Professor206-543-9865mayas@uw.eduPersonal WebsitePDL B-431Office Hours: Mondays 10:00-12:00 pm and by appointmentFields of Interest 20th Century 21st Century Creative Writing Literature Nonfiction Prose Novel/Prose Fiction Women Writers Background and ExperienceSummaryB.A., Wesleyan University, 1982A.M., Brown University, 1984 Maya Sonenberg is currently at work on a book of essays titled, Models for Raising the Dead. Each essay links actual ancestors with literary ancestors, combining memoir, family history, and close readings with visual elements (drawings, manipulated photographs, diagrams) in order to create meaning through association and metaphor and to explore the ways both genetic material and cultural constructs shape us. Awards: Drue Heinz Literature Prize 1989Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship 2007King County 4Culture Individual Artist Project Award 2009Professional Affiliations: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Research Publications, Short Stories and Poems Sonenberg, Maya. “Seventh.” Dark Matter: A Journal of Speculative Writing 8 (Winter 2015/2016): 67-70. Web. Sonenberg, Maya. “Disintegration.” Western Humanities Review LXVII.1 (Winter 2013): 55-58. Sonenberg, Maya. “Visitation.” The Literarian 11 (Fall 2012): n. pag. Web. Sonenberg, Maya. “Princess of Desire.” Web Conjunctions January 2011: n. pag. Web. Sonenberg, Maya. “Inebriate of Air.” Fairy Tale Review Aquamarine Issue (September 2009): 167-172. Print. Publications, Books Sonenberg, Maya. 26 Abductions. Lincoln, NE: The Cupboard Pamphlet, 2015. Sonenberg, Maya. Voices from the Blue Hotel. Portland: Chiasmus Press, 2006 Sonenberg, Maya. Cartographies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. Publications, Essays and Articles Sonenberg, Maya. "Not-Knowing and the Proliferation of Plot, or On Reading ‘The Babysitter’ for the 34th Time.” FlashPoint: A Multidisciplinary Journal in the Arts and Politics 15 (Spring 2013): n. pag. Web. Sonenberg, Maya. "My Mother’s Closet.” South Loop Review Spring 2011: 90-97. Print. Sonenberg, Maya. "Models for Raising the Dead.” Hotel Amerika 10.1 (Fall 2011): 26-35. Print. Courses Taught Winter 2019 ENGL 285 A: Writers on Writing Spring 2018 ENGL 484 A: Advanced Prose Workshop ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop Winter 2018 ENGL 384 B: The Craft of Prose Spring 2017 ENGL 484 A: Advanced Prose Workshop ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop Spring 2016 ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop: Advanced Fiction Workshop Winter 2016 ENGL 384 A: The Craft Of Prose: Force Follows Form) ENGL 484 A: Advanced Prose Workshop Autumn 2015 ENGL 384 B: The Craft Of Prose Spring 2015 ENGL 484 A: Advanced Prose Workshop ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop: Advanced Fiction Workshop Winter 2015 ENGL 384 A: The Craft Of Prose Autumn 2014 ENGL 384 A: The Craft Of Prose Spring 2014 ENGL 584 A: Advanced Fiction Workshop: Adanced Fiction Workshop Winter 2014 ENGL 384 A: The Craft Of Prose ENGL 484 A: Advanced Prose Workshop Autumn 2013 ENGL 384 A: The Craft Of Prose: Force Follows Form News Related News Artists and Writers, by the Book Jul 16, 2018 Faculty and Staff Notes May 30, 2018 Faculty Publications May 21, 2018 Faculty Awards / McCue, Sonenberg Finalists for UW Distinguished Teaching Award; Gillis-Bridges, LaPorte, Helterbrand Take Departmental Honors May 28, 2017 Share: Print PDF
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