AMANDA GOLDBLATT
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Fiction Writing, 2009 Washington University in St. Louis, MO
B.A., Creative Nonfiction Writing & Modern American History, 2004 Hampshire College,
Amherst, MA
Certificate, Advanced Documentary Writing, 2003 Salt Institute for Documentary Studies,
Portland, ME
TEACHING
Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University, 2016 – present
Courses Taught: ENGL 387: Fiction II Workshop; ENGL 240: Elements of Style for Creative Writers
(TK)
Instructor, StoryStudio Chicago, Fall 2014 – present
Courses Taught: Anywhere, USA: Making Place on the Page; The Road Trip Narrative; Writing Weird:
Applying Genre Conventions to Literary Fiction; Writing the End of the World
Instructor, Writers & Books, Summer 2015
Courses Taught: Advanced Fiction Writing
Instructor, Eastern Michigan University, Fall 2012
Courses Taught: CRTW 201: Introduction to Creative Writing (Creative Applications of SelfSurveillance); CRTW 335: Fiction Workshop (The Creative Project)
Lecturer I, The University of Michigan, Fall 2011
Courses Taught: LSA 125: College Writing: Local(e)s (Community & Place-Based Rhetoric)
Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis, Fall 2008 - Spring 2011
Courses Taught: L13-Writing 220 Creative Nonfiction Writing I; L13-Writing 221 Fiction Writing I;
L13-Writing 320 Creative Nonfiction Writing II: The City Block; L13-Writing 326 Fiction Writing II:
Stories from the Suburbs; L59 100 Writing Culture: Writing I
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writing Coach & Writer/Editor, 2009-present
Literary Editor, Her 37th Year, An Index, Suzanne Scanlon, Noemi Press: 2014.
Reader, Land Grant College Review, 2008-2009
Founding Editor, Super Arrow, 2008-2011
Volunteer Writing Workshop Assistant, 826 Michigan, 2011-2012
DEPARTMENTAL/ADVISORY SERVICE
Creator/Advisor, 4700: The City Block Project, an anthology of student documentary writing, 2011
Co-Founder/Facilitator, Skipped Generation Project, collaboration between senior citizen and
undergraduate writers, 2010-2011
Co-Founder/Facilitator, Dialog, response-based collaborations between writing and drawing
students, 2011
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PUBLICATIONS & CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Stories
“Ha! I Said Quietly,” NOON (forthcoming 2017)
“The Era of Good Feelings,” The Southern Review, Spring 2015
“TV,” FENCE, Winter 2013-14
“Paris,” The Collagist, August 2013
“The Way We Feel Sometimes,” Heavy Feather Review 2.1, March 2013
“Bad Herald,” Matchbook: New & Collected, Matchbook Magazine, 2013
“Memorial,” Wigleaf: Stamp Stories Project, 11.18.11
“Crook,” American Short Fiction, Fall 2011
“CPR,” “Comprehensive,” Nano Fiction, Spring 2011
“If Your Light Must Leave You,” The Collagist, March 2010
“Susan Sontag,” (Finalist, Short Short Contest) The Sonora Review, Issue 55/56, 2008.
“Her Beard,” Redivider, Vol. 6: Issue 2 2008
“Girls Who Love Horses,” Diagram, 8.3 (Finalist, Experimental Fiction Contest), 2008.
Poems
“Talking Poem,” “Imaginary Poem,” “Reminder Poem,” Hobart, 6.24.15
“Improvements,” “Vous,” “Reliquaries for Louise Nevelson,” Thermos, Issue 4, April 2010.
Essays
“Anhinga,” Tammy, Issue 5, October 2015
“The Star Trek Essay,” Hobart, 11.21.14
“A Review of Friendship,” Hobart, 7.31.14
“Person-Character,” Hobart, 5.20.14
“Frasier at 31,” Hobart, 4.21.14
“Hang Ups,” Hobart, 3.7.14
Chapbook
Catalpa: This Is Not True, The Cupboard Pamphlet, 2010
Reviews
Book Review: Erik Anderson’s The Poetics of Trespass, The Collagist, January 2011
Book Review: Ander Monson's Vanishing Point, 360 Main Street (online), 6.10.10.
W orks in Progress
Right & Left. Novel.
The Era of Good Feelings. Short Fiction Collection.
Get Away. Novel. (completed)
V isual W ork
"Pop N+7," installation, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, August
2010
"Chandelier," design/construction, with Jordan Hicks, FORM Contemporary Design Show,
Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, August 2010
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RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES
Sewanee Writers’ Conference, July 2014
Vermont Studio Center, March 2013
Juniper Summer Writers’ Conference, July 2007
READINGS, LECTURES, & WORKSHOPS
Reading, Wit Rabbit Weekend Reading Series, Chicago, IL, June 2016
Reading, Independent Bookstore Day 2016, Curbside Splendor & Unabridged Books, Chicago, IL,
April 2016
Facilitator, The Women Writers Workshop at Pere Marquette, Grafton, IL, March 2016
Reading, Absinthe and Zygote #27: Ape Suit, February 2016
Reading, Hobart/Short Flight Long Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, January, 2016
Reading, The Mingle Reading Series, Chicago, IL, September 2015
Lecture & Workshop, “Persona in Memoir,” Howard Nemerov Scholars, Washington University in
St. Louis, November 2014
Reading, LearningMachine, Chicago, IL, October 2014
Reading, Hobart Reading Salon, Ann Arbor, MI, August 2012
Reading, The Heavy Feather Review Reading Series, Cleveland, OH, June 2012
Reading, Wednesday Night Sessions with The Collagist, Midwestern Gothic, Absinthe, & Dzanc
Books – Farmington Hills, MI, February 2012
Reading, Madhouse Poetry Series, Dogplotz, Ypsilanti, MI, April 2013.
Reading, The Heavy Feather Review Reading Series, Bowling Green, OH, April 2011
Reading, Pure Products/Slash Pine Press Reading, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 2010
Lecture, "Telling the Text: Performing Truth on the Page," Washington University in St. Louis
Summer Writers Institute, June 2010.
HONORS
Pushcart Nomination, 2015: “The Era of Good Feelings” (the Southern Review)
Tennessee Williams Scholarship, Summer 2014, awarded on a competitive basis from the
Sewanee Writers’ Conference
Pushcart Nomination, 2013: “TV” (Fence, nominated by 2012 Pushcart winner)
Pushcart Nomination, 2013: “The Way We Feel Sometimes” (Heavy Feather Review)
Pushcart Nomination, 2011: “If Your Light Must Leave You” (The Collagist)
AWP Intro Journal Award Finalist (nonfiction), Spring 2009, awarded by the Association of
Writers & Writing Programs
References, transcripts, artist and teaching statements, sample syllabi, and evaluations are available upon request.
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