Marilyn Bousquin, MFA

Experience

• Jan. 2012 - present, Adjunct Instructor of English, Lynchburg College
• May 2012 - present, Instructor of Writing, Writing Women's Lives^TM
• 2007 - 2009, Group Writing Instructor, The Phenomenals, Lynchburg, VA
• Spring 2007, Instructor of Creative Writing, Bower Center for the Arts

Degrees & Certifications

• MFA, Creative Nonfiction - Ashland University, 2011
• MA, Children's Literature - Simmons College, 1996
• BA, English - George Mason University, 1988
• AWA (Amherst Writers and Artists) Group Writing Instructor, 2007

Recent Publications and Presentations

Creative Nonfiction

• Essay "The Bruise" to appear in River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative, April 2013.
• Contributor to Kate Hopper's Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers. Viva Editions, 2012.

Scholarly

• Review of Joanne S. Frye's Biting the Moon: A Memoir of Feminism and Motherhood. Literary Mama, October 17, 2012.
• "The Syntax of Motherhood: A Review of Bring Down the Little Birds." Literary Mama, April 14, 2012.

Children's Books

• Virginia Durr: Voice for Freedom. Zaner-Bloser, 2007.
• Female Aviators: From Harriet Quimby to Eileen Collins. Zaner-Bloser, 2008.
• The Amish. Zaner-Bloser, 2011.

Presentations

• AWP Conference, Chicago, 2012.  Panel Presentation: "Setting Limits: Balancing Paid Writing and Creative Writing."

Professional/Research Interests

• Creative Nonfiction
• The Lyric Essay
• Women's Literary History
• Women's Personal Narratives
• The Intersection of Personal and Cultural Narratives
• Memoir as Cultural and Historical Document
• Imagination in Personal Narrative
• Writing as an Act of Consciousness and Self-Discovery

Professional Development

• River Teeth Conference, Creative Nonfiction, Ashland, OH, May 2012
• AWP Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Feb. 2012
• In Praise of the Essay: Practice & Form, Welcome Table Press, NY, Oct. 2011
• AWP Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2011
• Nonfiction Now, University of Iowa, IA, Nov. 2010
• Conversations & Connections, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., April 2009
• If We Are Sisters: Black & White Women Write Across Race, Amherst Writers and Artists, MA, July 2007

Awards & Distinctions

• Founder, Writing Women's Lives^TM, 2012
• Manuscript Submissions Reader, River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative, Ashland University, 2009 - present
• YWCA Board of Directors, Lynchburg, VA, 2005 - 2007
• Judge, Children's Poetry Contest, The Children's Bookshop, Brookline, MA, 2000
• Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award, The Horn Book Magazine, Boston, Ma, 1999
• Graduate Commencement Speaker, Simmons College, Boston, MA, 1996