EDUCATION
M. A. 1990 University of Louisville
English with a concentration in creative writing
Thesis: Rubies: A Collection of Poetry and Prose
B. A. 1988 University of Louisville
Graduated with high honors
Honors Thesis: Marsha Norman: The Plight of a Sensitive Soul
Major: English
Minor: Philosophy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Composition
Creative Writing
Developmental Writing
Grammar and Usage
Writing in the Arts and Sciences
Technical Writing
Professional Writing
Introduction to Fiction
Media and American Culture
World Culture and the Arts
World Literature I and II
World Religions
TEACHING POSITIONS
1994-present: University of Louisville, part-time faculty
1993;
2017-present: Ivy Tech Community College, adjunct faculty
2005-present: Indiana University Southeast, adjunct instructor
2006-2018: Axia College of the University of Phoenix, faculty
1993: Spalding University, adjunct instructor
1992: University of Tulsa, graduate teaching assistant
1991: Kentucky State University, adjunct instructor
1991-92: University of Louisville, part-time lecturer
1988-90: University of Louisville, graduate teaching assistant
PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS
The Inchworm Diaries, Rhode Island: Origami Poetry Project, 2017
The Wendy Bird Poems, Chicago: dancing girl press, 2016
Story, Rhode Island: Origami Poetry Project, 2016
Fat Crayons. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2015
Communion. Lexington, KY: Accents Publishing, 2013
ANTHOLOGIES
“5678.” The Play is The Thing: Poems & Prose about the Theater. Blue Lyra Press, . Print.
“Rubies.” The Play is The Thing: Poems & Prose about the Theater. Blue Lyra Press, . Print.
“Predators.” : Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2018. Lexington, KY: Workhorse, 2019.
“The Trial.” The Heavy Lifting: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2017. Lexington, KY: Workhorse, 2018.
“Alice Goes Too Far.” The Messinger is Sudden Thunder: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2016. Lexington, KY: Workhorse, 2017.
“I Saw the Frank in Hank and Then I Set Him Free.” & Grace: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2015. Lexington, Ky: Accents Publishing, 2016. Print.
“What Alice Thought, While Falling.” Alice in Wonderland Anthology. Los Angeles: Silver Birch Press, 2015. Print.
“Forget-Me-Nots.” This Wretched Vessel: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2014. Lexington, Ky: Accents Publishing, 2015. Print.
“Body Fluids.” Her Limestone Bones: Selections from Lexington Poetry Month. Lexington, KY: Accents Publishing, 2014. Print.
“Body Fluids.” See How We Are: Selected Works From Lexington Poetry Month 2013. Lexington, KY: Accents Publishing, 2013. Print.
“Dear M.” Bigger than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. Lexington, KY: Accents Publishing, 2011. Print.
“Winter Harvest.” Bigger than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. Lexington, KY: Accents Publishing, 2011. Print.
“Mary of Nazareth.” The Dark Woods I Cross; An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets. Louisville: White Fields Press, 1993. Print.
“Moon Flower.” The Dark Woods I Cross; An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets. Louisville: White Fields Press, 1993. Print.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
“Reconciliation and Ceremonial Closure in the Fiction of Lydia Davis.” Journal of Kentucky Studies (2013). Print.
“William Faulkner’s Temple Drake: The Epicene Girl as Daphne.” Kentucky Philological Review. (2012). Print.
“Just Thinking about Emma Livry: A Meditation on Composition Pedagogy in Motion.” Journal of Kentucky Studies. (2011). Print.
“One Appreciative Reader.” Journal of Kentucky Studies (2008). Print.
REFERENCE ARTICLES, REVIEWS, and INTERVIEWS
“’Fine Books Pleasing to the Eye and Hand’: Spotlight on Dos Madres Press.’ Blue Lyra Review. 6.1 (Spring 2017). Web. http://bluelyrareview.com/dos-madres-press/
“‘Tell us something interesting, or tell it in an interesting way – or better yet, do both’: Spotlight on Broadstone Books.” Blue Lyra Review. 5.3 (Fall 2016). Web. http://bluelyrareview.com/broadstone-books/
“Rosenberg Case Excerpts.” Defining Documents in American History: The Cold War. Grey House Publishing, 2016. Print.
“Henry Beston on the Human Relationship with Nature.” Defining Documents in American History: Environment and Conservation. Grey House Publishing, 2016. Print.
“Henry David Thoreau on the Value of Living Things. Defining Documents in American History: Environment and Conservation. Grey House Publishing, 2016. Print.
“Ralph Waldo Emerson on Nature.” Defining Documents in American History: Environment and Conservation. Grey House Publishing, 2016. Print.
“‘Exceptional Works to Replenish the Spirit”: Spotlight on Glass Lyre Press.” Blue Lyra Review. 5.2 (Summer 2016). Web. http://”‘Exceptional Works to Replenish the Spirit”: Spotlight on Glass Lyre Press.” Blue Lyra Review
“‘Trust Me, You’re Gonna Love This’: Leigh Hornfeldt’s Fleshed.” Rev. of Fleshed by Leigh Anna Hornfeldt. Melancholy Hyperbole. 2016. Web. https://melancholyhyperbole.com/reviews/review-fleshed/
“‘Magic on Paper’: Two of Cups Press.” Blue Lyra Review.5.1 (Spring 2016). Web. http://bluelyrareview.com/two-of-cups-press/
“I Crave a Dialogue”: A Conversation with Christopher McCurry.” New Southerner. 10 February 2016. Web. http://www.newsoutherner.com/2016/02/10/i-crave-a-dialogue-a-conversation-with-christopher-mccurry/
Rev. of Lullabies Are Barbed Wire Nations, by Nandini Dhar. Melusine. Fall/Summer 2015. Web. http://www.melusine21cent.com/mag/node/419
Rev. of Stand in the Stillness of Woods, by Matthew Haughton. Two of Cups Press. Web. https://twoofcupspress.wordpress.com/reviews/
“Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.” Great Lives from History: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Tracey Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2012. Print.
“Joyce Carol Oates.” Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Fourth Edition. Tracey Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2012. Print.
“Lydia Davis.” Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Fourth Edition. Tracey Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2012. Print.
“bell hooks.” Great Lives from History: African Americans. R. Kent Rasmussen, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Jamaica Kincaid,” Great Lives from History: African Americans. R. Kent Rasmussen, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Bruno Bettelheim.” Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Tracy Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Elaine Showalter.” Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Tracy Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Louise Glück.” Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Tracy Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Mark Strand.” Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Tracy Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Nora Ephron.” Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Tracy Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Stanley Fish.” Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Tracy Irons-George, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Sandra Cisneros.” Critical Survey of Poetry, Third Revised Edition. Tracy Irons-Georges, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2011. Print.
“Margaret Drabble.” Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Third Revised Edition. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2010. Print.
“Ted Hughes.” Magill’s Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition. Steven G. Kellman, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2009. Print.
“The Creation.” Masterplots II: Christian Literature. John K. Roth, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2009. Print.
100 Miscellaneous Poet Biographies. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Spring 2006. Web.
“Dorothy Dinnerstein.” Cyclopedia of World Authors. F. N. Magill and Tracy Irons-Georges, eds. 4th Revised Edition. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2004. Print.
“Nicholas Dante.” Cyclopedia of World Authors. F. N. Magill and Tracy Irons-Georges, eds. 4th Revised Edition. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2004. Print.
“Pat Conroy.” Cyclopedia of World Authors. Frank Northen Magill and Tracy Irons- Georges, eds. 4th Revised Edition. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2004. Print.
“Maxine Kumin,” Critical Survey of Poetry. Ed. F. N. Magill. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992. Print.
Rev. of Hammers, ed. Nat David. Literary Magazine Review (Summer 1992). Print.
POETRY AND PROSE
“Alice Demands Demarcation.” Crack the Spine. Issue #198 8 September 2016. Web. https://issuu.com/crackthespine/docs/issue_198
“Sentenced to Death by Drowning.” Crack the Spine. Issue #198 8 September 2016. Web. https://issuu.com/crackthespine/docs/issue_198
“Rereading American Psycho.” Deranged Literature. August 2016. Web. http://degenerateliterature.weebly.com/2-poems-by-nettie-farris.html
“Tuesday 1 October 2013 10:23 PM EDT.” Deranged Literature. August 2016. Web. http://degenerateliterature.weebly.com/2-poems-by-nettie-farris.html
“Caffee Classico.” Semaphore Magazine. 10 June 2016. Web. https://yoursemaphorecontent.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/two-poems-poetry-by-nettie-farris-2/
“This Is How You Will Find Me.” Semaphore Magazine. 10 June 2016. Web. https://yoursemaphorecontent.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/two-poems-poetry-by-nettie-farris-2/
“The Day Little Sunflower Became a Poem and Little Poem Became a Sunflower.” Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience. 15 May 2016. Web. http://www.pilgrimjournal.com/little_poem_little_pilgrimage.html
“Often He Awoke to Discover Someone Had Stolen the Furniture.” Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience. 15 May 2016. Web. http://www.pilgrimjournal.com/little_poem_little_pilgrimage.html
“Dark Chocolate.” The Maynard. Spring 2016. Web. http://www.themaynard.org/Vol9No1/DarkChocolate.php
“Melancholy Baby.” Melancholoy Hyperbole. 13 February 2016. Web. https://melancholyhyperbole.com/2016/02/13/melancholy-baby/
“Grace.” Rogue Agent. April/May 2016. Web. http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/nfarris
“Invitation to a Beheading.” Rum Punch. Web. http://www.rumpunchpress.com/invitation-to-a-beheading/
“Sabine Smokes a Cigarette.” Rum Punch. Web. http://www.rumpunchpress.com/sabine-smokes-a-cigarette/
“Terror and Nausea.” S/tick. (Spring 2016): 3.2. Web. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38119451/Issue%203.2.pdf
“Things My Father Doesn’t Know about Me.” Apocrypha and Abstractions. 28 December 2015. Web. https://apocryphaandabstractions.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/things-my-father-doesnt-know-about-me-by-nettie-farris/
“Hard Boiled Like Harry Bosch.” Oddball Magazine. Web. 16 September 2015. http://oddballmagazine.com/2015/09/16/poem-by-nettie-farris/
“(Wrong Cicero, Darling).” Atomic. August 2015. Web. https://atomicpoetry.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/atomic-11.pdf
“Perpendicular Play.” Rum Punch. 3 August 2015. Web. http://www.rumpunchpress.com/perpendicular-play-nettie-farris/
“Lucy.” Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel. Vol. 18. 2015. Print.
“If This Had Been a Real Emergency You Would Have Been Instructed.” SPIRITS. 28(Spring 2015). Print.
“Decaf.” Inscape. 2015. Print.
“Cleaning Up the Mess.” Snapdragon: A Journal of Art and Healing. June 2015. Web.
“Red Riding Hood.” Ealain. April 2015. Web. http://mpapublishing.co.za/ebook/fairytales.html
“Not Far, I Suppose, from Where You Live.” Semaphore Magazine. 6 April 2015. Web. http://semaphoremagazine.tumblr.com/post/115660965192/two-poems-poetry-by-nettie-farris
“Vetiver.” Semaphore Magazine. 6 April 2015. Web. http://semaphoremagazine.tumblr.com/post/115660965192/two-poems-poetry-by-nettie-farris
“Buttercups (Sometimes).” Subterranean Blue Poetry. 3.3. March 2015. Web. http://www.subterraneanbluepoetry.com/SubterraneanBluePoetry.III.III.htm
“Sad Daffodil.” Subterranean Blue Poetry. 3.3. March 2015. Web. http://www.subterraneanbluepoetry.com/SubterraneanBluePoetry.III.III.htm
“Wicked Me, Wicked You.” Subterranean Blue Poetry. 3.3. March 2015. Web. http://www.subterraneanbluepoetry.com/SubterraneanBluePoetry.III.III.htm
“I Like the Way He Holds His Hat.” Postcard Poems and Prose. 27 March 2015. Web. https://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/i-like-the-way-he-holds-his-hat-by-nettie-farris/
“Vignette.” Postcard Poems and Prose. 16 March 2015. Web. https://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/vignette-by-nettie-farris/
“Green Room.” Georgetown Review. Spring 2015. Print.
“Betrayal.” Melancholy Hyperbole. 18 Jan 2015. Web. http://melancholyhyperbole.com/2015/01/18/betrayal/
“Cave Hill Cemetary.” Melancholy Hyperbole. 18 Jan 2015. Web. http://melancholyhyperbole.com/2015/01/18/betrayal/
“Intimacy,” RomComPom. 13 March 2015. Web. https://romcompom.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/intimacy-by-nettie-farris/
“ECT (Can You Hear Me Major Tom).” Peaches Lit Mag.” March 2015. Web. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/548cb82ce4b0999c4d86f815/t/54f61e49e4b028652cf9fd4e/1425415753169/Peacheslitmag+issue+%231+3.pdf
(Not) Here.” Peaches Lit Mag. March 2015. Web. http://static1.squarespace.com/static/548cb82ce4b0999c4d86f815/t/54f61e49e4b028652cf9fd4e/1425415753169/Peacheslitmag+issue+%231+3.pdf
“Liebestraume.” Zoomoozophone. Issue 4. January 2015. Web. http://issuu.com/zoomoozophone_review/docs/zr4
“Going Viral.” mgversion2>datura. Viral. January 2015. Web. http://mgversion2.free.fr/mg79
“Bedtime Stories.” Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. 41. 2014. Print.
“Wicked Witch of the West.” NonBinary Review. Web. 3. December 2014. Web.
“The Steadfast Tin Soldier.” Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience. 21 November 2014. Web. http://www.pilgrimjournal.com/the_steadfast_tin_soldier.html
“Sun and Moon.” Silver Birch Press. 27 October 2014. Web. http://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/sun-and-moon-a-nigerian-myth-poem-by-nettie-farris-mythic-poetry-series/
“Afterward.” The Maynard. Fall 2014. Web. http://www.themaynard.org/Vol7No2/Afterward.php
“White Goddess.” The Maynard. Fall 2014. Web. http://www.themaynard.org/Vol7No2/WhiteGoddess.php
“Ophelia.” Riveter Review. September 2014. Issue 3. Web. http://issuu.com/theriveterreview/docs/riveter_review_issue_3/1
“Sitting Down to Eat.” Riveter Review. September 2014. Issue 3. Web. http://issuu.com/theriveterreview/docs/riveter_review_issue_3/1
“Strawberries.” Illya’s Honey. Web. http://www.illyashoney.com/A55656/ih.nsf/eebbe9d2d5a3143385257d0d00790e9c/375144e6b2ca21d985257d0d00792572?OpenDocument
“Body Language.” Pure Coincidence. August 2014. http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/734137
“m and n: The Film.” Oddville August 2014. 2.3 Web. http://www.oddvillepress.com/The_Oddville_Press_Issue_3_Vol_II.pdf
“Bluebeard.” S/tick 21 July 2014. Web. http://s-tick.tumblr.com/post/92473847890/nettie-farris
“Decision.” Paperbag #7. August 2014. Web. http://paperbagazine.com/IssueNo7/Contents.html
“Transition.” Paperbag #7. August 2014. Web. August 2014. Web. http://paperbagazine.com/IssueNo7/Contents.html
“Parsimony.” Paperbag #7. August 2014. Web. http://paperbagazine.com/IssueNo7/Contents.html
“Ultimatum.” Paperbag #7. August 2014. Web. http://paperbagazine.com/IssueNo7/Contents.html
“24/40.” Eunoia Review. 9 May 2014. Web. http://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/2440/
“Verdigris.” Eunoia Review 9 May 2014. Web. http://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/verdigris/
“Permafrost, February 14.” Eunoia Review 8 May 2014. Web. http://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/permafrost-february-14/
“Fertility.” The White Squirrel. Spring 2014. Print.
“Spontaneity.” The White Squirrel. Spring 2014. Print.
“Geraniums.” Borderline. Volume 3. Autumn/Winter 2014. Web. http://www.borderlinepoetry.info/post/79134103513/vol-3-autumn-winter-2014-nettie-farris
“Relics.” Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience 1 March 2014. Web. http://www.pilgrimjournal.com/relics.html
“Yesterday, Again.” Illya’s Honey. Winter 2013. Web. http://www.illyashoney.com/A55656/ih.nsf/9c5bcc06277a02a085257c5600666590/d7784e232a4f365d85257c560066377a?OpenDocument
“Tea Leaves.” S/tick. Issue 4. December 2014. Web. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38119451/Issue%204.pdf
“The Little Flower.” Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience. 15 September 2013. Web. http://www.pilgrimjournal.com/the_little_flower.html
“Ellipsis.” Subliminal Interiors. June 2013. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2013-june/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Inversion.” Subliminal Interiors. June 2013. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2013-june/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Irony.” Subliminal Interiors. June 2013. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2013-june/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Landscape.” Subliminal Interiors. June 2013. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2013-june/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Measurement.” Subliminal Interiors. June 2013. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2013-june/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Grace.” Leo Weekly. 23 January 2013. http://www.leoweekly.com/2013/01/literary-leo-2013-16/
“Birthday.” The River Muse. (Winter 2012). Web. http://therivermuse.com/?p=10547
“Intuition.” The River Muse. (Winter 2012). Web. http://therivermuse.com/?p=10547
“Submersion.” The River Muse. (Winter 2012). Web. http://therivermuse.com/?p=10547
“The Angel.” The Criterion. November 30, 2012. Print and Web. http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2012/11-30/journey.html
“Cabbage White.” The White Squirrel 7.1 Fall 2012. Print.
“Mustard White.” The White Squirrel 7.1 Fall 2012. Print.
“Hawthorn.” Journal of Kentucky Studies. 2012. Print.
“Water Lilies.” Journal of Kentucky Studies. 2012. Print.
“Curiosity.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2012. Print.
“Desire.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2012. Print.
“Dilly Dallying.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2012. Print.
“Lolligag.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2012. Print.
“Willy Nilly.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2012. Print.
“Focus.” Subliminal Interiors. November 2012. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2012-november/-lit/farrisNettie.php
Incognito.” Subliminal Interiors. November 2012. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2012-november/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Mazurka.” Subliminal Interiors. November 2012. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2012-november/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Submersion.” Subliminal Interiors. November 2012. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2012-november/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Synecdoche.” Subliminal Interiors. November 2012. Web. http://subliminalinteriors.net/2012-november/-lit/farrisNettie.php
“Communion.” Paperbag. Issue #5. November 2012. Web. http://www.paperbagazine.com/IssueNo5/Farris_Communion.html
“Indolence.” Paperbag. Issue #5. November 2012. Web. http://www.paperbagazine.com/IssueNo5/Farris_Indolence.html
“Karma.” Paperbag. Issue #5. November 2012. Web. http://www.paperbagazine.com/IssueNo5/Farris_Karma.html
“Observation.” Paperbag. Issue #5. November 2012. Web. http://www.paperbagazine.com/IssueNo5/Farris_Observation.html
“Tactile Art.” Paperbag. Issue #5. November 2012. Web. http://www.paperbagazine.com/IssueNo5/Farris_Tactile.html
“Nocturne.” Cybersolieil. October 2012. Web. http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539546623&Ntype=1
“Dear M.” (Booed at the Coffee Shop.) Limestone. 2012. Print.
Vigil.” The Criterion. 13 January 2012. Print. http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2012/01-13/journey.html
“Dear M” (New Yorker). Pegasus. (Winter/Spring 2012). Print.
“PS.” Pegasus. (Winter/Spring 2012). Print.
“Catalpa.” Cybersoleil. December 2011. Web. http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539418511&Ntype=3
“Elegy (Double Orchid).” Cybersoleil. December 2011. Web. http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539418511&Ntype=3
“Eucalyptus.” Cybersoleil. December 2011. Web. http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539418511&Ntype=3
“Roses.” Cybersoleil. December 2011. Web. http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539418511&Ntype=3
“Teardrop, Razor Blade, and Candle.” Cybersoleil. December 2011. Web. http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539418511&Ntype=3
“Oil on Canvas.” Slow Trains. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10fall2011/farrisvol10fall2011.html
“Glass and Ceramic.” Slow Trains. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10fall2011/farrisvol10fall2011.html
“Copper and Acrylic.” Slow Trains. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10fall2011/farrisvol10fall2011.html
“Ink on Paper.” Slow Trains. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10fall2011/farrisvol10fall2011.html
“Crayon on Cardboard.” Slow Trains. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10fall2011/farrisvol10fall2011.html
“Big Fish.” The Single Hound. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.thesinglehound.com/poetry-pages-fall-2011.html
“Little Pockets.” The Single Hound. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.thesinglehound.com/poetry-pages-fall-2011.html
“Words.” The Single Hound. (Fall 2011). Web. http://www.thesinglehound.com/poetry-pages-fall-2011.html
“A Hardwood Floor, A Crisp White Bonnet, and a Nameless Shaker Girl at Pleasant Hill. Illya’s Honey. (Fall 2011). Print.
“Caverns and Rivers Beneath Emerald Meadows.” Illya’s Honey. (Fall 2011). Print.
“Flaxen Voices within Wood.” Illya’s Honey. (Fall 2011). Print.
“Perhaps.” Pegasus 39.2 (2011). Print.
“Tiger Lilies.” The Single Hound. July 2011. Web. http://www.thesinglehound.com/latest-issue-summer-2011.html
“Turnips.” The Single Hound. July 2011. Web. http://www.thesinglehound.com/latest-issue-summer-2011.html
“Still Life.” Kudzu (2011) Print.
“Mary of Nazareth.” Criterion. Friday 7 October 2011. Print and Web. https://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2011/10-07/journey.html
“Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth.” Literary Mama. July 2011. Web. http://www.literarymama.com/poetry/archives/2011/07/eastern-tent-caterpillar-moth.html
“The Little Match Girl.” The Criterion. Friday 28 January 2011. Print and Web. <http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2011/01-28/journey.html>.
“Counting the Hours.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2010. Print.
“Hollyhocks.” Illya’s Honey. Fall 2010. Print.
“First Woman, the Stars, and Coyote.” Slow Trains. 10.1 (Fall 2010). Web. <http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10issue1/farrisvol10issue1.html>.
“M and N’s.” Slow Trains. 10.1 (Fall 2010). Web. <http://www.slowtrains.com/vol10issue1/farrisvol10issue1.html>.
“Clocks.” The Criterion. Friday 27 August 2010. Print and Web. <http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2010/08-27/journey.html>.
“Glasswing.” The Criterion. Friday 6 August 2010. Print and Web. http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2010/08-06/journey.html
“Monarch.” Pegasus 38.1 (2010). Print.
“Mrs. Darling (Or Is It Wendy?).” Vocabula Review 11.9 (2009). Web. http://www.vocabula.com/poetry/VRSEPT09Farris.asp.
“Clove.” Illya’s Honey (2009). Print.
“Appalachian Azure.” Journal of Kentucky Studies (2009). Print.
“Eggplant.” Journal of Kentucky Studies (2009). Print.
“The Lepidopterist’s Lover.” Journal of Kentucky Studies (2009). Print.
“Winter Harvest.” Journal of Kentucky Studies (2009). Print.
“Birthday Poem.” Slow Trains Literary Journal (Spring 2009). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol8issue3/farrisvol8issue3.html.
“Ruby Spotted Swallowtail.” Slow Trains Literary Journal (Spring 2009). Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol8issue3/farrisvol8issue3.html.
“First Frost.” Heartland Review. Winter 2008. Print
“The Fisherman and His Soul.” Inscape (2008). Print.
“For the Beautiful Blond Girls, in Summer.” Leo Weekly. 29 January 2008. Print.
“Funnel Cake and Cotton Candy.” Pegasus 37.2 (2008). Print.
“Hoops.” Illya’s Honey 14.2 (2008). Print.
“Iron John.” Inscape (2008). Print.
“The Juniper Tree.” Leo Weekly. 29 January 2008. Print.
“The Maiden Without Hands.” Kudzu (2008). Print and Web. http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:FeX8Vn3nOl8J:www.hazard.kctcs.edu/jy5/academicaffairs/Kudzu/Kudzu2009/Kudzu%25202008.pdf+nettie+farris&cd=91&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us.
“The Sky Broke Open.” Holiday Haiku. Courier Journal. 22 Dec. 2008. Print.
“The Juniper Tree.” Heartland Review (Summer 2007). Print.
“Monarch and Viceroy.” Journal of Kentucky Studies. (2007). Print.
“Spring, a Poem.” Overseas English. Chinese translation. Apr. 2007. Print.
”Spring, a Poem” True Romance. Mar. 2007. Print.
“The Day White Peacock Gave Up His Stunning Colors.” Journal of Kentucky Studies. (2006). Print.
“Lost Things, August.” Pegasus. Prize Poems Issue (2006). Print.
“Metamorphosis.” Pegasus. Prize Poems Issue (2006). Print.
“Rapunzel.” True Romance. Jul. 2006. Print.
“Sunbathed.” True Romance. Aug. 2005. Print.
“Divertisements.” Kentucky Philological Review; Special Issue: Twentieth Anniversary Chapbook/em> (1993). Print.
“Jewel Flower.” Kentucky Philological Review; Special Issue: Twentieth Anniversary Chapbook (1993). Print.
“Morning Mail.” Kentucky Philological Review; Special Issue: Twentieth Anniversary Chapbook (1993). Print.
“Scene from a Victorian Orphanage.” Kentucky Philological Review; Special Issue: Twentieth Anniversary Chapbook (1993). Print.
“Summer Lament.” Kentucky Philological Review; Special Issue: Twentieth Anniversary Chapbook (1993). Print.
“You Know Me Better.” Hawaii Review (Spring 1992). Print.
“The Window Display.” Wisconsin Review (Spring 1992). Print.
“An American in Kentucky Waiting for Aaron Copland in the Moonlight.” Appalachian Heritage. (Winter 1991). Print.
“Mary of Nazareth.” Louisville Review (Spring 1991). Print.
“Pitcher of Water.” Zone 3 (Fall 1991). Print.
“Rubies.” Louisville Review (Spring 1991). Print.
READINGS
INKY. 8 April 2016. The Bardstown. Louisville, KY.
Holler. 27 January 2016. Al’s Bar. Lexington, Ky.
Flying Out Loud. 11 January 2016. Sunergos Coffee. Louisville, KY.
Spalding at the Speed. 17 April 2015. Local Speed Gallery. Louisville, KY.
POETPALOOZA 2015. 3 April 29015. Village Lights Bookstore. Madison, IN.
Subterranean Phrases. 11 March 2015. Decca. Louisville, KY.
Stone Soup. 25 August 2013. The Bardstown. Louisville, KY.
CONFERENCES
“Fat Crayons.” Kentucky Philological Conferences. Western Kentucky University, 2016.
“The Wendy Bird Poems.” Louisville Conference on Language and Literature Since 1900. University of Louisville, 2016.
“Falling in Love with Philip Marlowe.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Northern Kentucky University. 2015.
“Tell Me about Alice.” Louisville Conference on Language and Literature Since 1900. University of Louisville. 2015.
Poetry. Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Bluegrass Technical and Community College. 2014.
“I Try to Figure it Out”; “Maybe the Answer Is What Will Occur to Me Later, When I Look Back”: Reconciliation and Ceremonial Closure in the Fiction of Lydia Davis. Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Morehead State University. 2012.
Poetry. Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Morehead State University. 2012.
“William Faulkner’s Temple Drake: The Epicene Girl as Daphne.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Kentucky State University. 2011. Awarded Best of Session.
Poetry. Kentucky Philological Asssociation Conference. Kentucky State University. 2011.
Chair. Indiana University Women’s and Gender Studies Undergraduate Conference. Indiana University Southeast. 2010.
Poetry. Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Eastern Kentucky University. 2010.
“Defining Isocrates.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Eastern Kentucky University. 2010.
Poetry. The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. University of Louisville. 2010.
“Just Thinking About Emma Livry: A Meditation on Composition Pedagogy in Motion.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Kentucky Wesleyan College. 2009. Awarded Best of Section.
Poetry. Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Kentucky Wesleyan College. 2009.
Poetry. Twentieth Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville. 1991.
Grants/Funding
Bonnie Part-Time Lecturer Professional Development Grant. Composition Department. University of Louisville. Spring 2010
SES Grant. Student attendance of Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward. Office of Undergraduate Affairs. University of Louisville. Spring 2006.
SES Grant. Student attendance of The Happy Prince opera. Office of Undergraduate Affairs. University of Louisville. Fall 2005.
Awards
Faculty Favorite Nomination, University of Louisville, 2018.
Best of the Net Nomination. “I Saw the Frank in Hank and Then I Set Him Free.” 2015.
2013-2014 Faculty Favorite. University of Louisville.
Pushcart Nomination. “Interlocutor.” 2013.
Best of Section for “William Faulkner’s Temple Drake: The Epicene Girl as Daphne”; paper presented at Kentucky Philological Association Conference, 2011.
Kudzu Poetry Prize for “Still Life,” 2011.
Best of Section for “Just Thinking about Emma Livry: A Meditation on Composition Pedagogy in Motion”; Paper presented at Kentucky Philological Association Conference, 2009.
Finalist. Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize 2007. “The Juniper Tree.”
University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award 2006-2007.
Faculty Favorite Award, University of Louisville, 2006.
First Place Graduate Research 2005 Metroversity Expository Writing Contest for “Just Thinking about Emma Livry: Meditation on Composition Pedagogy in Motion.”
First Place Graduate Research 1991 Metroversity Expository Writing Contest for “Expressionist Aesthetics in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath.”
First Place Graduate Poetry 1989 Metroversity Creative Writing Contest for “The Nameless Shaker Girl and Songs from Echo River.”
Thomas Scholarship, University of Louisville English Department 1987-88.
M. B. Nettelroth Scholarship 1987-88 and 1986-87.