JOEL PECKHAM, JR. is an Assistant Professor of Regional Literature and Creative Writing. A scholar of American Literature and a creative writer as well as a former Fulbright Scholar, his reviews, essays, scholarly articles, and poetry have been published in numerous journals, including American Literature, Black Warrior Review, The North American Review, Prairie Schooner, Rattle, River Teeth, The Southern Review, Texas Studies in Literature and Language, and The Sun.