Waiting for Insanity Clause

by Gary Walton

$14.99, paper

978-1-63534-110-2

2017

Gary Walton was born in Covington, Kentucky and grew up in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He received his B.A. from Northern Kentucky University in 1981. He studied writing and publishing at the University of South Dakota and then moved to Washington D.C.where he receivedaPh.D. in International Modernism from the George Washington University. His areas of special interest are Twentieth-Century American Literature, the Irish Literary Renaissance and International Modernism. His dissertation was a poststructuralist comparative study of James JoycesUlyssesand the fiction of Donald Barthelme. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of English at Northern Kentucky University where he teaches literature and writing courses.

Garyhas published stories, poems, non-fiction and letters in a variety of publicationsincludingThe Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Black Mountain II Review, The Wooster Review, Black Buzzard Review, Slipstream, Pacific Coast Journal, Paper Bag, The Kentucky Philological Review, Journal of Kentucky Studies, California State Poetry Quarterly, The Cincinnati Poetry Review, The GW Review, Flights Magazine, Incliner, Dream Weaver, Chaffin Review, Inscape, et. al.His work has been reviewed inThe Cincinnati Post, The Kentucky Post, The Small Press Review, The Kentucky Philological Review, Everybodys News, Pacific Coast Journal, et. al.

His first chapbook of poetry is calledThe Sweetest Song(Peapod Press, 1988), and hissecond chapbook, calledCobwebs andChimeras,was published by Red Dancefloor Press in 1995. It was chosen as a March Pick byThe Small Press Reviewin 1997.The Newk Phillips Papers, his first book of collected short fiction, was published in 1995. In 1994 and 1995, Walton was nominated for the Pushcart prize. Garys third book of poetry, Effervescent Softsell,was published by Red Dancefloor Press in 1997.The Millennium Reel, his fourth book of poetry, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2003, andin 2008,Full Moon: The Melissa Moon Poems(Finishing Line Press, 2007) was nominated for a Kentucky Literary Award. In addition to poetry and fiction, Garyhas written and produced radio plays for the Radio Repertory Company of Cincinnati.

His novel about Newport, Kentucky in its heyday as a gambling Mecca:Prince ofSinCitywas published by Finishing Line Press in 2009. His new book of poetryEschatology Escadrille: Elegies and Other Memorabiliawas published by Finishing Line Press in 2013. In 2010, he was voted Third Place: Best Local Author Best of Cincinnati 2010 issue in City Beat magazine.

Walton has taught writing and literature at George Washington University, University of South Dakota, University of Cincinnati, and Northern Kentucky University. He has also worked as an Editor for the United States Coast Guard and several literary journals includingClifton Magazine,The Vermillion Literary ProjectandThe Kentucky Philological Review. He is the currentEditor ofThe Journal of Kentucky Studies.

To contact Gary Walton,email him [email protected].