▁with ▁his ▁wife , ▁Ash ley , ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Nathan ▁holds ▁an ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁Journal ism ▁with ▁an ▁emphas is ▁in ▁Creative ▁and ▁Professional ▁Writing ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oklahoma . ▁And ▁though ▁he ▁taught ▁there ▁for ▁almost ▁twenty ▁years , ▁he ' s ▁now ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Austin ▁area ▁to ▁be ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁music ▁scene ▁there ▁and ▁t ours ▁the ▁country ▁full - time ▁as ▁a ▁poet , ▁music ian , ▁and ▁work shop ▁leader . ▁He ▁has ▁published ▁roughly ▁ 2 0 ▁books , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁( Two ▁T ables ▁Over ) ▁won ▁the ▁Oklahoma ▁Book ▁Award ▁for ▁Po etry , ▁and ▁another , ▁Kar ma ▁Cris is : ▁New ▁and ▁Selected ▁Po ems , ▁was ▁a ▁final ist ▁for ▁the ▁Pat erson ▁Po etry ▁Prize ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁began ▁as ▁the ▁instruct or ▁for ▁the ▁Des c ans o ▁Cre atives ▁int ensive ▁work shop ▁series ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁The ▁work sh ops ▁are ▁a ▁" deep - d ive " ▁and ▁cult ur ally - imm ers ive ▁writing ▁experience . ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁T usc any , ▁Italy , ▁future ▁work sh ops ▁are ▁planned ▁for ▁Ireland ▁( 2 0 1 9 ) ▁and ▁France ▁( 2 0 2 0 ). ▁ ▁Pub lished ▁books ▁▁ 1 0 0 ▁Years ▁( M ez cal ita ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 1 9 )