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Curriculum Vitae Wm. “Anthony” Connolly [email protected] Education: December 2009

Ph.D., English, University of Missouri, Expected: MFA, Creative Writing, Goddard College AD, Journalism, Red River College BA, Sociology, University of Winnipeg

Citizenship: Residence: Dissertation In Progress:

Canadian USA, Permanent Resident Status The Eight Leaves Dissertation is a creative nonfiction manuscript with

a critical introduction exploring expressions of the ineffable. Dissertation director: Ms Maureen Stanton. Publications: Books – Novels: The Obituaries. Lake Forest, California: Behler Publications, 2005 The Jenny Muck. Houston, Texas: Panther Creek Press, 2001 Essays [creative nonfiction]: “Twain,” O Tempora Magazine. Nick McRae, ed. Georgia. http://otemporamagazine.blogspot.com/ June 2008. “Dead Me Scrolls,” FragLit. Olivia Drescher, ed. Washington. http://fraglit.com/lwc/archives/42 March 2008. “Tir no Nog,” Halfway Down The Stairs, Stacy Brazalovich, ed.

Michigan.http://www.halfwaydownthestairs.net/views tory.php?storyID=82. March 2008. “Confession: Lacunae” Copper-Nickel: A Journal of Art and Literature, No 9. Jake Adam York, ed. University of Colorado at Denver: Denver. March 2008. {Currently under consideration for inclusion in the Best Spiritual Writing 2008, edited by Philip Zalenski} “In Media Res,” (a review) Impassioned. Olivia Drescher, ed. Washington. http://www.fraglit.com/impassioned/reviews/reviewsfs.htm. March 2008. “Zugunruhe” Relief. Vol. 1, No. 1. Kimberly Culbertson, ed. Michigan. October 2006. “The Alphabet of Grace” Rock and Sling. Vol. 2, No. 2. Susan Cowager, ed. Washington. February 2006. “Thin Place” Catapult Magazine. Vol. 5, No. 9. Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma, ed. January 2006. “Open Heart” Catapult Magazine. Volume 3, Number 22 “This Must Be The Place” Catapult Magazine. Volume 4, Number 10 “Failure and Hope” Catapult Magazine. Volume 3, Number 11 “Inevitable” Catapult Magazine. Volume 3, Number 10 “Mountains: The Substance of Things Hoped For” Calgary This Winter. Heather Nelson, ed. 1996 Short Stories: “Rumgumption” Catapult Magazine. Volume 4, Number 12

“Miss Firefly Deserves An Answer” Zygote. Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1995 “Leaves of the Abyss” Dateline Arts: Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1989 “Stain” in Grain, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1988 Poetry: “Levaya” TimeSlice: Houston Poetry 2005. Carolyn Tourney Florek, ed. Houston: Mutabulis Press, 2005. “Levaya” and “Succor” The Clockhouse Review. Tim Kenyon, ed. Plainfield: Clockhouse Press, 2004 “Cigarettes and Altoids,” “Ice Story” and “Sweetness” at Nieve Roja, Colorado State University. http://nieveroja.colostate.edu/issue7/connolly.html 2001. “Long Slow Burn” Sanscrit. University of Calgary: Calgary, Alberta. 1997. “The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, Alberta Anthology, national broadcast, 1991 “Blue Note Table Napkin Sex” (set of four poems) Rampike, Toronto, Ontario, 1989 “The Beginning of the End of You and Me” Cunningham’s Grocery, University of Winnipeg: Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1984 Plays: “Kate & The Writer” staged, Theatre Southwest, Houston, April 2006. “Breadcrumbs and Table Legs” at the Manitoba Association of Community Theatre’s One-Act Play Festival, 1995

Works in Progress: Kingdom of Snow, a novel [currently being read by publishers] Hurricane Rothko, a novel Awkward Instruments, poetry Conference Presentations: “Divine Poetics: Meister Eckhart, Cloud of Unknowing author, Simone Weil and the Language of Mystical Union.” Accepted for presentation at “Alternative Expressions of the Numinous,” University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, August 2008. “Left Meets Right: The Art of Creative Writing," presentation at the American Agriculture Editor Association Ag Media Summit, Portland, Oregon, USA, July2006. Committtees: Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas • Campus-wide Student Evaluation (2004-2005) • Maritime Systems Engineering Accreditation (2005-2006) Academic Honors and Distinctions: The Elizabeth T. Barnes Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of Missouri, $700, co-winner 2008. Founder and Inaugural Editor. Pitkin in Progress Literary journal for Goddard College Master of Fine Arts students. Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. 2000. [journal now entitled Pitkin Review] Teaching Experience:

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri Teaching Assistant (09/2007-present) English 1000: Exposition and Argumentation English 1520: Introduction to Fiction Writing English 1510: Introduction to Nonfiction Writing English 1310: Introduction to American Literature English 2520: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Prose University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri Faculty Resident Instructor (01/2006-05/2007) English 1000: Exposition and Argumentation Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas Faculty Lecturer (2004-2006) English 104: Rhetoric and Composition English 301: Technical Writing University of Houston/Downtown, Houston, Texas Adjunct Instructor (2002-2004) English 1300: Developmental English English 1301: Composition I English 1302: Composition II English 2312: Survey of American Literature 1864-Present English 3302: Business and Technical Report Writing English 3305: Advanced Essay Writing English 3312: Studies in Fiction

Lone Star College (formerly Montgomery College), Conroe, Texas Adjunct Instructor (2002-2003) English 1301: Composition I English 2311: Technical Communication Academic References: Maureen Stanton Associate Professor Dissertation Director and Committee Chair University of Missouri 107 Tate Hall Columbia, Missouri 65211 [email protected] Sandra L. Dahlberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor Assistant Chair for Administration Department of English University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street Houston, TX 77092 [email protected]

Linda Boyd, Ph.D. 3632 Ella Lee, Houston, TX, 77027 (713) 621-8973 [email protected] John Carhart Assistant Head, Department of General Academics & Maritime Studies Senior Lecturer, Political Science Texas A&M University at Galveston 409-740-4524 [email protected] Sarah Schulman M.F.A. Advisor and Instructor Goddard College Only available through: [email protected]