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John Caruso

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Department of English Literature & Writing
jcaruso@mymail.marylhurst.edu

Education

MA, California State University, Chico
BA, University of California, Los Angeles

Classes Taught

Genre Writing: Short Stories
Survey of American Literature: Origins to Present
Native American Literature and Culture
Introduction to Cultural Studies
Colonial & Post-Colonial Literature
Science Fiction

Awards
Excellence in Academic Service & Teaching, Marylhurst University (2013)

About

A 19th-century Americanist and textual scholar by academic training, John Caruso has studied literature at UCLA, CSU Chico and University of Washington. As a fiction writer, his short stories have been published in a wide variety of print magazines and anthologies, including Shroud, Dark Discoveries and Harvest Hill, as well as at online e-zines such as Flash Fiction Offensive and Fires on the Plain. His crime novel entitled The Lawn Job is currently seeking a publisher while he works on a collection of interlinked western noir tales.

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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.

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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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