Alumni

Alumni Publications and Notes :

NEW, 8/28/09: Kevin Fenton (2005) won the 2009 AWP Award for the novel for Merit Badges. It will be oublished by New Issues Press. Stephanie Johnson (2005) won the 2009 MVP Award from New Rivers Press. They'll publish her debut collection, Kinesthesia.

NEW, 6/19/09 : Matt Burgess (2009) Matt's debut novel, Dogfight, will be published by Doubleday in fall 2010.

NEW, 6/19/09 Erin Hart (1995) Erin's new mystery, False Mermaid, is due in March 2010. She is also the author of Lake of Sorrows and Hallowed Ground. http://www.erinhart.com

NEW, 6/19/09 Lightsey Darst (2003) Lightsey hosts "The Works: A Writer's Salon" the first Wednesday of every month at Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. Her chapbook, Ginnungagap, is available now from Red Dragonfly Press. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Find the Girl, will be published by Coffee House Press in spring 2010. http://www.lightseydarst.com

NEW, 6/19/09 Michael Walsh (2006) Michael's debut collection of poetry, The Dirt Riddles, won the inaugural Miller Williams Poetry Prize from the University of Arkansas Press and will be published in 2010. He is the author of the chapbook Adam Walking the Garden (Red Dragonfly Press, 2004). His fiction can be found in the 2008 anthology Fiction on a Stick (Milkweed Editions).

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Thomas Cook (2009) Three chapbooks: Homespun (Spout Press, 2006), This I'd Know of Birds (Pudding House Press, 2008, and Anemic Cinema (horse less press). Thomas is a co-founder and editor of TAMMY, a journal of poetry and prose: http://www.tammyjournal.wordpress.com

Katie Leo's (2009) chapbook, Attempts at Location, was published in 2009 by Finishing Line Press.

Luke Pingel (2009) Two chapbooks: All Types of Breath Included (Further Adventures, 2009) and Storm That Killed the Tree (Pudding House Press, 2008).

Ethan Rutherford's (2009) short story, "The Peripatetic Coffin" will be included in the next edition of The Best American Short Stories. It was originally published in American Short Fiction. His fiction also appeared in the 2008 anthology, Fiction on a Stick (Milkweed Editions).

Emily K. Bright (2008) Emily's chapbook, Glances Back, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2007.

Emily Freeman (2008) will have a story in the 2010 edition of Best New American Voices.She was a 2008-2009 Loft Mentor Series winner.

Arlene Kim's (2008) debut collection of poetry, what have you done to our ears to make us hear echoes?, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions.

Ann C. Linde (2008) Ann's chapbook, Courting Light, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2007.

Nate Slawson (2008) is the founder and editor of the online literary magazine, dear camera,devoted to one writer/artist collaboration per issue. http://www.dearcameramagazine.com

Eric Dregni (2007) is the author of several nonfiction books: In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream; Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice; Weird Minnesota; The Scooter Bible.

Carla Elaine Johnson (2007) has an essay, "Family Time," included in the anthology Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical (Cascade Press, 2009).

Stephanie Resnik (2007) was a 2008-2009 Loft Mentor Series winner in fiction. Her work has appeared in Wisconsin People and Ideas (2008).

Josh Wallaert (2007) http://www.joshwallaert.com/ Josh co-directed the award-winning documentary film Arid Lands: http://www.sidelongfilms.com.aridlands/film/html

Charles Conley (2006) was a 2008-2009 Provincetown Arts Center Fellow in fiction.

Amanda Coplin (2006) was a 2008-2009 Provincetown Arts Center Fellow in fiction.

Jennine Capo Crucet (2006) received the 2009 Iowa Short Fiction Prize for her debut short story collection, "How to Leave Hialeah." The University of Iowa Press will publish the collection in the fall of 2009. Her fiction has appeared in Crazyhorse, The Southern Review, and Ploughshares. http://www.jcapocrucet.com

Laura M. Flynn (2006) is the author of the memoir Swallow the Ocean (Counterpoint Press, 2008). Laura won a 2009 Bush Artist Fellowship ($50,000) and was a finalist for 2009 Minnesota Book Award. She is also the recipient of a SASE/Emerging Writer Fellowship. http://lauramflynn.com

Nicole Johns (2006) Nicole's memoir, Purge: Rehab Diaries, was published by Seal Press in April 2009. Nicole was featured in a Q & A in Marie Claire magazine in May 2009; interviewed for the Huffington Post; and appeared on Twin Cities Live. http://purgerehabdiaries.blogspot.com

Eireann Lorsung's (2006) first collection of poetry, Music for Landing Planes By, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2007. http://eireannlorsung.ohbara.com/ Her fiction has been published in the 2008 anthology Fiction on a Stick (Milkweed Editions).

Brian Malloy (2006) Brian is the author of the Minnesota Book Award-winning young adult novel, Twelve Long Months (2008, Scholastic); the novels Brendan Wolf (St. Martin's Press, 2007 and The Year of Ice (St. Martin's, 2003). http://malloywriter.com/

Michael Medrano (2006) is the host of a poetry/prose interview show on KFCF 88.1 FM in Fresno, CA. "Radio Patlakas" will air every other Thursday at 3 pm. Bilingual Press will publish Michael's first collection of poetry, Born In the Cavity of Sunsets, in 2009.

Rachel Moritz (2006) Rachel is the author of two chapbooks: Night-Sea (New Michigan Press, 2009) and The Winchester Monologues (New Michigan Press, 2005) and the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant. She is co-founder and editor of winteRed Press: http://winteredpress.blogspot.com/

Francine Tolf (2006) Two chapbooks of poetry: Like Saul (Plan B Press, Fall 2008), Blue-Flowered Sundress (Pudding House Press, 2007.) http://www.francinemarietolf.com/ She is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant.

Shana Youngdahl's (2006) chapbook, Donner: A Passing, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2008.

Kevin Fenton (2005) won the 2009 Associated Writing programs award for the novel for Merit Badges. It will be published by New Issues Press.

Amanda Fields (2005) has had fiction published in Indiana Review 29.1 and nonfiction in Brevity 30 http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/index.htm.

Kate Hopper (2005) Kate's writing has appeared in Literary Mama, mamazine, nytimes.com, and is forthcoming in Brevity. She has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a Minnesota State Artoist Initiative Grant. Kate is the co-editor for Literary Reflections at Literary Mama. http://www.katehopper.com

Cheri Johnson (2005) Cheri's chapbook, Fun and Games, was published by Finishing Line Press in summer 2009. http://www.cheri-johnson.com/ Cheri has received a Bush Artist Fellowship and was a Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellow.

Laurie Lindeen (2005) Laurie's memoir Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story was published by Simon and Schuster in 2007. Laurie was a finalist for a 2009 Bush Artist Fellowship and has received a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant. http://www.laurielindeen.com/

Stephanie Johnson (2005) won the 2009 Many Voices Project award from New Rivers Press. They will publisher debut collection, Kinesthesia, in 2010.

Suzanne Rivecca (2005) Suzanne's debut collection of short stories, Death is Not an Option, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2010. "Uncle" was chosen for Best New American Voices 2008.

Amy Shearn 's (2005) debut novel, How Far is the Ocean from Here?, was published by Shaye Areheart/Random House in 2008. http://www.amyshearn.com/

Alex Lemon (2004) is the author of three poetry collections: Mosquito (Tin House/Bloomsbury, 2006), Hallelujah Blackout (Milkweed Editions, 2008), at last unfolding congo (horse less press) and the memoir Happy (Scribner, 2010). http://www.alexlemon.com/ A section from "Hallelujah Blackout" appeared in The Best American Poetry 2008.

Steve Pacheco (2004) is one of four poets featured in Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets (Michigan State University Press, 2008).

Karen Rigby (2004) Two chapbooks: Savage Machinery (Finishing LIne Press, 2008) and Festival Bone (Adastra Press, 2004). http://www.karenrigby.com/ Karen is a co-founder and editor of Cerise Press, http://cerisepress.com

Brady Johnson (2003) "Michiganders, 1979" appeared in Best New American Voices 2004.

Kathleen Glasgow's (2002) poetry has appeared in Cimarron Review, Bellingham Review, Clackamas Litererary Review, Roanoke Review, Dislocate, and other journals. She has received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, SASE/Emerging Writer Fellowship, and was a Loft Mentor Series winner in poetry (2000-2001).

Dominic Saucedo's (2002) story "Knowing You in Snow" appeared in the 2008 anthology Fiction on a Stick (Milkweed Editions). He is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and was a Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellow.

Yuko Taniguchi (2001) is the author of a novel, The Ocean in the Closet (Coffee House Press, 2007) and a collection of poetry, Foreign Wife Elegy (Coffee House Press, 2001). She has received a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, SASE/Emerging Writer Fellowship, and a Loft-McKnight Writer's Fellowship. http://www.yukotaniguchi.com/

Julie Gard (2000) Julie's chapbook, Obscura: The Daguerreotype Series, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2007.

Joe Hart (2000) Nonfiction, Skid Row: The Life and Death of Minneapolis's Skid Row, (University of Minnesota Press, 2002).

Mary Winstead (2000) Memoir, Back to Mississippi (Hyperion, 2002).

Mark Anderson (1999) Memoir, Jesus Sound Explosion (University of Georgia Press, 2003), winner of the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2002.

Haddayr Copley-Woods (1999) Mulitple short stories in Strange Horizons, Polyphony, Best American Erotica, Ideomancer, Flytrap and other journals. http://www.haddayr.com

Anna Reckin (1999) Spill (Chibcha Press, 2004) and an artist's book, Broder, with Paulette Myers-Rich (Traffic Street Press, 2000).

Lauren Fox's (1998) debut novel was Still Life with Husband ( Knopf, 2007).

Kathleen Melin's (1998) homeschooling memoir, By Heart: A Mother's Story of Children and Learning at Home, was published in spring 2009 by Clover Valley Press. http://www.clovervalleypress.com

Scott Muskin's (1998) first novel, The Annunciations of Hank Meyerson, Mama's Boy and Scholar, won the 2008 Parthenon Prize for Fiction (Hooded Friar Press, 2008). http://scottmuskin.com

Shannon Olson (1998) Two novels: Children of God Go Bowling (Viking, 2004) and Welcome to My Planet (Viking, 2001).

Gayla's Marty's (1997) nonfiction book, Memory of Trees, will be published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2010.

Anna Cypra Oliver (1997) Memoir, Assembling My Father: A Daughter's Detective Story, (Houghton Mifflin, 2004). http://www.annacypraoliver.com/

Elissa Raffa (1997) is the author of the novel Freeing Vera (Permanent Press, 2005).

Norah Labiner (1996) is the author of three novels: German for Travelers (Coffee House Press, 2009), Miniatures (Coffee House Press, 2003), and Our Sometime Sister (Coffee House Press, 2000).

Sherry Quan Lee (1996) CHINESE BLACKBIRD, a memoir in verse (Asian American Press, 2002).

Alison McGhee (1993) Adult novels: Falling Boy, (Picador, 2007); Was It Beautiful (2003); Shadow Baby (2000); and Rainlight (1998); children's picture books: Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth (2004) and Countdown to Kindergarten (2002); middle-grades novel, Snap (2004). She has received several Minnesota Book Awards. http://www.alisonmcghee.com/

Todd Temkin (1992) Enloquecidos Moradores de un Mundo Sin Quehacer / Crazy Denizens of the Lost World, a bilingual edition of poems (2004), and La guerra que viene: incongruencias y encrucijadas sobre el nuevo Valparaiso, a collection of essays. Both books were published by the University of Valparaiso Press (Chile).

Gretchen Legler (1991) On Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica (Milkweed Editions, 2005).

Marianne Herrman (1990) Story collection, Signaling for Rescue (New Rivers Press, 2007). http://www.marianneherrman.com

Ian Graham Leask (1986) is the author of the story collection The Wounded and Other Stories About Father's and Sons (New Rivers Press, 1992). He is the founder and editor of Scarletta Press: http://www.scarlettapress.com

 

 

Current MFAs and alumni have appeared in: Harpers, Fence, Sonora Review, Rattle, Beloit Poetry Journal, Bellingham Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Cimarron Review, Pleides, Gulf Coast, Threepenny Review, Rain Taxi, Star Tribune, Field, New England Review, Alaska Quarterly,Cincinnati Review, Faultine, Natural Bridge, Salt Hill, Agni, and Black Warrior Review, Shenandoah,Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly and many other magazines and journals.

Recent Awards: McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers ($25,000), Bush Artist Fellowship ($50,000), Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Minnesota State Arts Board Grants, SASE: Emerging Writer Fellowships, AWP Award Series for Creative Nonfiction, AWP Intro Journals Award, Luce Fellowship (Thailand), Fulbright Fellowships, Rotary Scholarships, Tamarack Award for Fiction ($10,000), Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Prague Seminar Fellowships.

Residencies: Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, Anderson Center, Devil's Tower, Fishtrap, Yaddo, Breadloaf, Macdowell Colony.