Laura Long, Ph.D.
Pen Name: Laura Longsong
Associate Professor
Prism Faculty Advisor
English Department
Lynchburg College
long_l@lynchburg.edu
223 Carnegie Hall; Phone 434/544-8553
As a creative writer and teacher, I've been translating my imagination into verbal art for many years. I enjoy helping students develop their individual creative and critical abilities. I also enjoy learning from my students.
I publish poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and reviews of contemporary literature. I publish under the name Laura Longsong (feel free to ask me why).
LC Writing Courses Taught
Freshman Composition I and II
Intro to Creative Writing
Poetry Writing
Creative Nonfiction
Teaching Creative Writing (M.A. Program)
Creative Writing (M.A. Program)
LC Literature Courses Taught
Literature and Culture II
Modern British and American Poetry
Fiction Seminar (M.A. Program)
Teaching Experience
College and University Teaching
2009--present: Associate Professor, Lynchburg College
2004-05; 2006--2009: Assistant Professor, Lynchburg College
2000--2004: Assistant Professor, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas
Additional college teaching at University of Houston, University of Texas at Austin; St. Edward's University, Austin; and Austin Community College
Community Teaching
I've taught creative writing to children and teachers for Writers in the Schools Programs:
* Borderland Writers in the Schools, Alpine, Texas
* M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
* The Menil Art Collection and inner-city elementary classrooms, Houston, Texas
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Houston, Creative Writing and Literature
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, English
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, Anthropology/ Folklore
B.A., Oberlin College, English/Creative Writing
Additional study in Guatemala and Mexico, and anthropological research in Belize
Publications
Book Publication
Imagine a Door: Poems (Turning Point Books, 2009)
Magazine Publications
My poetry and prose have been published in over twenty literary magazines including Arts & Letters; Borderlands Poetry Review; Calyx; Cimarron Review; FICTION; New Millennium Writings; North American Review; The Southern Review.
See me online: two poems appeared in the online journal Kaleidowhirl in 2008.
Selected Awards
- 2008 Pushcart Prize Nomination in Poetry
- 2007-08 Pforzeheimer Fellowship, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
- 2007 National Humanities Center Fellow, Summer Seminar Readings in the King James Bible
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
- James Michener Fellowship for Fiction
- PEN-Texas Award for the Novel
- Artist Fellowship for Fiction, Texas Commission on the Arts
- Donald Barthelme Fellowship for Fiction
Professional Associations
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP); Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE); South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA); Modern Language Association (MLA); Academy of American Poets.
Personal
I grew up in West Virginia and have lived in Texas (Austin, Houston, and far west Texas). I love mountains.