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English Faculty
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Campion, Peter Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty pcampion [at] ashland [dot] edu |
Peter Campion, poetry, is the author of El Dorado (University of Chicago Press, 2013), The Lions: Poems (University of Chicago Press, 2009), winner of the 2010... read more |
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Christman, Jill Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty jchristm [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Jill Christman’s memoir, Darkroom: A Family Exposure, won the AWP Award Series in Creative Nonfiction and was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2002. read more |
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Cowser, Jr., Bob Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty rcowser [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Bob Cowser, Jr.'s most recent book Green Fields: Crime, Punishment, and a Boyhood Between won "Best Memoir 2010" from the Adirondack Center for... read more |
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Estes, Angie Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty aestes [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Angie Estes, poetry, is the author of four books, most recently Tryst (Oberlin College Press, 2009), which was selected as one of two finalists for the 2010 Pulitzer... read more |
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Fleming, Deborah Chair, Professor English Department; Editor of the Ashland Poetry Press dfleming [at] ashland [dot] edu (419) 289-5789 |
Dr. Deborah Fleming, Professor of English, received her Ph.D. in 1985 from Ohio State University and is Chair of the Department and Editor of the Ashland Poetry Press. Her... read more |
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Harvey, Steven Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty sharvey1 [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Steven Harvey, creative nonfiction, is the author of Bound for Shady Grove (University of Georgia Press, 2000), a collection of personal essays about his experiences learning to... read more |
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Haven, Stephen Professor of English shaven [at] ashland [dot] edu (419) 289-5979 |
Stephen Haven's book of poems Dust and Bread (Turning Point, 2008) was selected by the Ohio Poetry Association as co-winner in a competition to recognize the best book of poems... read more |
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Huber, Sonya Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty shuber [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Sonya Huber is the author of two books of creative nonfiction, Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2010), finalist for the 2010 Grub Street National... read more |
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Irwin, Mark Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty mirwin3 [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Mark Irwin, poetry, was born in Faribault, Minnesota, and has lived throughout the United States and abroad in France and Italy. His poetry and essays have appeared widely in many... read more |
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Larson, Thomas Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty tlarson3 [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Thomas Larson is the author of The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" and The Memoir and the Memoirist: Reading and Writing... read more |
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Mackall, Joseph Professor of English jmackall [at] ashland [dot] edu (419) 289-5142 |
Joe Mackall, creative nonfiction, is the author of Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish (Beacon Press, 2007) and The Last Street Before Cleveland: An Accidental Pilgrimage (... read more |
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Philip, Leila Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty lphilip [at] ashland [dot] edu |
Leila Philip, creative nonfiction, joined the MFA faculty in January 2011. She is the author of A Family Place (SUNY, 2009) and The Road Through Miyama (Random House, 1989), which... read more |
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Root, Robert Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty rroot [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Robert Root, creative nonfiction, is the author of Happenstance (University of Iowa Press, 2013), Postscripts: Retrospections on Time and Place (University of... read more |
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Rough, Bonnie Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty bonnie [at] bonniejrough [dot] com Homepage |
Bonnie J. Rough is the author of the memoir Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA, which won a 2011 Minnesota Book Award. Her writing has appeared in anthologies such as The... read more |
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Schwartz, Ruth L. Poetry Faculty rschwar1 [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Ruth L. read more |
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Smith, Carmen Poetry Faculty csmith55 [at] ashland [dot] edu Homepage |
Carmen Giménez Smith is the author of a memoir, Bring Down the Little Birds (University of Arizona, 2010), three poetry collections—Goodbye, Flicker (University of... read more |
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Winograd, Kathryn Poetry Faculty kwinogra [at] ashland [dot] edu |
Kathryn Winograd, poetry, is the author of Air into Breath (Ashland Poetry Press, 2002), a 2003 Colorado Book Award Winner in Poetry. Winograd has been the recipient of a... read more |
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Wells, Sarah Administrative Director swells [at] ashland [dot] edu (419) 289-5957 |
Sarah M. Wells is the author of Pruning Burning Bushes from Wipf and Stock Publishers (2012), and a chapbook of poems, Acquiesce, winner of the 2008 Starting Gate Award through... read more |
Contact the MFA Program
For additional information, complete the online form below OR write/call:
Sarah Wells, Administrative Director
MFA in Creative Writing
Bixler Center for the Humanities
Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio 44805
(419) 289-5957
e-mail: swells@ashland.edu