{"id":515,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/faculty-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:57:39","slug":"faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">MFA in Creative Writing Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/admission\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Admission<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/curriculum\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Curriculum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/writers-in-residence\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Writers-in-Residence<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/affordability-funding\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Affordability &#038; Funding<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/publications\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Publications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/request-more-information\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Request More Information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/community-workshop-series\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Community Workshop Series<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-amp-staff\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/h1>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69e8ca0951e8e\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>MFA Co-Directors<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Bryce Berkowitz <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/bberkowitz-FVPRSsFvcub45ubD-FWxV-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Bryce Berkowitz' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Lecturer English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:bberkowitz@butler.edu'>bberkowitz@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-bberkowitz'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-bberkowitz'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Bryce Berkowitz\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-bberkowitz' role='region' aria-labledby='person-bberkowitz' hidden><p><p>Bryce Berkowitz is a poet and screenwriter based in Indianapolis via Montana, West Virginia, L.A., Chicago, and southern Illinois. He dropped out of college at 19 to book touring hip hop acts until career shifts took him from restaurant worker to film\/tv industry professional to professor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Bryce has participated in Butler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/inclusion-advocate-program\/\">Inclusion Advocate program<\/a> and served as program coordinator for Butler&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/visiting-writers\/\">Visiting Writers\u2019 Series<\/a>. In addition to creating Butler&#8217;s screenwriting minor, he serves as Co-Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/\">MFA Creative Writing Program<\/a> and is the recipient of Butler University&#8217;s Outstanding Faculty Award for Research and Scholarship. His course topics range from Writing for Sustainability to Arts-Based Social Justice to the TV Writers\u2019 Room to Brain Candy, and his professional development interests include working with students who have ADHD, as well as innovative and inclusive assignment design that reflect pragmatic applications to the work world. His current community engagement focus is prison writing workshops.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>He thinks of the classroom as a practice field where students can figure out who they are and what matters to them, where perfection is an illusion that gets in the way of learning, where mistakes are not failures but are instead part of a greater learning process in the journey toward self-discovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>As a screenwriter, Bryce is the recipient of the Austin Film Festival AMC TV Pilot Award, the writersXwriters fellowship, the Roadmap Writer&#8217;s Jumpstart Competition, and a two-time NBC TV Writers Program finalist. As a poet, his work has appeared twice in <em>Best New Poets, <\/em>and he\u2019s the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bermuda-Ferris-Wheel-Bryce-Berkowitz\/dp\/1732851115\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=281LJ4ASH8FU8&amp;keywords=bermuda+ferris+wheel+bryce+berkowitz&amp;qid=1697812300&amp;sprefix=bermuda+ferris+wheel+bryce+berkowitz%2Caps%2C87&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Bermuda Ferris Wheel<\/em><\/a>, recipient of the 42 Miles | Indiana University Press Poetry Award. Currently, he&#8217;s working on a second poetry collection, a crime novel, and multiple feature-length screenplays.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>When not teaching, Bryce enjoys watching movies at <a href=\"https:\/\/kankanindy.com\/films-events\/\">Kan-Kan<\/a>, picking up produce from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madfarmersindy.com\/\">Mad Farmers Collective<\/a>, attending <a href=\"https:\/\/do317.com\/firstfriday\">First Friday<\/a> art shows, growing his two side hustle businesses (power tools x investment properties), walking his dog Millie (she&#8217;s an Australian Cattle Dog + Australian Shephard mix), and supporting Indy\u2019s many great lit hubs, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dear.mom.indy\/?hl=en\">Dear Mom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomorrowbookstore\/?hl=en\">Tomorrow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loudmouthindy\/?hl=en\">Loudmouth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goldenhourbooksindy\/?hl=en\">Golden Hour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thewhisperingshelf\/?hl=en\">Whispering Shelf<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/indyreadsorg\/?hl=en\">Indy Reads<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, his two favorite restaurants in Indianapolis are <a href=\"https:\/\/bluebeardindy.com\/\">Bluebeard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/julieta_tacoshop\/?hl=en\">Julietta&#8217;s Tacos<\/a> .&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about him at <a href=\"https:\/\/bryceberkowitz.com\/\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;9lspo-1-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;bryceberkowitz.com&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">bryceberkowitz.com<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-bberkowitz --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Bryan Furuness <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/bfurunes-4yBuTWERq.jpeg' alt='Headshot of Bryan Furuness' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9862'>317-940-9862<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:bfurunes@butler.edu'>bfurunes@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-bfurunes'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-bfurunes'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Bryan Furuness\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-bfurunes' role='region' aria-labledby='person-bfurunes' hidden><p><p>Author of a couple of novels,\u00a0 <i>The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson <\/i>and <i>Do Not Go On<\/i>. Co-author (with Sarah Layden) of <i>The Invisible Art of Literary Editing.\u00a0<\/i>Editor of a few anthologies, <i>My Name was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Reanimated\u00a0<\/i>and <i>An Indiana Christmas. C<\/i>o-editor (with Michael Martone) of the anthology, <i>Winesburg, Indiana<\/i>. Stories have appeared in <i>Ninth Letter<\/i>, <i>Sycamore Review<\/i>, <i>Southeast Review<\/i>, and elsewhere, including <i>New Stories from the Midwest <\/i>and <i>Best American Nonrequired Reading<\/i>. Wishes he was a hawk, believes that breakfast burritos are the perfect food.\u00a0<br\/><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-bfurunes --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69e8ca097546f\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Admin<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Mindy Dunn <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/mdunn1-Nk-UAUNMs.jpg' alt='Headshot of Mindy Dunn' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Academic Program Manager<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8733'>317-940-8733<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:mdunn1@butler.edu'>mdunn1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69e8ca099f99c\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Faculty<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Bryce Berkowitz <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/bberkowitz-FVPRSsFvcub45ubD-FWxV-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Bryce Berkowitz' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Lecturer English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:bberkowitz@butler.edu'>bberkowitz@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-bberkowitz'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-bberkowitz'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Bryce Berkowitz\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-bberkowitz' role='region' aria-labledby='person-bberkowitz' hidden><p><p>Bryce Berkowitz is a poet and screenwriter based in Indianapolis via Montana, West Virginia, L.A., Chicago, and southern Illinois. He dropped out of college at 19 to book touring hip hop acts until career shifts took him from restaurant worker to film\/tv industry professional to professor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Bryce has participated in Butler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/inclusion-advocate-program\/\">Inclusion Advocate program<\/a> and served as program coordinator for Butler&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/visiting-writers\/\">Visiting Writers\u2019 Series<\/a>. In addition to creating Butler&#8217;s screenwriting minor, he serves as Co-Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/\">MFA Creative Writing Program<\/a> and is the recipient of Butler University&#8217;s Outstanding Faculty Award for Research and Scholarship. His course topics range from Writing for Sustainability to Arts-Based Social Justice to the TV Writers\u2019 Room to Brain Candy, and his professional development interests include working with students who have ADHD, as well as innovative and inclusive assignment design that reflect pragmatic applications to the work world. His current community engagement focus is prison writing workshops.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>He thinks of the classroom as a practice field where students can figure out who they are and what matters to them, where perfection is an illusion that gets in the way of learning, where mistakes are not failures but are instead part of a greater learning process in the journey toward self-discovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>As a screenwriter, Bryce is the recipient of the Austin Film Festival AMC TV Pilot Award, the writersXwriters fellowship, the Roadmap Writer&#8217;s Jumpstart Competition, and a two-time NBC TV Writers Program finalist. As a poet, his work has appeared twice in <em>Best New Poets, <\/em>and he\u2019s the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bermuda-Ferris-Wheel-Bryce-Berkowitz\/dp\/1732851115\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=281LJ4ASH8FU8&amp;keywords=bermuda+ferris+wheel+bryce+berkowitz&amp;qid=1697812300&amp;sprefix=bermuda+ferris+wheel+bryce+berkowitz%2Caps%2C87&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Bermuda Ferris Wheel<\/em><\/a>, recipient of the 42 Miles | Indiana University Press Poetry Award. Currently, he&#8217;s working on a second poetry collection, a crime novel, and multiple feature-length screenplays.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>When not teaching, Bryce enjoys watching movies at <a href=\"https:\/\/kankanindy.com\/films-events\/\">Kan-Kan<\/a>, picking up produce from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madfarmersindy.com\/\">Mad Farmers Collective<\/a>, attending <a href=\"https:\/\/do317.com\/firstfriday\">First Friday<\/a> art shows, growing his two side hustle businesses (power tools x investment properties), walking his dog Millie (she&#8217;s an Australian Cattle Dog + Australian Shephard mix), and supporting Indy\u2019s many great lit hubs, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dear.mom.indy\/?hl=en\">Dear Mom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomorrowbookstore\/?hl=en\">Tomorrow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loudmouthindy\/?hl=en\">Loudmouth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goldenhourbooksindy\/?hl=en\">Golden Hour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thewhisperingshelf\/?hl=en\">Whispering Shelf<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/indyreadsorg\/?hl=en\">Indy Reads<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, his two favorite restaurants in Indianapolis are <a href=\"https:\/\/bluebeardindy.com\/\">Bluebeard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/julieta_tacoshop\/?hl=en\">Julietta&#8217;s Tacos<\/a> .&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about him at <a href=\"https:\/\/bryceberkowitz.com\/\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;9lspo-1-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;bryceberkowitz.com&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">bryceberkowitz.com<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-bberkowitz --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Michael Dahlie <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/mdahlie-EtublsvL2lKCk2WZiCWpx-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Michael Dahlie' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:mdahlie@butler.edu'>mdahlie@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-mdahlie'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-mdahlie'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Michael Dahlie\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-mdahlie' role='region' aria-labledby='person-mdahlie' hidden><p><p>Professional Bio<\/p>\n<p>Michael Dahlie teaches in Butler University\u2019s English Department and MFA program. He&#8217;s the author of two novels with W.W. Norton<em>&nbsp;<\/em>and his short fiction has been published in journals and magazines including <em>Harper\u2019s<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Ploughshares, <\/em>and&nbsp;<em>The Yale Review.&nbsp; <\/em>He&#8217;s received the PEN\/Hemingway Award and&nbsp;a Whiting Award, and he was a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2020.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Teaching Goals<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy role as a creative writing teacher is to help students say the things they want to say, write about the subjects they think are important, and to do it in a way they value.&nbsp;I assign a wide variety of published work, and my courses emphasize the fact that first-rate narrative comes from a diverse set of sources and in a broad range of forms. Most important, I work hard to ensure my classes give students a sense of belonging, camaraderie, and a feeling of common purpose, all while making sure each person has resources and encouragement to develop and refine their own unique literary vision.\u201d<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-mdahlie --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Chris Forhan <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cforhan-EyjSR0ImF05voUfKxwrDh-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Chris Forhan' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9865'>317-940-9865<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cforhan@butler.edu'>cforhan@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-cforhan'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-cforhan'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Chris Forhan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-cforhan' role='region' aria-labledby='person-cforhan' hidden><p><p>Chris Forhan is the author of four books of poetry: <em>Black Leapt In<\/em>; <em>The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars<\/em>; <em>Forgive Us Our Happiness<\/em>; and the forthcoming <em>The Ghost Won&#8217;t Go<\/em>. He has also written two books of nonfiction: <em>My Father Before Me: A Memoir<\/em> and <em>A Mind Full of Music: Essays on Imagination and Popular Song<\/em>. He has published three chapbooks, <em>Ransack and Dance<\/em>, <em>x<\/em>, and <em>Crumbs of Bread<\/em>, and his poems have appeared in <em>Poetry, Paris Review, Ploughshares, New England Review, Parnassus, Georgia Review, Field, <\/em>and other magazines, as well as in <em>The Best American Poetry<\/em>. He has won a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and three Pushcart Prizes and has earned a &#8220;Discover Great New Writers&#8221; selection from Barnes and Noble. He was born and raised in Seattle and has taught at Butler since 2007. &nbsp;More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisforhan.com\">http:\/\/www.chrisforhan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><u>Teaching Goals<\/u>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy courses emphasize that writing is not merely about communicating clearly what you think. It is about discovering what you think, then questioning it, complicating it, and discovering in it a truth worth communicating, even if that truth is beautifully messy and ambiguous. That\u2019s okay: life is beautifully messy and ambiguous. This focus on the process of writing and thinking informs the way I teach almost everything, from courses in the Core Curriculum to classes in creative writing. In my poetry courses, we consider how poems enchant, delight, and unsettle us by being intensely attentive to all the characteristics of language, including its sounds, rhythms, and capacity to enact wild, associative leaps. When students pay attention to these things in their own experiments with words, they have the means to discover what lurks in the shadowy corners of their interior and to let it sing.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-cforhan --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Bryan Furuness <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/bfurunes-4yBuTWERq.jpeg' alt='Headshot of Bryan Furuness' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9862'>317-940-9862<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:bfurunes@butler.edu'>bfurunes@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-bfurunes'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-bfurunes'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Bryan Furuness\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-bfurunes' role='region' aria-labledby='person-bfurunes' hidden><p><p>Author of a couple of novels,\u00a0 <i>The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson <\/i>and <i>Do Not Go On<\/i>. Co-author (with Sarah Layden) of <i>The Invisible Art of Literary Editing.\u00a0<\/i>Editor of a few anthologies, <i>My Name was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Reanimated\u00a0<\/i>and <i>An Indiana Christmas. C<\/i>o-editor (with Michael Martone) of the anthology, <i>Winesburg, Indiana<\/i>. Stories have appeared in <i>Ninth Letter<\/i>, <i>Sycamore Review<\/i>, <i>Southeast Review<\/i>, and elsewhere, including <i>New Stories from the Midwest <\/i>and <i>Best American Nonrequired Reading<\/i>. Wishes he was a hawk, believes that breakfast burritos are the perfect food.\u00a0<br\/><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-bfurunes --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Andrew Levy <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/alevy-EkT8QuFNx.jpg' alt='Headshot of Andrew Levy' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Edna Cooper Chair in English Professor<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9803'>317-940-9803<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:alevy@butler.edu'>alevy@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-alevy'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-alevy'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Andrew Levy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-alevy' role='region' aria-labledby='person-alevy' hidden><p><p>Author, Huck Finn&#8217;s America (2014),&nbsp; A Brain Wider Than The Sky (2009), The First Emancipator (2005), The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story (1992), and co-editor of Creating Fiction (1994) and Postmodern American Fiction:&nbsp; A Norton Anthology (1997).&nbsp; Essays and reviews have appeared in Harper&#8217;s, American Scholar, Missouri Review, Best American Essays, and elsewhere.&nbsp; Winner of Slatten award for Biography (2005), reviews of work and public appearances include Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, NPR&#8217;s All Things Considered and This American Life, Spin, Sports Illustrated, C-Span, Salon, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and other places.&nbsp; Teaches US literature and culture, speculative fiction and creative writing.<br>\n<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-alevy --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Natalie Lima <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/nalima-1ViXc5fxQrOfnoub3oAee-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Natalie Lima' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:nalima@butler.edu'>nalima@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-nalima'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-nalima'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Natalie Lima\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-nalima' role='region' aria-labledby='person-nalima' hidden><p><p>Natalie Lima is a Cuban-Puerto Rican writer, raised in Las Vegas, NV and Hialeah, FL. She is a first-generation college graduate of Northwestern University and a graduate of the MFA program in creative nonfiction writing at the University of Arizona. Her essays and fiction have been published or are forthcoming in&nbsp;<em>Guernica, Longreads, Brevity,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>The Offing<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Catapult<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Sex and the Single Woman&nbsp;<\/em>(Harper Perennial, 2022)<em>, Body Language<\/em>&nbsp;(Catapult, 2022), and elsewhere. Lima\u2019s writing has been honored in&nbsp;<em>Best Small Fictions<\/em>, The Offing 10-Year Anniversary Anthology, and noted twice in&nbsp;<em>Best American Essays<\/em>. Her work has received support from PEN America Emerging Voices, the Bread Loaf Writers\u2019 Conference, Tin House Workshops, the VONA\/Voices Workshop, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, the Mellon Foundation, and the Hedgebrook Writers\u2019 Residency.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching Goals:<\/p>\n<p>As the first in my family to graduate from high school, the world opened up to me in college. I prioritize introducing students to diverse voices, particularly writers from underrepresented communities. &nbsp;I believe that bringing in contemporary work from established and emerging writers, from all backgrounds, better reflects the world we live in today\u2014and celebrates it, too. Having once been a new writer myself, I want to guide my students as they find their own voice without being discouraged or feeling isolated from the literary establishment.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-nalima --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Alessandra Lynch <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/ajlynch1-41Zp1E709.JPG' alt='Headshot of Alessandra Lynch' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer &#8211; English &#038; Poet-in-Residence<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9500'>317-940-9500<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:ajlynch1@butler.edu'>ajlynch1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-ajlynch1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-ajlynch1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Alessandra Lynch\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-ajlynch1' role='region' aria-labledby='person-ajlynch1' hidden><p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span class=\"a2\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Alessandra Lynch, Senior Lecturer\/Poet-in-Residence at Butler University, is the author<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"a2\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">of four collections of poems,\u00a0<u>Sails the Wind Left Behind<\/u>\u00a0(Alice James Books)<i>,\u00a0<u>It was a<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"a2\"><i><u><span style=\"color: #555555;\">terrible cloud at twilight\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/span><span class=\"a2\"><span style=\"color: #555555;\">(LSU Press, winner<i>\u00a0<\/i>of the Lena Miles-Wever Todd Award)<i>,<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"a2\"><u><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/span><span class=\"a2\"><i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">(<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #555555;\">finalist for the UNT Rilke Prize and the\u00a0<i>LA<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">\u00a0Poetry Book Prize, winner of the\u00a02017<\/span><i><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Balcones Prize in Poetry, one of\u00a0<i>The<\/i>\u00a0<i>New<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">York Times\u2019<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">ten Best Poetry Books of 2017) and\u00a0<u>Pretty Tripwire<\/u>\u00a0(Alice James Books).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Her work has<\/span><i><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">appeared in the\u00a0<i>American Poetry Review, The New England Review, The<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Kenyon Review,<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Ploughshares<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">\u00a0and other literary journals. In 2015,\u00a0Alessandra received<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">a Creative Renewal Fellowship, from the Indianapolis Council for the Arts.\u00a0\u00a0She was<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">also one of the three poets involved in the\u00a0<i>Stream \/ Lines: Reconnecting to Our<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">Waterways<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #555555;\">\u00a0project, funded by the National Science Foundation.\u00a0\u00a0Alessandra has received <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">fellowships from the Vermont\u00a0Studio Center, the MacDowell Colony for the Arts, and Yaddo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-ajlynch1 --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Robert Stapleton <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/rstaplet-icuGLPppcqgSYlGuBNdKT-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Robert Stapleton' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:rstaplet@butler.edu'>rstaplet@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-rstaplet'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-rstaplet'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Robert Stapleton\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-rstaplet' role='region' aria-labledby='person-rstaplet' hidden><p><p>Robert Stapleton is a proud product of California public schools. He earned his MFA from Long Beach State and has taught at Butler since 2003. He teaches in the MFA program as well as courses in creative writing, graphic novels, and the First-Year Seminar. He is the founder and editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/booth.butler.edu\/\">Booth<\/a>, and his writing has appeared in various publications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br>\nTeaching Goals: I am a first-generation college student from a working-class family. As a student, I learned to love being in the classroom &nbsp;from teachers who invited thinking and writing on non-traditional subjects in innovative ways. A a teacher, I work to frame my courses &nbsp;with contemporary texts that offer a wide spectrum of voices and class representations while centering student expression in discussions and activities. My classes offer many opportunities for students seeking to integrate their own passions into creative exercises and assignments.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-rstaplet --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69e8ca09c4481\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Visiting Faculty<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Melissa Fraterrigo <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/images\/logos\/bulldog_4cp_1-4w.png' alt='' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Adjunct<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:mfraterrigo@butler.edu'>mfraterrigo@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Allison Lynn <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/images\/logos\/bulldog_4cp_1-4w.png' alt='' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Adjunct &#8211; LAS<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:adlynn@butler.edu'>adlynn@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Lili Wright <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/ldwrigh1-MO7lmEd8Hu2Il38fcMrX--photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Lili Wright' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Adjunct &#8211; LAS<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:ldwrigh1@butler.edu'>ldwrigh1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-ldwrigh1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-ldwrigh1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Lili Wright\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-ldwrigh1' role='region' aria-labledby='person-ldwrigh1' hidden><p><p>Lili Wright worked as a newspaper reporter for ten years before earning her MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. She is author of the travel memoir, <em>Learning to Float <\/em>(Broadway, 2002.) Her essays have appeared in <em>The New York Times, Newsweek, Down East, The Cincinnati Review, The Normal School,<\/em> <em>Cream City Review, <\/em>and many other literary journals. Her work was noted for distinction in <em>Best American Essays 2010<\/em> and <em>Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010<\/em>. Her first novel, <em>Dancing with the Tiger,<\/em> a literary thriller set in Mexico, will be published by Putnam Penguin in July.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-ldwrigh1 --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69e8ca09e4ecb\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Faculty Emeriti<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Hilene Flanzbaum <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/images\/logos\/bulldog_4cp_1-4w.png' alt='' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Visiting Faculty\/ Faculty Emeritus<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:hflanzba@butler.edu'>hflanzba@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-hflanzba'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-hflanzba'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Hilene Flanzbaum\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-hflanzba' role='region' aria-labledby='person-hflanzba' hidden><p><p><br\/><\/p><p>Hilene Flanzbaum is a Professor of English and the Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. \u00a0She also holds the Allegra Stewart Chair in Modern Literature. \u00a0Her specialties include Modern and American Poetry, Jewish-American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature and creative writing. \u00a0See attached cv for details.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-hflanzba --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Susan Neville <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/sneville-Ny2BrcDwg.jpg' alt='Headshot of Susan Neville' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Emeritus Faculty<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9293'>317-940-9293<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:sneville@butler.edu'>sneville@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-sneville'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-sneville'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Susan Neville\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-sneville' role='region' aria-labledby='person-sneville' hidden><p><p>Susan Neville is the author of six works of creative nonfiction: <i>Indiana Winter<\/i>; <i>Fabrication: Essays on Making Things and Making Meaning<\/i>; <i>Twilight in Arcadia<\/i>; <i>Iconography: A Writer&#8217;s Meditation<\/i>; <i>Light,\u00a0<\/i>and <i>Sailing the Inland Sea<\/i>. Her collections of short fiction include <i>The Town of Whispering Dolls, <\/i>winner of the Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction;\u00a0<i>In the House of Blue Lights,<\/i> winner of the Richard Sullivan prize; and <i>Invention of Flight,<\/i> winner of the Flannery O&#8217;Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her stories have appeared in the Pushcart Prize anthology and in anthologies including Extreme Fiction (Longman) and The Story Behind the Story (Norton.) 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