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Emily Barton
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Written Arts Program
Academic Expertise: Written Arts Program
Area of Specialization: Fiction
Biography:
B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Novels, Brookland (2006, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and The Testament of Yves Gundron (2000, Farrar, Straus and Giroux), both selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year; short fiction published in Story Magazine, American Short Fiction, Conjunctions. Freelance writer and reviewer for New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, Bookforum, Nextbook, Poetry, others. Recipient, Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2006–07); National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship (2006–07); Bard Fiction Prize (2003); Michener-Copernicus Fellowship (1999–2000). Writer in residence, Eugene Lang College (2005–06); lecturer, Yale University (2008–09). (2004–05, 2007– ) Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing.
Interests:
Research Interests: Contemporary fiction; Postmodern fiction; English and American women writers of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (particularly George Eliot); Lesbian and queer writers; Jewish-American writers and questions of Jewish identity
Other Interests: American Transcendentalism; Henry Ward Beecher; Landscape theory; Places where writing intersects with other arts; Places where literary and non-literary writing intersect
Highlights:
2008-09-07 — Publication
Review of Marilynne Robinson's novel "Home," in the Los Angeles Times Book Review
2008 — Publication
Essay, "Eli Miller's Seltzer Delivery Service," in BROOKLYN WAS MINE (Riverhead)
2006 — Award
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
2006 — Award
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
2000 — Publication
The Testament of Yves Gundron (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Phone: 845-752-2353
Website: http://emilybarton.com
E-mail: barton@bard.edu
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