Faculty & Staff : Patti White

Professor Patti White received her PhD in English from City University of New York in 1990. She also completed an MPA at the University of Colorado Graduate School of Public Affairs in 1983. A collection of her poems, Tackle Box, won the 2001 Anhinga Prize for Poetry and was published by Anhinga Press in 2002; an award-winning festival-short film of the title poem was released in 2003 (at www.tackleboxthemovie.com). Her teaching interests include public works poetry, representations of apocalypse, the dramatic monologue, postmodern narrative, and systems theory. Forthcoming publications include "Capote Recalls Being Dill" in Iowa Review and "Oil-Change Saturday at the Church" in River Styx.

Book Authored

Gatsby's Party: The System and the List in Contemporary Narrative. Purdue University Press, 1992.

Tackle Box. Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2002.

 

Poems

"A Millennium Ticket to Cairomania" and "Nuclear Winter." Forklift, Ohio (2004).

"The Owl and the Pussycat" and "Ishmael." PMS: poem/memoir/story

"Mogambo" and "Denver Man Shot by Golden Retriever." PipLit (e) (2004).

"Lover's Leap." Snakebird. (Anghina Press, 2004).

"Hoosier Boy Dock and Bait Shop” and "Canteen." The Ledge (Spring 2004).

"Napalm Girl." Atlanta Review (Fall 2003).

"Kingdom Come." Dogwood (Spring 2003).

"Registration." GSU Review (Spring/Summer 2003).

"Road Kill." The Heartlands Today (Fall 2001).

"Clouds" and "Billy Bailey Executed at 12:04 AM." Nimrod (Fall/Winter 2001).

"The Tin Man." The Common Review (Fall 2001).

"Nuclear War: What's In It For You." DIAGRAM (e) (Fall 2001).

"Medical Advice." Mississippi Review (Winter 2001).

"The Elegant-Armed Anemone," "Flambeaux," "Alphabet," "The Rain Crow," and "The Respiration of the Pines." The MacGuffin (Fall 2000).

"The Children's Crusade." The Ledge (Fall/Winter 2000).

"The Love Zombies." Literal Latte (Spring 2000).

"She Wears Ophelia's Dress." RedRiverReview (e) (Aug 1999).

"Demeter." Forklift, Ohio (April 1998).

"The Line Factory." Hopewell Review (Sept 1996).

"Tackle Box" and "Heartworm." Arts Indiana (Sept 1996).

"The Cipher." Hopewell Review (Sept 1995).

"TRINITY." Forklift, Ohio (Aug 1995).

"Our Lady of Perpetual Help Business School." Hopewell Review (Sept 1994).