nathan holds an interdisciplinary ph.d. in english and journalism with an emphasis 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 tours the country full-time as a poet, musician, and workshop leader. he has published roughly 20 books, one of which ("two tables over") won the oklahoma book award for poetry, and another, "karma crisis: new and selected poems", was a finalist for the paterson poetry prize in new jersey.