Ted Morrissey

Author's Bio

I teach literature and writing classes in a variety of academic settings, including University of Illinois, Springfield, and I hold a Ph.D. in English studies from Illinois State University. My main scholarly interest is literary postmodernism. As for my own creative writing, I'm most attracted to revisionist fiction.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Weeping with an Ancient God (Punkin House Press, 2012), Men of Winter (Punkin House Press, 2010)

Journals:

Chariton Review, Chiricu, Constellations, Eleven Eleven, Eureka Literary Magazine, Glimmer Train, Leaf Garden, Noctua Review, Oak Bend Review, Pank, Paris Transcontinental, Pisgah Review, Slush Pile, Spilling Ink Review, The Final Draft, Tulane Review

Prizes:

Top 25 Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction Contest in Winter 2004/2005 for "Missing the Earth." Honorable Mention Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction Open in Dec. 2007 for "Unnatural Deeds." Honorable Mention Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction Open in Summer 2005 for "Nekuia" (aka "Communion with the Dead"). Honorable Mention Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Very Short Fiction Award in Winter 2002/03 for "An Alabaster Moon."

Personal Favorites

Favorite Authors:

William H. Gass, William Gaddis, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, Kate Chopin, Homer, Herman Melville, J. M. Coetzee, Antjie Krog

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Listing last updated: April 22, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Galesburg, IL

Raised in:

Galesburg, IL

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