Elise Blackwell
Education
- MFA, University of California, Irvine
Areas of Specialization
- Creative Writing
- Contemporary Fiction
Recently Taught Courses
| ENGL 360 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
| ENGL 465 |
Fiction Workshop |
| ENGL 492 |
Advanced Fiction Writing |
| ENGL 602 |
Seminar in Prose Composition |
| ENGL 610 |
Writing the Novel |
| SCHC 354 |
Travel Writing (Honors College) |
Professional Accolades
Teaching Awards
- Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2009
- Department of English Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
- Nominee, Michael A. Hill Outstanding Honors College Faculty Teaching Award, 2008
Literary Recognition
Elise Blackwell's novels have been named to various best-of-the-year lists, including the Los Angeles Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Kirkus, and Book Sense Annual Highlights. For more details or to read review excerpts, please visit eliseblackwell.com.
Current Research Projects
- Water Damage (a novel)
- New short fiction
- Essay on literary translation
Selected Publications
Books
- An Unfinished Score, June 2010
- Grub
- The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish
- Hunger
Selected Short Prose
- 2009 PEN World Voices Festival reports, PEN website, May 2009.
- Polk County. Five Chapters, April 2009.
- Closed World. Coal City Review, Fall 2007.
- Novel excerpt. Cultural Vistas, Fall 2007.
- After Carville. Witness, November 2006.
- Juarez. Quick Fiction, October 2006.
- Seeing Water. Seed, June/July 2006.
- The People on the Bus. Global City Review, Fall 2005.
- Sixth of Seven. Topic, Spring 2005.
Selected Recent Presentations
- Squaw Valley Community of Writers, August 6-13, 2011
- South Carolina Book Festival, May 15, 2011
- Words and Music Arts Festival, New Orleans, LA, November 19-20, 2011
- University of Denver, October 13, 2010
- The Gathering, Keystone College, July 16-17, 2010
- Faulkner Society, State Museum, New Orleans, LA, April 18 2010
- Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery, AL, April 17, 2010
- The Cell Theatre, New York City, March 28, 2010
- University of Central Arkansas, March 9-10, 2010
- Delta Mouth Literary Festival, February 12-13, 2010
- James and Mary Oswald Distinguished Writers Series, USC-Aiken, February 9, 2010
- Just Working on My Novel Series, The Tank, New York City, October 19, 2009
- FIERCE, The Tank, New York City, October 18, 2009
- Louisiana State University, April 22, 2009
- Literary Orange, University of California, Irvine, April 2009
- Louisiana State University, April 2009
- New York is Book Country, Central Park, Manhattan, September 2008
- The Gathering, Keystone College, August 2008
- West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Ireland, July 2008
- Decatur Literary Arts Festival, May 2008
- Johns Hopkins University, March 2008
- South Carolina Book Festival, February 2008
- Louisiana Book Festival November 2007
- KGB Bar, New York City, October 2007
- Faulkner Society, New Orleans, May 2007
- Dartmouth College, April 2007
- Virginia Festival for the Book, March 2007
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