Valerie Laken

  • Associate Professor, English

Education

  • MFA, Creative Writing, University of Michigan
  • MA, Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan
  • BA, English and Russian, University of Iowa

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
ENGLISH 615-002 Advanced Workshop in Fiction W 4pm-6:40pm

Research Interests

  • Creative Writing - Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
  • Contemporary American Literature
  • Creative Writing Pedagogy
  • Disability Studies in Literature

Academic Awards

  • Pushcart Prize The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Honorable Mention in the Best American Short Stories

Selected Publications

Laken, Valerie K. Separate Kingdoms Harper Perennial. 2011.
Laken, Valerie K. Dream House HarperCollins. 2009.

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