Laura Marello, M.A.
Associate Professor
English Department
Lynchburg College
434/544-8556
marello@lynchburg.edu
Experience/Background
I started teaching creative writing and fiction writing in 1978-80 as a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I resumed teaching creative writing and fiction writing in 1984-87 as a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, after three years of writing fellowships: the Grace Foundation Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, and a Stegner Fellowship in Fiction at Stanford. Since then I have taught creative writing, multicultural literature, women’s literature, introduction to literary theory, western civilization and world civilization at the University of California, Santa Cruz; the University of Oregon, Eugene; the University at Albany, and other schools. I have been teaching at Lynchburg College since 2003.
2003 - present -- Associate Professor, Lynchburg College -- B.A. Program
1999 - 2002 -- Core Faculty, Antioch University Los Angeles -- B.A. and M.F.A. Programs
1993 - 1999 -- Assistant Professor, University at Albany -- B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. Programs
1990 - 1993 -- Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz -- B.A. Program
1989 - 1990 - Visiting Assistant Professor - University of Oregon Eugene -- B.A. and M.F.A. Programs
1984 - 1987 -- Jones Lecturer, Stanford University -- B.A .Program
Degrees and Certifications
- 1977: B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz
- 1980: M.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
- 1983-1984: Stegner Fellow, Stanford University
- Summer 1979: Stanford Publishing Course
- Summer 1976: Language and Civilization University of Paris IV – The Sorbonne
Book Publications:
- Claiming Kin, novel, forthcoming Guernica Editions, Fall 2008
- Tenants of the Hotel Biron, novel, Q22, Vintage, 1992
- Catch Me Go Looking, novella, New Directions #53, 1989
Honors and Awards
National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Fiction Fellow, Fine Arts Work Center Provincetown
Stegner Fellow, Stanford University
Regents Scholar, University of California Santa Cruz
Teaching Award, University at Albany
Phi Beta Kappa
Professional/Research Interests
I’m a writer; I have written six books – four novels, a collection of novellas, and a collection of stories. I recently completed a screenplay. I am interested in literature of all sorts, but especially Latin American and European literature, multicultural literature, and women’s literature. I have done extensive research for some of my novels (on the art world in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, on the history of pheromones and perfume making, and on nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands after World War II, the Mayan civilization, and the Minoan civilization). I have also done extensive research for some of the literature courses I’ve taught, and simply for my own interests. I have a novel published in The Quarterly and a novella in New Directions. My first novel is forthcoming with Guernica Editions, Toronto, in 2007/08. My stories and novel/novella excerpts have been published in various literary magazines over the last thirty years, including Chelsea, The Mississippi Review, and The Chicago Review.
Other Interests:
multicultural literature
women's literature
experimental and nontraditional literature
contemporary fiction
modern and postmodern literature
ancient cultures
visual arts
Professional Associations
Associated Writing Programs
Modern Language Association
University of California, Santa Cruz Alumni Association
Personal Information
I grew up in New York and Los Angeles, and spent a year studying abroad in Paris when I was in college. My main interests after literature and writing are the visual arts, the performing arts, music, ancient cultures, coastlines, traveling, Europe. I also am a photographer and enjoy swimming, walking, and being in nature.