David Jauss

David Jauss

David Jauss is the author of two short story collections, Black Maps and Crimes of Passion; two collections of poems, Improvising Rivers and You Are Not Here; a collection of essays on the craft of fiction, Alone With All That Could Happen; and a monograph on finishing a work of art, “A Crack in Everything: How We Know What’s Done Is Done.” He has also edited three anthologies: Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms (co-edited by Philip Dacey); The Best of Crazyhorse: Thirty Years of Poetry and Fiction; and Words Overflown by Stars, a collection of craft essays by past and present faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in Writing Program. His fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and have been reprinted in such anthologies as Best American Short Stories; Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards; The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (twice published); The Pushcart Book of Stories: Best Stories from the First 25 Years of the Pushcart Prize; and The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002, among others. The recipient of the AWP Award for Short Fiction, the Fleur-de-Lis Poetry Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a James A. Michener Fellowship, among other awards, he teaches at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and in the low-residency MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. His website is www.davidjauss.com.

At the 2010 Writers Festival, David Jauss will teach the Fiction Workshop and a lecture, “Go in Fear of Abstractions: Conveying Emotions in Writing.” He will also participate in the Faculty Panel and the Faculty Evening Reading. Return to Workshops or Additional Festival Offerings for more information.