Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Minton joined the Glenville State faculty in 2005. Before then, he was an adjunct instructor at Carrol College and the University of Montana-Helena College of Technology in Helena, Montana. He teaches English, Modern Novel, Modern Poetry, Literary Theory, Creative Writing, and Film.
About
Faculty sponsor of the Trillium, the GSC literature and art journal.
Co-coordinator, Little Kanawha Reading Series, Glenville, WV
Editor of the journal Word For/Word.
Dr. Minton’s current projects include a book of poetry entitled Famous Monsters that explores 1980s slasher films and their relationships to myth, literary history, and social dynamics. The first poem of the book, “Friday the 13th, Part 1” is available in Dragonspeak, volume III.
Dr. Minton is also working on a book of poetry entitled Letters that explores historically important letters, as well as the history of language, and the role of language in the construction of identity and our relationships. Poems from this manuscript can be found in recent issues of Otoliths, Indefinite Space, Eratio, BlazeVox, and Streetcake.
Recent Publications
Technical Notes for Bird Government. Telemetry Press, 2018.
“Review of Drink Me, by Mary Kasimor.” BlazeVox, March 2019.
“Review of The Wet Motorcycle, by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino.” Eratio, April 2018.
Recent Poetry Publications
"I wanted to write you another letter," "Enfilade," and "天堂." Indefinite Space, Summer 2020.
"This letter begins with a blinded god," "Dear reader, our stories might keep us satisfied," "You spoke of uncertainty as if it were a nest," "I’ve written this letter before," and "You said our days were like keen eyes watching a small, brittle yard." Poetry Pacific, Summer 2020.
"There is matter, there is void," "In the 4t century BCE, the Persian King decreed," "Put into one scale the pleasures," and "Our failures were like a thicket." BlazeVox, Spring 2020.
"Fatuous," "Dear reader, you are more than eyes that stare," "The world is heat and thunder in the narrows," "In my photography of the lake." Otoliths, Spring 2020.
"Basilisk" and "In my letter, I said that you held me like a blind fish in an alien air." Eratio, Spring 2020.
Recent Presentations
Featured Poetry Reader. February 2020, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY.
Guest Reader. Gilmer County Library Literacy Festival, Fall 2019, Gilmer County Library, Glenville, WV.
“Poetry as Re-vision.” Creative Writing Workshop, Fall 2019, Glenville State College,
Featured Poetry Reader. National Poetry Month, April 2019, West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
Guest Lecturer. Professor David Ruderman’s course on literary publishing, March 2019, Ohio State University at Newark.
“Dragonspeak: Writing Genre Poetry.” Creative Writing Workshop, Spring 2019, Glenville State College.
Moderator, Panel on Micro-Press Publishing in Digital Media. Spring 2018, Electronic Poetry Seminar, Houston, TX.