Next up, we have the great and prolific Ted Morrissey! Ted Morrissey's novel excerpts, short stories, poems, critical articles, reviews and translations have appeared in more than 120 publications (Glimmer Train Stories, Paris Transcontinental, North American Review, Southern Humanities Review). - ThreadSky

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lindenwoodmfa.bsky.social • 42 days ago

Next up, we have the great and prolific Ted Morrissey!

Ted Morrissey's novel excerpts, short stories, poems, critical articles, reviews and translations have appeared in more than 120 publications (Glimmer Train Stories, Paris Transcontinental, North American Review, Southern Humanities Review).

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lindenwoodmfa.bsky.social•42 days ago

His novels include Crowsong for the Stricken, Mrs Saville, The Artist Spoke, and (most recently) The Strophes of Job. Delta of Cassiopeia: Collected Stories and Sonnets was published in 2023.

lindenwoodmfa.bsky.social•42 days ago

He is the publisher of Twelve Winters Press and its various entities, including Twelve Winters Journal and the monthly podcast A Lesson before Writing.

lindenwoodmfa.bsky.social•42 days ago

This year, 2025, marks his 42nd year of teaching. He joined the MFA faculty in 2016 (previously he taught at Springfield College, University of Ilinois, and Benedictine University). He is also a member of the creative writing faculty at Southern New Hampshire University.

lindenwoodmfa.bsky.social•42 days ago

Among his favorite courses to teach at LU are "The Long Story and Novella," "Classic Horror and Sci-Fi by Women Writers," "Experimental Writing," and various iterations of "Revisionist Fiction" (especially the course based on Shakespeare's plays).

lindenwoodmfa.bsky.social•42 days ago

Projects for 2025 include editing William H. Gass at 100: Essays, as well as working on a new novel, a new sonnet sequence, and his never-ending efforts to translate the Old English poem Beowulf. Visit https://tedmorrissey.com and https://twelvewinters.com.

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