Curriculum Vitae TIM DALTON 1330 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY 11216 (347) 251-7231 [email protected]

EDUCATION 2007 M.F.A., Fiction, University of Oregon, Creative Writing Program, Eugene 2003 B.A., Creative Writing & Deaf Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2000 Visiting Student Program, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. 1998 Diploma, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, MA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2008 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, Borough of Manhattan Community College, , NY Courses Taught: English 201: Composition II Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, Laguardia Community College, Long Island City, NY Courses Taught: English 099: Basic Writing (two sections) Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, NY Courses Taught: Writing 1100: Writing in the Public Sphere Communication Arts 310: News Writing 2005-2007 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Creative Writing Program, University of Oregon Courses Taught: Creative Writing 411/417-419: Kidd Tutorial in Creative Writing Creative Writing 199: Fiction Workshop English 403: Honors Thesis in English (with Prof. Harry Wonham) Writing 122: College Composition II (with Rachel Hanan)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2007-present Staff Writer, The FSTOP Magazine (www.thefstopmag.com), New York, NY 2007-2008 American Sign Language Instructor, ABC Language Exchange, New York, NY 2007 Temporary Grant-Writing Assistant, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 2006-2007 Conflict Resolution Coordinator, Student Cooperative Association, University of Oregon 2005-2007 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Creative Writing Program, University of Oregon 2004-2005 Senior Program Assistant, Hearing Loss Association, Bethesda, MD 2004-2005 Volunteer Instructor, Newcomer Community Service Center, Washington, D.C. 2003 Staff Writer, Montgomery County Sentinel, Rockville, MD 2003 “Talk of the Nation” Intern, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C. 2002 Freelance Reporter/Alternate Host, WFCR-Radio, Amherst, MA 2001-2002 Supervising Tutor/Mentor, Anti-Displacement Project, Springfield, MA 1999-2000 Managing Editor, Spectrum magazine, Amherst, MA 1995-1996 Sports Correspondent, The Beacon, Acton, MA

WORKS IN PROGRESS The Radio Year (Novel) Thread City (Short Stories) 28 / 4 (Creative Nonfiction)

1 GRANTS, AWARDS & ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2008 Resident & Recipient of Artist Grant, April, Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2008 Resident & Recipient of Aid Award, January-March, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT 2006-2007 Community Arts Grant, Lane County (OR) Arts Council 2006 Logsdon Fiction Prize, University of Oregon Creative Writing Program 2006 First Alternate, Graduate Humanities Grant, Oregon Humanities Center 2005-2007 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Creative Writing Program, University of Oregon 2005 NGLTFF Summer Fiction Scholarship, Fine Arts Works Center, Provincetown, MA 2000 Three-Year Block Grant, UMass Fine Arts Council, Amherst, MA

WRITING Forthcoming “Interview with Tony D'Souza,” Nirali magazine (nonfiction) “Review of Benjamin Percy's Refresh, Refresh,” High Country News (nonfiction) Short Fiction “Recovery,” Syntax, Spring 2008 “Peter Pan’s Last Stop,” Red Rock Review, Fall 2007 “Arnica Over Everything,” Bent Pin Quarterly, April 2007 “Women and Children First,” The Local Writer, October 2006 “To Capoeria, Seated,” Peeks & Valleys, October 2005 “The Cancer Party,” Disability Studies Quarterly, Fall 2004 “Knitting Jake,” Spectrum, 2000 “Over a Bloody Mary,” Spectrum, 1999 “Seventeen,” The Claremont Review, Spring 1997 Anthology “Dirty Words” (fiction), Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader. Handtype Press, 2007. Ed., Raymond Luczak. “Mine,” (fiction) TLW: One. Published by The Local Writer, 2007. Ed., Michael Overa. Interviews & Reviews “Review of Jerome Charyn's Johnny One-Eye,” Rain Taxi Review of Books, Summer 2008 (nonfiction) “Boys of No Consequence,” review, Marisa Silver's The God of War, Ins&Outs Magazine, Issue 12, May 2008 “Reasons to Stay,” review, Charlotte Bacon's Split Estate, High Country News, April 4, 2008 “Men, Machines, and Memories,” review, Ron Carlson's Five Skies, High Country News, March 3, 2008 “Review of Stephen Dixon's Meyer,” Rain Taxi Review of Books, Winter 2008 “Review of Roy Kesey's All Over,” The L Magazine, January 16-29, 2008 “I have this friend...” review, Junot Diaz's Oscar Wao, Ibero-American Magazine, January 2008 “Portrait of the Artist–as Many Young Men,” review, Sherman Alexie's Flight, High Country News, Oct. 1, 2007 “Where’s Fatso?” review, Etgar Keret's The Nimrod Flipout, Literary Review, April 2007 “Four Reviews: Natural Bridge, Subterrain, Five Points, and Burnside Review,” New Pages, March 2007 “With a moving new book of short stories, Sherman Alexie gets political,” The Sentinel, 2003 “AFI gets Giant local premiere,” The Sentinel, 2003 “On screen and in the air, Tony Hawk puts on a show in Silver Spring,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Cary Lamari on the Montgomery County Public Schools,” The Sentinel, 2003 Short-Form Radio Documentary “Aleo-Kocot Face Off in Special Election,” WFCR-Radio, broadcast April 2002 “Mount Holyoke College Mired in Labor Dispute,” WFCR-Radio, broadcast May 2002 “After Florida, Election Equipment under Examination,” WFCR-Radio, broadcast Oct. 2002 “Northampton Bans Panhandlers for Holidays,” WFCR-Radio, broadcast Dec. 2002 Wrote and reported more than 60 news spots Alternate Host, Weekend Edition Saturday, August-October 2002

2 Profiles & News Features “Andrew Zuckerman,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Zachary Scott,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Chad Ress,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Andric,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Dmitri Daniloff,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Garry Simpson,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Olaf Becker,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “Guy Neveling,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2008 “David Stuart,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2007 “Nic D’Amico,” The F-Stop Magazine, 2007 “Challenging the Gods of Big Oil,” The Insurgent, February 2007 “Approval of openly gay bishop draws approval, alarm from local Episcopals,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Camps seek to close tech gender gap,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Economy, weather, dampen camp enrollment,” The Sentinel, 2003 “For these county residents, deafness is no barrier to activism,” The Sentinel, 2003 “For these runners, a marathon is just the beginning,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Harry Potter brings midnight magic to Montgomery County,” The Sentinel, 2003 “How to build your own skateboarding ramp,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Longitude and attitude,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Momentum growing to link tax to school construction,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Parents concerned about distribution plan for Silver Spring high-school students,” The Sentinel, 2003 “Gold rush; in the 19th century grab for gold, even Montgomery County had its day,” The Sentinel, 2003 Drama “Symphony Sid,” produced by Proscenium Circus, Acton, MA, Spring 1997 “Which One is the Brake?” produced by Proscenium Circus, Acton, MA, Spring 1996 Poetry “Arch,” Visions & Voices Art Show, Venus Rising Gallery, Butte, MT, April & May, 2008 “Fingertip Vision,” Spectrum, 1999 Visual Art Adaptation “To Capoeria, Seated” adapted, Visions & Voices Art Show, Venus Rising Gallery, Butte, MT, April & May, 2008

PUBLIC READINGS Reading from novel-in-progress, March 25, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT, March 25, 2008 Reading from novel-in-progress, January 31, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT, January 31, 2008 MFA Commencement Reading, June 9, Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, June 9, 2007 Against Patriarchy conference, May 5, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, May 5, 2007 Live Lit West, with Eliza Rotterman, Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, November 3, 2006 Le Big Ol’ Salon, The Aqueeriam Cooperative, Washington, D.C., October 24, 2004,

LANGUAGES Fluent in American Sign Language; conversational in Spanish.

TEACHING INTERESTS Short stories, novels; composition; creative nonfiction; disability studies; literature of the western U.S.

References available upon request.

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