Amy Monticello, MFA

Education

• MFA, The Ohio State University
• BA, Ithaca College

Research Interests

• Creative Nonfiction
• Forms of the Essay
• Narrative Theory
• Narrative and Medicine
• True Crime
• Literary Publishing

Publications

Books

• How to Euthanize a Horse. Arcadia Press, 2018.
• Close Quarters. Chapbook. Sweet Publications, 2012.

Book Chapters

• Tuscaloosa Writes This, “Communing with Cancer,” Eds. Brian Oliu and Patti White, Slash Pine Press, 2013.
• Going Om, “Against the Pursuit of Happiness,” Ed. Melissa Carroll, Viva Editions/Cleis Press, 2014.

Selected Journal Publications, Creative Nonfiction

• “How to Tell the Story of an Ordinary Death,” The Los Angeles Review of Books.
• “The Reduced World,” Under the gum tree.
• “Not Nothing,” Brevity.
• “My Only Child Scatters My Ashes,” CALYX.
• "Resuscitate." Hotel Amerika.
• “A New and Magical Life.” The Rumpus.
• “Shame.” Brevity. Issue 45.
• “Loving Captain Corcoran.” Stone Canoe.
  Winner of the 2013 S.I. Newhouse School Prize in Creative Nonfiction.
• “Letters From My Father.” Brain, Child Magazine.
• “Moderation is the Key,” Prime Number.
• “The Other Woman,” The Iron Horse Literary Review.
  Listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2013.
• “Chimney Swift.” Sweet: A Literary Confection.
• “All the Ways We Fool Ourselves.” Waccamaw.
  Nominated for Pushcart Prize.

Craft Articles

• "The New Greek Chorus: Collective Characters in Creative Nonfiction." Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies.
• “Writing the Apple: A Roundtable Discussion with Michelle Herman, Heather Kirn Lanier, Amy Monticello, and Joe Oestreich,” Creative Nonfiction.
• “In Defense of the Confessional: Parenting, Inclusivity, and J.D. Schraffenberger’s ‘Droppies Babies’.” Essay Daily.
• “More Than One True Thing.” Waccamaw.
• “The Place Where Opposing Instincts Meet.” Tuscaloosa Writes This. Eds. Brian Oliu and Patti White, Slash Pine Press, 2013.

Pedagogy Articles

• "Teaching Brevity: Pennies in My Pocket." Brevity blog.
• “My Favorite Essay to Teach: Dear Sugar #39: ‘The Baby Bird.’” Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies.
• "The Advice Column Two Ways: First-Year Writing and Creative Nonfiction." During Office Hours. 

Anthology/Textbook Inclusions

• “Playing the Odds.” Writing: Ten Core Concepts. Robert P. Yagelski. Albany, NY: Cengage Learning, 2018.
• Against the Pursuit of Happiness.” Going Om: Real Life Stories On and Off the Yoga Mat. Ed. Melissa Carroll. Jersey City, NJ: Viva Editions, 2014.
• "Communing with Cancer.” Tuscaloosa Writes This. Ed. Brian Oliu. Tuscaloosa, AL: Slash Pine Press, 2013.