Mark Mayer
Assistant Professor
B.A. Brown University
M.F.A. Iowa Writers鈥� Workshop
Ph.D. University of Denver
Office: Palamountain 309
Phone: (518) 580-5195
Email: markmayer@skidmore.edu
Teaching and Research Interests:
- Fiction and Fiction Writing
- Narrative Theory, Form, and Practice
Courses Taught:
- EN 281: Intro to Fiction Writing
- EN 380: Fiction Workshop
Publications:
Books:
- About, Above, Around: 50 Prepositions (TRP, 2025)
- Aerialists: Stories (Bloomsbury, 2019)
Selected Stories:
- 鈥淭he Clown鈥� (American Short Fiction), 鈥淭win鈥� (Kenyon Review), 鈥淎midst鈥� (Annulet), Four Prepositions (River Styx), 鈥淎erialists鈥� (Guernica)
Selected Articles:
- 鈥淯sing the Rotted Names鈥� (Twentieth-Century Literature), 鈥淲ilderness Stations鈥�(Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory)
Selected Honors:
- American Library in Paris, Scholar of Note
- George Garrett Fiction Prize
- William Saroyan International Writing Award, shortlist
- Michener-Copernicus Fellowship
- R. P. Dana Emerging Writer, Cornell College