Jeremy Parker

Lecturer of English
223 Neville Hall
Orono ME 04469-5752

Office Phone: 207.581.3800

Email: jeremy.j.parker@maine.edu

Office hours – MWF 2-3pm or by appointment.

Biography

Jeremy Parker is a lecturer of creative writing and composition, a fiction writer, book designer, and the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine, Outlook Springs. A finalist for the Hudson Prize and a Pushcart Prize nominee, his work has appeared in The Normal School, December Magazine, Midwestern Gothic, The Coachella Review, and elsewhere.

Education

M.F.A. Fiction Writing, University of New Hampshire, 2015

B.A. English Literature & Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2013

Classes Taught

English 205: Introduction to Creative Writing

English 320: Technical Communication for Engineering

English 101: College Composition

Publications

• “I Will Not Be Requiring the Services of a Sherpa” — December Magazine
• “The Phoenix is a Fire Bird” — Little Fiction | Big Truths
• “Those Peculiar Galaxies” — Hypertrophic Literary Press
• “A History of Burning” — Midwestern Gothic
• “The Bangor Crows” — Longleaf Review
• “Communist Armstrong & the Dadaist Detective Agency” — Maudlin House
• “At the Speed of Light” — The Coachella Review
• “Spectrum” — Cheap Pop
• “Must Believe in Ghost” — The Normal School