English Department Faculty

David McGlynn
Assistant professor of English

Curriculum vitae
Website

Education
University of California-Irvine, B.A.
University of Utah, M.F.A., Ph.D.

Interests
Fiction and nonfiction writing
Late 19th and 20th century British and American literature
Literary theory
Publishing and editing

Advanced courses
Advanced Fiction Writing
Contemporary American Literature
American Autobiography
Nonfiction Writing

Recent publications
The End of the Straight and Narrow: Stories. Southern Methodist
University Press, Fall 2008
“Hydrophobia,” The Missouri Review (2008)
“Rough Water,” Meridian (2008)
“Moonland on Fire,” Mid-American Review (2007)
“The End of the Straight and Narrow,” Ascent (2007)
“The Newest Thing in the World,” Image (2007)

Current project
I am currently working on a collection of personal essays that examines the consequences of memory and story telling.  Titled Rough Water, the essays draw on autobiographical subject matter about trauma, blindness, hunger, religion, and swimming to form a multi-dimensional narrative.