Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District At-Large

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Arizona, District 9, 2022

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Arizona, District 8, 2012

Candidate, United States President, 2012

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 2010

Candidate, President of the United States of America, 2008

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2008

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2004

Candidate, United States Senate, 2000

Candidate, Town Council, 1992

Panelist, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Grant Panel, 1994-1998

Faculty Associate, Arizona State University/Mesa Community College, 2000-2001, 2013-2014

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Mesa Community College, 2000-2001, 2013

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, 2006-2012

Adjunct Lecturer, Fashion Institute Technology/School of Visual Arts/Fordham University, City University of New York, 2006-2012

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Hunter College, City University of New York, 2012

Adjunct Lecturer, English, City College of New York, City University of New York, 2009

Adjunct Lecturer, English, New York Institute of Technology, 2007

English Instructor, Jess Schwartz Jewish Community High School of Phoenix, 2005-2006

Director of Academic Resources, Nova Southeastern University Law School, 2001-2006

Acting/Associate Director of Student Services, Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, 2004-2005

Adjunct Lecturer, Humanities, Farquahr Center for Undergraduate Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 1997-1998, 2004

Director, Academic Resource Program, Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, 2001-2004

Visiting Professor, Legal Studies, Farquahr Center for Undergraduate Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 1999-2000

Attorney, Center for Governmental Responsibility, University of Florida, 1994-1997

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Florida Atlantic University, 1997

Adjunct Lecturer, Business & Administrative Studies, Wayne Huizenga College of Business, Nova Southeastern University, 1992-1997

Content Provider, New Jersey Online, 1994-1996

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Santa Fe Community College, 1992-1994

Instructor, English, Broward Community College, 1981-1984, 1987-1991

Director of Training, Computer Learning Systems, 1984-1990

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Florida International University, 1986-1990

Writer in Residence, Rockland Center for the Arts, 1988-1989

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Baruch College, City University of New York, 1985-1986

Adjunct Lecturer, English and SEEK, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 1980-1981, 1984-1986

Adjunct Lecturer, English and Continuing Education, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1979-1981

Adjunct Lecturer, English and Continuing Education, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, 1978-1981

Adjunct Lecturer, English, Long Island University, 1975-1978

Vice President, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Fan Club, Arizona 2 Chapter, 2011-present

Member, Pen American Center, 1982-present

Member, The Authors Guild, 1978-present

Member, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, present

Member, Associated Writing Programs, present

Member, Order of the Coif, present

Member, Phi Beta Kappa, present

Member, Save Our Everglades, present

Member, Workmen's Circle, present

Former Chair, Arizona Republicans for Obama

Former Member, Committee for Immediate Nuclear War

Former Founder/President, Floridians for a Personal Income Tax

Former Member, Lambda Legal Defense Fund

Honorary Chairman, Martha Stewart Legal Defense Fund, 2004-2005

Member, South Florida Peace Coalition, 2003-2005

Member, Human Rights Council of North Central Florida, 1995-1997

Board Member, Brooklyn College Alumni Association, 1973-1984

Awards:

Phi Beta Kappa
Order of the Coif
University of Florida College of Law Book Awards in Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, and Advanced Techniques of Legal Research
Fellowship in Literature ($3,000), Florida Arts Council, 1981-82
Writer-in-Residence Award ($3,750), New York State Council on the Arts, 1988
Fellowship in Literature ($5,000), Florida Arts Council, 1988-89
Fellowship in Literature ($5,000), Florida Arts Council, 1998-99
Medal, Best Graduate in English, Meyer Levin Junior High School 285 Brooklyn, 1965
Ottillie Grebanier Playwriting Award (First Prize), Brooklyn College, 1973
National Arts Club Scholarship in Prose, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1977
Honorable Mention, Boston University Journal Short Story Contest, 1978
First Prize, New York Post "Tales of New York" Contest, 1979
Fellowships, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, June 1980, Aug.-Sept. 1987
First Prize, First Amendment Essay Contest, Society of Professional Journalists
(Miami Chapter), 1981
Fellowships, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, July 1981, July 1982
Second Prize, Berkeley Poets Cooperative Fiction Contest, 1983
Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, July 1984
First Prize, Manhattan Spirit "The Word is Manhattan" Short Story Contest, August 1988
Residencies, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, June 1997, June 2001
Third Prize, NBC6/The Miami Herald Black History Month Essay Contest,
February 1998
Artist Residency, Villa Montalvo: California's Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA,
March-April 1998
Residency, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY, April-June 1998
Artistic Achievement Award, Broward Cultural Affairs Council, 1998
Residency, Writers? Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR, August-
October 2001
First Prize, Identity Theory (www.identitytheory.com) First Annual Nonfiction
Writing Contest, 2005
Finalist, Million Writers Award Top Ten Stories of 2004 (four other stories selected as
Notable Stories of 2004)
Million Writers Award 2005, story selected as Notable Story of 2005
Readers Choice Award, 55 Words, Summer 2006
Underrated Writers Project 2006, Selected as one of 67 Underrated Writers of 2006
Million Writers Award 2006, story selected as Notable Story of 2006

Publications:

Diary of a Congressional Candidate in Florida's Fourth Congressional District at McSweeneys Internet Tendency;
A Teenage Boy's Diary Entries: 1969-1971;
With Hitler in New York and Other Stories