Erik S AndersonAssociate Professor of English
Education & Bio
A.B., University of Michigan, Creative Writing and Literature
M.F.A., Naropa University, Writing & Poetics
Ph.D., University of Denver, English
Erik joined the F&M faculty in 2012, and from 2014-2019 he directed the annual Emerging Writers Festival. He specializes in creative nonfiction, with an emphasis on the literary essay, science writing, and hybrid/experimental forms. His current writing projects address topics as various as whiteness, pop music, and kinesthesia.
Publications
Bird (Bloomsbury/Object Lessons, 2020)
Flutter Point (Zone 3 Press, 2017)
Estranger (Rescue Press, 2016)
The Poetics of Trespass (Otis Books / Seismicity Editions, 2010)
Journals
Course Information
CNX147: How to Write Home
CNX152: Lost in Space
ENG225 Introduction to Creative Writing (Spring 2021)
ENG272 Getting Personal: The Lyric Essay
ENG258 / ENV258/ STS258 Science Writing: Fact & Fiction
ENG384 Writing Nonfiction (Spring 2021)
ENG480 Advanced Creative Writing Workshop