Earlier this year he completed his PhD in English and Creative Writing from Western Michigan University. Glenn is the author of the poetry collection Predatory, which won the 2010 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize and was the runner up for the 2011 Norma Farber First Book Award. He is also the author of the flash fiction chapbook Unchecked Savagery. His second collection of poetry, Energy Corridor, is forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press in early 2016.