Awards
- Goosetown selected as a finalist for the 2011 Ohioana Book Award in the category of /About Ohio/Ohioan
- Pushcart nomination in essay for "Confessions of a Nail-Biter," 2009
- Pushcart nomination in essay for My Mother's Singer, 2009
- David B. Saunders Award in Creative Nonfiction, 2009
- Co-winner of a chapbook contest sponsored by Word of Mouth Books and Seems, 2009
- Pushcart nomination in essay for "Pallbearer" from North American Review, 2006
- First Place, Writers on Writing Category, Best of Ohio Writers Contest, 2005
- Gum-Dipped a finalist for Book of the Year (autobiography/memoir) by Appalachian Writers Association, 2004
- Pushcart nomination in essay for "Recalling Firestone" from North American Review, 2001
- National Endowment for the Humanities, fellow 1987 and 1988; grant with Reader’s Digest, 1990-91
- The Awakening named one of the best academic books of the year by Choice, 1993
- Midwest Writers’ Conference first place in nonfiction category
- Appalachian Book of the Year for Bloodroot, 1998
- Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council,1997
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