eds. Auraleah Grega and Jacob Hebda, Alpha Sigma Epsilon Chapter Sigma Tau Delta, Misericordia University, 2014. “The First Thing I Learned to Grow was Garlic” (poem), Instress, Misericordia University, 2014. Newsletter Article “Nothing Lost: Always Found: President’s Message,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 16 (March 2015): 1. “Landscape and Text-space: Scriven on EMR,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 16 (March 2015): 4. “Reception at Kentucky Lit,” co-authored with James Stamant, The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 16 (March 2015): 9 “Roberts Around the World: President’s Message,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 15 (March 2014): 1. “A Special Thanks to Chad Horn,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 15 (March 2014): 3. “Colonel, President, Honorary President: All the Way Up,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 15 (March 2014): 5-10. “Roberts Online,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 15 (March 2014): 13. “An ‘Act of Poety’: Cowley’s Calculus,” The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society Newsletter 15 (March 2014): 15. Review Hemingway, the Red Cross, and the Great War by Steven Florczyk (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2014). Cercles 2015. Pip-pip to Hemingway in Something from Marge by Georgianna Main (Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2010). The Hemingway Review 33.2 (Spring 2014): 161-64. 4 Scholarly Papers Conference Papers “Nick Adams, Jake Barnes, and Colonel Cantwell: Hemingway’s Sportsmen Sketches.” Paper read at the Sport Literature Conference in Johnson City, TN (June 24-27, 2015). “Peace In Our Time: The Wounds that Make us Think.” Paper read at the 26th Annual American Literature Association Conference in Boston, MA (May 21-24, 2015). “The Sacrifice of Ideas: Henry James & Elizabeth Madox Roberts.” Paper read at the 17th Annual Elizabeth Madox Roberts Conference in Shaker Village and Springfield, KY (April 24-27, 2015). “‘Strong at the Broken Places’: Graham Greene and Ernest Hemingway.” Paper read at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention in Atlanta, GA (November 7-9, 2014). “As long as hope shows something green”: Colonel Cantwell’s Canto.” Paper read at the 16th Ernest Hemingway Society Conference in Venice, Italy (June 22-27, 2014). “Thy quiet house”: Images of Light and Veneration in Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway.” Paper read at the VIII International Richard Aldington Society & IV International Imagism Conference, Venice/Torcello, Italy (June 19-21, 2014). “Reading Roberts: Not By Strange Gods.” Paper read at the College English Association Conference in Baltimore, MD (March 27-29, 2014). “Debts & Debtors: Hemingway’s Indebtedness.” Paper read at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention in Atlanta, GA (November 8-10, 2013). “Ezra Pound and Elizabeth Madox Roberts.” Paper read at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention in Atlanta, GA (November 8-10, 2013). Creative Performances Poetry Readings Featured Poet at the Sport Literature Association Convention, Johnson City, TN. June 25, 2015. Featured Poet at the Franklin Inn Club, Philadelphia, PA. May 15, 2015. Featured Poet at Kentucky Writers Day, Penn’s Store, Gravel Switch, KY. April 26, 2015. Featured Poet at SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz, NY. Mar. 4, 2015. World War I Centenary Poetry Reading, Misericordia University. Nov. 17, 2014. Poetry Reading for 90 Years of Mercy, Misericordia University. Nov. 12, 2014. Understanding Poetry, SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz, NY. Oct. 15, 2014. Poetry Reading for the 16th Ernest Hemingway Society Conference in Venice, Italy at the Locanda Cipriani on Torcello (June 22-27, 2014). Poetry Reading for the VIII International Richard Aldington Society & IV International Imagism Conference, Venice/Torcello, Italy (June 19-21, 2014). 5 “The Wonder of Words,” Poetry Benefit by Sigma Tau Delta, Misericordia University, April 9, 2014. Guest Poet at the Lloyd Historical Society, Highland, NY. April 7, 2014. “Perry, Stoney and Nickel” 3 Dynamic Voices at MRAC, Sunday, Mar. 23, 2014 Introduction of distinguished speaker, H. R. Stoneback at the Franklin Inn Club, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 21, 2014. Featured Poet at SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz, NY. Mar. 5, 2014. Understanding Poetry, SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz, NY. Oct. 8, 2013. Poetry Reading by the English Dept. Faculty in honor of President Thomas J. Botzman’s Inauguration, Misericordia University. Nov. 13, 2013. Grants/Travel Awards Semi-Finalist for the Negative Capability Press Book Competition, 2015. Misericordia University Summer Research Grant, “The Gold Thread in the Patten: Ernest Hemingway & Ezra Pound in Venice,” Venice, Italy 2014. Publications pre-Misericordia University Book (critical monograph) Hemingway’s Dark Night: Catholic Influences and Intertextualities in the Work of Ernest Hemingway. Wickford, RI: New Street Communications, LLC, 2013. Editor of Scholarly Book Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Prospect and Retrospect. Edited and introduced by H. R. Stoneback, William Boyle, and Matthew Nickel. The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, 2012. Editor of Anthology of Poetry Kentucky: Poets of Place. Edited and introduced by Matthew Nickel. West Park, NY: The Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, 2012. Des Hymnagistes: An Anthology. Eds. Matthew Nickel and H. R. Stoneback. West Park, NY and Breaux Bridge, LA: Des Hymnagistes Press, 2010. Knowledge Carried to the Heart: A Festschrift for H. R. Stoneback. Edited and introduced by Matthew Nickel. West Park, NY and Breaux Bridge, LA: Des Hymnagistes Press, 2010. Illumination