Valerie Laken, Assistant Professor
Office: Curtin Hall 568
Phone: 414-229-5043
e-mail: laken@uwm.edu
Degree(s):
M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of Michigan
M.A., Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan
B.A., English and Russian, University of Iowa
Teaching Interests:
Creative Writing - Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
Contemporary American Literature
Creative Writing Pedagogy
Disability Studies in Literature
Recent Publications:
Books:
Dream House, HarperCollins, 2009
Separate Kingdoms, Harper Perennial, 2010
Stories and Articles:
Ploughshares, Antioch Review, The Chicago Tribune, The Missouri Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Meridian, Alaska Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
Awards:
Pushcart Prize
The Missouri Review Editors' Prize
Honorable Mention in the Best American Short Stories
2 Hopwood Awards
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