Books by Creative Writing Alumni
In 2021 the WVU MFA marks its 20th anniversary. This page lists books published by our MFA alumni from our first 20 years and also includes titles by our accomplished undergraduate creative writing alumni.
Are you a WVU Creative Writing graduate with a published book not listed here? We'd love to hear from you! Please contact Marsha Bissett.
Books by Creative Nonfiction MFA Alumni
Books by Creative Writing Undergraduate Alumni
Books by Poetry MFA Alumni
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Final Girl
Lauren Milici ('19)
Big Lucks, 2019 -
Bermuda Ferris Wheel
Bryce Berkowitz ('18)
42 Miles Press Prize, 2021 -
Under the Broom Tree
Natalie Homer ('18)
Autumn House, 2021 -
Attic of the Skull
Natalie Homer ('18)
Dancing Girl Press, 2018 -
Adelante
Jessica Guzman ('15)
2019 Gatewood Prize / Switchback Books, 2020 -
When Is a Burning Tree
Christina Seymour ('14)
Glass Lyre Press, 2018 -
Knock
Melissa Atkinson Mercer ('13)
Half Mystic Press, 2018 -
Saint of the Partial Apology
Melissa Atkinson Mercer ('13)
Five Oaks Press, 2017 -
After June
Charity Gingerich ('11)
Green Writers Press, 2019 -
Like Drowning
Tori Moore ('11)
Paper Nautilus, 2018 -
Girls in Art
Christina Rothenbeck ('11)
Dancing Girl Press, 2012 -
Fetching My Sister
Danielle Ryle ('11)
Dancing Girl Press, 2013 -
I Closed My Eyes to Tell That Story
Erin Veith ('09)
Latham House Press, 2014 -
The Cipher
Molly Brodak ('08)
LSU, 2020 -
Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir
Molly Brodak ('08)
Grove, 2016 -
A Little Middle of the Night
Molly Brodak ('08)
Iowa Poetry Prize, 2010 -
How I Went Red
Maggie Glover ('08)
Carnegie Mellon UP, 2014 -
Farmer
Meg Thompson ('07)
Kattywompus Press, 2014 -
Little Red Riding Hood Missed the Bus
Kristin Abraham ('06)
Subito Press, 2008 -
Orange Reminds You of Listening
Kristin Abraham ('06)
Elixir Press, 2006 -
Dog Year
Kelly Moffett ('04)
Salmon Press, forthcoming -
A Thousand Wings
Kelly Moffett ('04)
Salmon Poetry, 2014 -
Bird Blind
Kelly Moffett ('04)
Tebot Bach, 2013 -
Ghost Act
Kelly Moffett ('04)
Dancing Girl Press, 2013 -
Waiting for a Warm Body to Fill It
Kelly Moffett ('04)
Cinnamon Press, 2008
Books by Creative Nonfiction MFA Alumni
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Goodbye, Sweet Girl
Kelly Sundberg ('12)
Harper Perennial, 2019 -
Mot: A Memoir
Sarah Einstein ('11)
AWP Prize for Nonfiction, U of Georgia Press, 2015 -
Remnants of Passion
Sarah Einstein ('11)
Shebooks, 2014 -
Shake Terribly the Earth
Sarah Beth Childers ('09)
Ohio University Press, 2013 -
Confederate Streets
Erin Tocknel ('07)
Benu Press, 2011 -
Proud Raven, Panting Wolf: Carving Alaska’s New Deal Totem Parks
Emily Moore ('04)
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Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird
Katie Fallon ('03)
Brandeis University Press, 2020; UPNE, 2017 -
Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird
Katie Fallon ('03)
Ruka Press, 2011
Books by Fiction MFA Alumni
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Honey Month
Sadie Shorr-Parks ('15)
Main Street Rag, 2022 -
City Walks
Rachel King ('12)
Finishing Line Press, 2022 -
People Along the Sand
Rachel King ('12)
Parafine Press, 2021 -
Between Work and Light
RACHEL KING ('12)
Dancing Girl Press, 2018 -
Bratwurst Haven
RACHEL KING ('12)
West Virginia University Press, 2022 -
The Baddest Girl on the Planet
Heather Frese ('11)
Blair, 2021 -
The Mermaid's Daughter
ANN CLAYCOMB ('10)
Wlliam Morrow, 2017 -
North to Lakeville
JASON KAPCALA ('10)
Urban Farmhouse Press, 2017 -
Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness
RENÉE NICHOLSON ('08)
WVU Press, 2021 -
Roundabout Directions to Lincoln Center
Renée Nicholson ('08)
Crossroads Poetry Series, Urban Farmhouse Press, 2014 -
Bodies of Truth: Personal Narratives of Illness, Disability, and Medicine
RENÉE NICHOLSON ('08)
Edited with Dinty Moore and Erin Murphy. University of Nebraska Press, 2019 -
Jaws of Life: Stories
Laura Leigh Morris ('05)
Vandalia Press, 2018 -
The Sound of Holding Your Breath: Stories
Natalie Sypolt ('05)
WVU Press, 2018 -
Help Wanted: Female
SARA PRITCHARD
Etruscan Press, 2013 -
lately
SARA PRITCHARD
Houghton Mifflin, 2007 -
Crackpots
SARA PRITCHARD
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Books by Creative Writing Undergraduate Alumni
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Home
Kim Malinowski
Kelsay Books, 2021 -
this shouldn’t be beautiful but it was & it was all I had so I drew it
Keegan Lester
Slope Editions Press, 2017 -
Gloss
Ida Stewart
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Radio, Radio
Ben (Doyle) Doller
Louisiana State University Press, 2001 -
FAQ
Ben (Doyle) Doller
Ahsahta Press, 2009 -
Dead Ahead
Ben (Doyle) Doller
Fence Books, 2010 -
Fauxhawk
Ben (Doyle) Doller
Wesleyan University Press, 2015 -
Among Other Things: Essays by Robert Long Foreman
ROBERT LONG FOREMAN
LSU Press, 2017 -
I Am Here to Make Friends
ROBERT LONG FOREMAN
Sundress Press, 2020 -
Weird Pig
ROBERT LONG FOREMAN
Southeast Missouri State UP, 2020 -
Battle Rattle and Other Stories
BRANDON DAVIS JENNINGS
Aias Books, 2016 -
Black Tickets: Stories
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
1979, rpt. Vintage, 2001 -
Fast Lanes
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
Knopf Doubleday Publishing, 2000 -
Machine Dreams
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
1984, rprt. Vintage, 1999 -
Shelter
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
1994 -
Lark & Termite
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
2008 -
Quiet Dell
JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
Scribner, 2013 -
Method of Loci
S. WHITNEY HOLMES
Dancing Girl Press, 2013 -
Room Where I Get What I Want
S. WHITNEY HOLMES
Black Ocean, 2015 -
Land of Water Eaters
Luis Neer
Ghost City Press, 2017 -
Become Death
Luis Neer
Maudlin House Press, 2016 -
Extinction
Luis Neer
Sad Spell Press, 2016 -
Goshen Road
Bonnie Proudfoot
Ohio University Press / Swallow Press, 2020