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Jay Ponteri

Jay Ponteri

Department of English Literature & Writing
Associate Faculty
Flavia Hall
503.636.8141, ext. 4420
jponteri@marylhurst.edu

Education

MFA in Fiction Writing, Warren Wilson College
MA in English, New Mexico State University

Classes Taught

Senior Creative Writing Workshop
Contemporary Literature
Contemporary American Literature and the Rise of the Short Story
Introduction to Literary Genres
Writing Seminar II: Creative Nonfiction

About

Jay Ponteri directs the undergraduate creative writing program at Marylhurst University and show:tell, The Workshop for Teen Writers & Artists. He is the founding editor of both the online literary magazine M Review and HABIT Books, a publisher of prose and poetry chapbooks. His memoir, Wedlocked, is being published by Hawthorne Books, April 2013. His chapbook of short prose, Darkmouth Strikes Again, is being published by Future Tense Books, summer 2013.

Publications

Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking and Light Industrial Safety
Puerto Del Sol
Salamander
Seattle Review
Knee-Jerk Magazine
Tin House (interview with David Shields, summer 2010)

Awards

Best American Essays 2010. Notable Essay for Listen to This, published in Salamander, Vol. 15, No. 1.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Marylhurst University (2006)

Frank Waters Fellowship, New Mexico State University (1997)

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Meg Roland Presents at Medieval Studies Conference

Dr. Meg Roland, chair of the English literature & writing department, will discuss blogging about medieval topics at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2013.

Calendar

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June 04, 2013 – September 01, 2013

2013 Writing Contest for Community College Students

Marylhurst University is hosting a writing contest open to students enrolled at any community college in the United States. Categories include poet...

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June 20, 2013 – June 28, 2013

show:tell: The workshop for teen writers and artists

In this nine-day workshop, high school students (ages 14 to 18) receive college-level instruction in creative writing and visual arts. Seminar-st...

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June 22, 2013

Guest Reader: Danielle Myers

Young adult novelist Danielle Myers reads from her novel The Last Burning of New London (Rain Town Press). A former show:tell teen camper, Myers ...

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