Author:
“A River Through Illinois”
April 2008, Southern Illinois University Press,
Carbondale, Illinois
NEWSPAPER Journalist:
The Kansas City Star: Copy Editor, 2002-2010
The Southern Illinoisan: News Editor, 1985-2002; Columnist, 1984-2002;
Copy Editor, 1979-1985.
Wabash (Indiana) Plain Dealer: Reporter/Editor, 1976-1978
Contributing Columnist:
Good Living in Southern Illinois, 2009-2011
Book Editor:
“Misadventures in Journalism”
H.B. Koplowitz
Forthcoming ebook, Boca Raton, Florida
“They Raised Me Up: A Black Single Mother and the Women Who Inspired Her”
Carolyn Marie Wilkins
October, 2013, University of Missouri Press,
Columbia, Missouri
“Platte County Fair”
July 2013, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Letters for Healing”
Von Kopfman
April 2013, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Bridging the Century”
Gus Leimkuhler
October 2012, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“History of North Kansas City Schools”
August 2012, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Joplin 5:41”
September 2011, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“The Last Dance”
Kevin Murphy, With Rick Alm and Carol Powers
July 2011, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Blackspanic College”
H.B. Koplowitz
2009, Dome Publications,
Hollywood, California
“Evil in Mirror Lake”
Leo Hayes
2001, Oakland Publishing Press
“Carbondale After Dark”
H.B. Koplowitz
1982, Dome Publications
Educator:
Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Park University,
Parkville, Missouri, spring semester 2011.
EXHIBITIONS:
2014: “Alexander County, Illinois”
40 pieces of text with photographs by Daniel Overturf
March, 2014; Morris Library, Southern Illinois University
2012: “Sounds of the Hunt”
Poem included in “18 Tigers” art installation
February, 2012; Morris Library, Southern Illinois University
2008-2012: “A River Through Illinois"
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O’Hare International Airport
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40 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
2011: “The Dead Don’t Vote in Alexander County”
September 30-October 21; May Gallery, Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri
20 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
2004: “A River Through Illinois”
April 28-September 28; Dickson Mounds State Museum, Lewistown, Illinois
49 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf.
2001: “Allusions to Culture: Documentary and Revisitation”
November 19-December 18, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
24 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
“Photographs by Daniel Overturf”
June 22- July 17; Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, Tennessee
15 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
“Southern Illinois University Carbondale Faculty Art Show”
April 21-June 9; Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois
four text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf:
“Southern Illinois University Carbondale Faculty Art Show”
January 28-March 7; University Museum,
Text block with photograph by Daniel Overturf: “Night Watch on the Illinois”
READINGS and SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
March 2014: Panelist “Perspectives on Environment-Human Confluence: Case
of the Cache,” Southern Illinois University
September 2008: Reading from “A River Through Illinois," Park University,
Parkville, Missouri
August 2008: Featured in WSIU television program “In Focus”
July 2008: Reading from “A River Through Illinois," The Writers Place,
Kansas City, Missouri
AWARDS & HONORS:
2001: Second place, Original Column, Illinois Associated Press
Editors Association;
Third place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association.
1999: Third place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association;
Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association.
1997: Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association.
1995: Second place, Original Column, Illinois Associated Press
Editors Association.
1994: Charlie Feirich Award for Original Column, Southern
Illinois Editorial Association.
1989: First place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association.
1988: Second place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association;
Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association.
1985: Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association;
Honorable mention, Original Column, Illinois Press
Association.
1982: Polly Robinson Feature Writing Award, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's of Science in Journalism, Southern Illinois University, 1976
❏ Career Bio
Collected written works | Gary Marx
“Anything is one of a million paths ... (and) there is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: ‘Does this path have a heart?’ ”
— CARLOS CASTANEDA, “The Teachings of Don Juan”
