Jeff Simpson, MFA student, Creative Writing
BA Cameron University
Areas of Interest & Expertise
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Creative Writing, Poetry
- Contemporary American Poetry
- Twentieth-Century Literature
- Literary Theory
Publications
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“Color Depicting the Inherent Value of Things.” Forthcoming in H_NGM_N.
- “Stag Night.” Forthcoming in H_NGM_N.
- “Phantom Pains.” Forthcoming in H_NGM_N.
- “Miami, OK.” Nimrod 52.1 (2008).
- “Shrapnel.” Nimrod 52.1 (2008).
- “Thyroidectomy.” Gulf Stream 28 (2008).
- “Phosphorus.” Big Muddy 7.1 (2007).
- “Hymn.” Nimrod 49.2 (2006).
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“Solo.” Poet Lore 101 (2006).
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“Upon Reading Elvin Jones has Died of Heart Failure in Englewood, New Jersey.”
Pebble Lake Review 3.2 (2006).
- “Morning Prayer.” Pebble Lake Review 3.2 (2006)
- “October.” Pebble Lake Review 3.1 (2005)
- “Hollow Light.” Oklahoma Today Magazine 55.1 (2005).
Honors and Offices
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Finalist for the 2008 Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry.
- First Place, Academy of American Poets Prize, OSU, 2006.
- President of the Creative Writers Association, 2006-07.
- Editorial Assistant, Cimarron Review, 2005-Present.
Conference Presentations
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Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, “Phantom Pains & Other Poems,” 2008
Current Research/Articles in Progress
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Book-length collection of poems.
Why OSU?
I wanted to work closely with poets Ai and Lisa Lewis.

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