Neil Connelly
Office: Horton 302
Phone: 717.477.1551
Email: noconnelly@ship.edu
Education:
B.A., Advertising, Penn State
M.A., English, McNeese State University
M.F.A, Creative Writing, McNeese State University
Teaching Interests:
I'm interested in words, how they capture, shape, and create meaning, especially in the realm of fiction.
Undergraduate Classes Taught:
ENG 114: Academic Writing
ENG 228: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 308: Fiction Writing
ENG 428: Advanced Fiction
Bio in a Nutshell: Upon graduating from Penn State with a degree in Advertising, I got fired from my first job after six weeks. I cut lawns, worked in a comic book shop, at a mall bookstore, and finally with a typesetter. Later I talked my way into a creative writing graduate school, where I learned a great deal, mostly what I didn't understand about writing. I also found I really enjoyed teaching, which I've done now for about twenty years. Just before making a new home at Ship, I directed the MFA program at McNeese State University.
Current Projects:
I'm fiddling with a few things till another novel takes hold--a second collection of short stories, a series of essays on narrative craft, some nonfiction based on recent travels to Canada.
Featured Publications:
Books
Brawlers (Arthur A. Levine, 2019)
Into the Hurricane (Arthur A. Levine, 2017)
In the Wake of Our Vows (Fomite, 2017)
The Pocket Guide to Divorce: A Self-Help Work of Fiction (Gorsky Press, 2014)
The Midlife Crisis of Commander Invincible! (LSU Press, Fall 2013)
The Miracle Stealer (Arthur A. Levine, 2010)
Buddy Cooper Finds a Way (Simon and Schuster, 2004)
St. Michael's Scales (Arthur A. Levine, 2002)
