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Jon Volkmer's CV
Professor of English (610) 409-3000
Director of Creative Writing jvolkmer@ursinus.edu
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA 19426
Education
PhD 1987 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
English, concentrations in Creative Writing & Composition Theory
Dissertation: Along the Nebraska Coast: an historical novel
MA 1983 University of Denver
Creative Writing
BA 1978 University of Colorado
English, General Writing Program
Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude
Courses Taught
Creative Writing
- Fiction Writing
- Poetry Writing
- Advanced Creative Writing
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Formal Poetry Writing
- Travel Writing
Literature
- Banned Books
- James Joyce
- CIE (Ursinus College First Year Foundations Course)
Selected Publications - Books
Brave in Season: A Novel of Race, Railroads, and Baseball. (Fiction) Sunbury Press, 2023.
Roberto Clemente: The Story of a Champion. (Young Adult Biography) Townsend Press, 2008.
Eating Europe: a Meta-nonfiction Love Story. (Novel/Travel Writing) Parlor Press, 2006.
The Art of Country Grain Elevators. (Poetry) Bottom Dog Press, 2006.
The Fiction Workshop Companion. (Writing Manual) Bendall Books, Educational Publishers, 1995.
Selected Publications - Creative Nonfiction
Narrative Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Platte Valley Review, Parnassus, War Literature & The Arts, Literal Latte, Bucks County Writer, Nebraska Humanities, Journal of Advanced Composition, Philadelphia Inquirer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Newark Star-Ledger, others.
Selected Publications - Poetry
Worcester Review, Parnassus, Painted Bride Quarterly, Carolina Quarterly, Mad Poets Review, Bucks County Writer, Poet Lore, Hellas, Dancing Shadow Review, The South Dakota Review, Nebraska Humanities, Plains Poetry Journal, others.
Selected Publications - Short Fiction
Drexel Online Journal, Bucks County Writer, Seattle Review, Texas Review, Folio, The Great Stream Review, City Paper, Crosscurrents, Cimarron Review, Prairie Schooner, others.