Literature of the Sea
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Education
Ph.D. University of St Andrews
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University
M.Ed. Lesley College
B.A. Drew University
Selected Publications as of August 2009
BOOKS
Lobster. (Reaktion Press, 2011).
ARTICLES
“The Poets at His Feet: The Afterlife of ‘Sir Patrick Spens.’” Scottish LiteraryReview. forthcoming Autumn/Winter 2009.
“Dialogue with a Maestro: An Interview with Eric Ting, Adapter and Director of The Old Man and the Sea,” Hemingway Review. Forthcoming Fall 2009.
“Crafting Time.” Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors. Summer 2009.
“To Kill a Cormorant.” Natural History. March 2009, pp.24-29. [cover story]
“One Way to Avoid Air Travel.” Cruising World. Vol. 118, No.2, February 2009, pp. 40-44.
“Carry On, Captain Smith: Ocean Classroom’s Legendary Shipmaster.” Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors. Winter 2008, Issue 97, pp. 82-88.
“A Radar-assisted Passage.” Ocean Navigator. No.166, Nov/Dec 2007, pp.51-53.
“The Brine in Douglas Dunn: An Interview.” The Red Wheelbarrow. No.14, February 2007, pp.40-48.
“Meg Bateman: A Gratuitous Exhibitionist?” Chapman. No.109, February 2007, pp.2-7.
“Mr. Yamashita and His Cormorants.” Maritime Life and Traditions. No.31, Summer 2006,
pp.12-23.
“If My Book Isn’t Published, I’ll Weep…” Times Higher Education Supplement. 7 April 2006, No.1,737, p.14.
“Liam O'Flaherty's ‘The Wounded Cormorant’.” Beyond the Anchoring Grounds: More Cross-currents in Irish and Scottish Studies. Shane Alcobia-Murphy et al., eds. Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics No.14. Belfast, Cló Ollscoil na Banríona, 2005, pp.142-50.
“Reaper Launched for a Second Century.” History Scotland. Vol.5, No.5, 2005, pp.10-11.
“Meg Bateman On Gaelic and Her Poetry.” The Red Wheelbarrow. No.11, 2005, pp.33-39.
“The Chinchas and the Guano Trade.” Maritime Life and Traditions. No.25, 2004, pp.48-61.
“The Straits of Florida: Where Oceanography Makes History.” Sea History. No.106, 2004, pp.24-27.
“‘The Most Valuable Bird in the World’: A Maritime History of the Cormorant.” Log of Mystic Seaport. Vol.55, No.1/2, 2004, pp.18-28.
“A Serious Eater of Fish.” Island Journal. Vol.20, 2003, pp.90-93.
“Pent Up in Lath and Plaster?” Melville Society's Extracts. July 2001, pp.10-11.
“Brian Burland,” “Daniel Coker,” “Ghosts and Ghost Ships (co-author),” “Longitude,” “Stephen King,” “Symzonia.” An Encyclopedia of Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes. Jill B. Gidmark, ed. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT, 2001.
“Offshore with Mr. Gamage and Mr. Cramer: Sail Training in the Gulf of Maine.” Island Journal. Vol.17, 2000, pp.16-21.
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: 201 Years Old and Still on the Road.” The Log of Mystic Seaport. Vol.51, No.2, 1999, pp.30-37.
“The Changing Perception of Whales in Literature.” Historic Nantucket. Vol.47, No.3, 1998, pp.24-28.
COLUMNS
“Animals in Sea History,” a continuing series of articles for young adults, e.g. “Sea Cucumbers,” “Barnacles,” for Sea History (quarterly since 2006), to be assembled as a sea-going reference book for all ages, which includes my illustrations. “Giant Lobsters?” appeared in the Spring 2009 issue; “Krill” will be in the Summer 2009 issue.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“That ‘Minute Yellow Substance’: An eco-critical reading of Melville’s ‘Brit.’” Biannual Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. A co-authored paper with James T. Carlton (Williams College) and Benjamin Seretan (Wesleyan University). Victoria, British Columbia: June 3-5, 2009.
“‘I’m not dead yet!’: The American Afterlife of ‘Sir Patrick Spens’.” Music of America and the Sea Symposium, Sea Music Festival. Mystic Seaport: 14 June 2008.
“Paddling with Fulmars: A Solo Sail Across the North Atlantic.” Fifth Annual Environmental Writers’ Conference in Honor of Rachel Carson. Boothbay, Maine: 10-13 June 2008.
“The Poets at His Feet: The Afterlife of ‘Sir Patrick Spens’.” Sound Effects Conference. University of St Andrews. St Andrews: 2006.
“Finally a Good Shag: Liam O'Flaherty's ‘The Wounded Cormorant’.” Crosscurrents Conference for Irish/Scottish Studies. Aberdeen University. Aberdeen: 2005.
“The Scientific Method of Fiction.” AHRB Research Seminar. “Questioning Methods: Anthropology, Art, and Creative Writing.” Dundee: 2005.
“Teaching Melville Aboard Ship: Ideas from a Pedagogic Hayseed.” International Melville Conference. Mystic: 1999.
REVIEWS
“The Last Fish Tail by Mark Kurlansky.” New England Quarterly. Forthcoming Summer 2009.
“The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts.” Mystic Seaport Magazine. Spring 2009, p.9.
“The View from the Masthead: Maritime Imagination and Antebellum Sea Narratives by Hester Blum.” Sea History. No.124, 2008, p.51.
“The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard.” Mystic Seaport Magazine. Spring 2008, p.**.
“Scots and the Sea: A Nation’s Lifeblood by James D.G. Davidson.” Sea History. No.122, 2008, pp.54-5.
“The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky.” Mystic Seaport Magazine. Spring 2007, p.16.
“Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810 by Nigel Rigby, et al.” Sea History. No. 117, 2006, p.48.
“Eugene O'Neill and Dat Ole Davil Sea by Robert Richter.” Sea History. No.111, 2005, p.44.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Women and the Sea and Ruth. Author and illustrator. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT: 2004.
Jensen, John O., author, Richard King, illustrator. What is a Sea Dog? Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic: 2003.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Watercolor illustrations for the Massachusetts Darwin 2009 Bicentennial Website
(https://sites.google.com/site/darwinbicentennial/Home)
Cartoons for over 100 books in the Complete Idiot’s Guide Series, including CIG to Global Warming (2005 and 2008), CIG to English Literature (2007), CIG to Choosing a College Major (2007), and CIG to Pirates (2005)
With watercolor/ink drawings and photographs I’ve illustrated many of the magazine articles listed above. Also numerous commercial projects including single illustrations for Cruising World.
