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Phone: 216-***-**** * E-mail: *************@*******.*** Website: kevinpkeating.blogspot.com
Kevin P. Keating
Education
Mountainview Low-Residency Graduated 2018
Master of Fine Arts, Fiction Writing
Cleveland State University Graduated 1999
Master’s Degree, English
Columbia College, Chicago Graduated 1993
Bachelor’s Degree, English
Professional Experience
Lorain County Community College Fall 2000 - Present Lecturer, Department of Arts & Humanities
HUM 282 Film Appreciation
HUM 281 Introduction to American Cinema
HUM 271 Introduction to Mythology
HUM 263 Introduction to Folklore
HUM 151 Introduction to Humanities
ENG 257 Introduction to Poetry
ENG 255 Introduction to Fiction
ENG 252 American Literature II
ENG 251 American Literature I
ENG 166 Writing Fiction
ENG 162 College Composition II
ENG 161 College Composition I
Baldwin Wallace University Fall 2001 - Present
Lecturer, Department of English
ENG 233 Creative Writing: Fiction
ENG 126 Introduction to Fiction
ENG 131 Workshop In Exposition and Argument
ENG 111 College Composition
Kent State University
Lecturer, Department of English Fall 2019 - Present ENG 102 College Composition II
ENG 101 College Composition I
John Carroll University Spring 2016 - Spring 2018
Lecturer, Department of English
ENG 504 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop (Graduate Level) ENG 404 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop
ENG 402 Advanced Fiction Workshop
ENG 302 Fiction Workshop
ENG 125 College Composition
ENG 112 College Composition
Cleveland State University Fall 2000 - Spring 2013 Lecturer, Department of English
ENG 610 Fiction Workshop (Graduate Level)
ENG 310 Fiction Workshop
ENG 102 College Writing II
ENG 101 College Writing I
ENG 099 Introduction to College Writing
References
Dr. George Bilgere 216-***-**** Ext. 4746
Professor of English, Department of English
John Carroll University
Dr. Tom Pace 216-***-**** Ext. 1736
Professor of English, Department of English
John Carroll University
Dr. Michael Garriga 440-***-****
Professor of Creative Writing, Department of English Baldwin Wallace University
Dr. Michael Dolzani 440-***-****
Professor of English, Department of English
Baldwin Wallace University
Significant Achievements
• Judge Calliope fiction writing contest, Mount Union College (Spring 2019)
• Writer-in-Residence, James Thurber House (Summer 2018)
• Faculty Advisor, The John Carroll Review (Spring 2018 - May 2019)
• Recipient of the 2017 Cleveland Arts Prize (Emerging Writer)
• Recognized as “Most Fascinating Alumni” by Cleveland State University (2016)
• Panelist at the Miami Book Fair International (November 2016)
• Speaker at the James Thurber House (July 2016)
• Judge Fiction Southeast’s Ernest Hemingway Prize for Flash Fiction (Spring 2016)
• Recognized as “Most Interesting Person” by Cleveland Magazine (2015)
• Panelist at the San Diego Comic Con International (July 2015)
• Finalist (1 of 4) for the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes/First Fiction Award
• Panelist at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (April 2013)
• Recipient of the 2014 Cuyahoga County Creative Workforce Fellowship
• Speaker at the 2014 Rancho Mirage Book Festival (January 2014)
• Speaker at the 2014 Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900
(February 2014)
• Speaker at the 2014 University of Pittsburgh Book Festival (April 2014)
• Speaker at the 2014 Western Reserve Book Festival, Hiram College (June 2014)
• Nominee for the 2007 Pushcart Prize (nominated by author Thomas E. Kennedy)
• Nominee for the 2007 StorySouth Million Writers Award
• Recipient of a 2003 Ohio Arts Council Prize (short story contest judged by Nancy Zafris, fiction editor of The Kenyon Review)
2020 Publications
Print & Electronic Publication
• Woven Tale Press (December 2020)
“The Disciple of Baphomet” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication
• Aji (November 2020)
“Le Vieux Chevalier Sans Merci” (short story)
Electronic Publication
• Potato Soup (July 2020)
“Le Vieux Chevalier sans Merci” (short story)
Electronic Publication
• Toasted-Cheese (June 2020)
“Burn Your Life Down” (short story)
Electronic Publication
• The Ornery Quarterly (June 2020)
“The Disciple of Baphomet” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication
• Crossways Literary Journal (June 2020)
“The Pietà of Saint Blaise” (short story)
Electronic Publication
• Green Light Journal (June 2020)
“The Diligent Woodcutter” (short story)
Electronic Publication
• Better Than Starbucks (March 2020)
“The Pietà of Saint Blaise” (short story)
2019 Publications
Electronic Publication
• Wellington Street Review (September 2019)
“Pursued by Furies: The Lure of the Uncanny in Fiction” (essay) Electronic Publication
• X-R-A-Y (July2019)
“Pursued by Furies: The Lure of the Uncanny in Fiction” (essay) Print & Electronic Publication
• The Horror Zine: 10th Anniversary Anthology (July 2019)
“Visitation” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication
• Dark Dossier (May 2019)
“Visitation” (short story)
2018 Publications
Print & Electronic Publication
• Cleveland Magazine (November 2018)
“A Quiet Place” (essay)
Print & Electronic Publication
• Assignment Magazine (November 2018)
“Voices from the Void: A Brief Meditation on Saint Ambrose and the Muses” (essay)
2016 Publications
Electronic Publication
• Zocalo Public Square (July 2016)
“The Wonderful Painful Opera of Cleveland” (essay)
“Why Libraries’ Survival Matters” (essay)
2015 Publications
Hardcover, Paperback & E-Book
• Pantheon/Vintage (July 2015)
The Captive Condition (novel)
2013 Publications
Paperback & E-Book
• Vintage/Random House (Fall 2013)
The Natural Order of Things (novel)
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize/First Fiction Award Electronic Publication:
• Salon (Spring 2013)
“Cleveland’s Heart of Darkness” (essay)
2012 Publications
Print Publication & E-Book
• Aqueous Books (November 2012)
The Natural Order of Things (novel)
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize/First Fiction Award Print & Electronic Publication:
• Cosmopsis Quarterly (Fall 2012)
“Antiquing” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication:
• Licking River Review (Fall 2012)
“Townie” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Red Rock Review (Fall 2012)
“Safe and Familiar Faces” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication:
• SN Review (Summer 2012)
“The Tao of Flitcraft” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• Larks Fiction Magazine (Summer 2012)
“Townie” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Piker Press (June 2012)
“Safe and Familiar Faces” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Wordriver (Spring 2012)
“The Tao of Flitcraft” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• The Natural Tale (April 2012)
“The Arrangement” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Denver Syntax (March 2012)
“The Contest” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Obsession (March 2012)
“The Contest” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication:
• P.Q. Leer (March 2012)
“The Contest” (short story)
2011 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• Blue Lake Review (December 2011)
“The Tao of Flitcraft: Some Thoughts on the Ancient Art of the Near- Death Experience” (essay)
Print Publication:
• Beside the Point (Fall 2011)
“The Spy” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Milk/Sugar (June/July 2011)
“Uncreated Creatures” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Eunoia Review (March 2011)
“Gehenna” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Corner Club Press (March 2011)
“Gehenna” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Ampersand Review (March 2011)
“Vigil” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Unlikely Stories (March 2011)
“Merde at the Place de la Contrescarpe” (short story) Electronic Publication:
• Berg Gasse 19 (March 2011)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Bicycle Review (January 2011)
“Box” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Sentinal Review (January 2011)
“Hack” (short story)
2010 Publications
Print Publication:
• Strange Publications (September 2010)
“The Natural Order of Things” (chapbook/short stories) Print Publication:
• Vain (Fall 2010)
“The Spy” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Piker Press (Fall 2010)
“Zanzibar” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Bewildering Stories (Forthcoming Summer 2010)
“In the Secret Parts of Fortune” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Public-Republic (July 2010)
“Zanzibar” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Joyland (July 2010)
“Hack” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Writers Stories (May 2010)
“Hack” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Tower (April 2010)
“Ghost Dance” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Bicycle Review (April 2010)
“Uncreated Creatures” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Big Stupid Review (April 2010)
“Uncreated Creatures” (Short Story)
Electronic Publication:
• W5Ran (April 2010)
“The Spy” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Untitled Books (April 2010)
“The Spy” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Red Fez (March 2010)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k) (March 2010)
“The Deer Park” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Nexus (March 2010)
“Zanzibar” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Midwest Literary Review (February 2010)
“No Deposit Love” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Legendary (February 2010)
“Ghost Dance” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Apt (February 2010)
“Antiquing” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Xenith (February 2010)
“Hack” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Full of Crow (January 2010)
“Box” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Emprise Review (January 2010)
“No Deposit Love” (short story)
2009 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• American Polymath (December 2009)
“Antiquing” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• North Coast Review (Fall 2009)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Wordriver (Spring 2009)
“In the Secret Parts of Fortune” (short Story)
2008 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• North Coast Review (Fall 2008)
“Merde at the Place de la Contrescarpe” (short story) Electronic Publication:
• 13th Warrior Review (Fall 2008)
“In the Secret Parts of Fortune” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Hiss Quarterly (November 2008)
“Twisted Willows” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Tainted: Tales of Terror & the Supernatural (October 2008)
“Twisted Willows” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Audience (September 2008)
“River Man” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Inertia (September 2008)
“River Man” (short story)
Print & Electronic Publication:
• Neon Beam (September 2008)
“Twisted Willows” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Brink Magazine (July 2008)
“Lethe” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Externalist (June 2008)
“Zanzibar” revised (short story)
Print Publication:
• The Cleveland Plain Dealer (January 27, 2008)
Review of Joseph Campbell’s “New Dimensions: Essays 1948-1985” (re- view)
2007 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• Epicenters (December 1, 2007)
“Ghost Dance” (short story)
Print Publication:
• The Cleveland Plain Dealer (November 4, 2007)
Review of Steven Pinker’s “The Stuff of Thought” (review) Electronic Publication:
• North Coast Review (Fall 2007)
“Zanzibar” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Canopic Jar (October 2007)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Perigee (October 2007)
“The Black Death of Gentile da Foligno” (short story) Nominated for Pushcart Prize
Electronic Publication:
• Dark Sky Magazine (October 2007)
“Ghost Dance” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Cynic Online Magazine (August 2007)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Dogmatika (July 2007)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Audio Podcast:
• Boundoff (July 15 2007)
“In the Cutting of Carrots” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Identity Theory (July 2007)
“Dumb Lumbering Beasts” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Non-Euclidean Café (July 2007)
“Same Old Story” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Green Hills Literary Lantern (June 2007)
“Aphrodisiac” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Bergen Street Review (June 2007)
“The Distinguished Precipice” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Avatar Review (June 2007)
“Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick’s Epic of Copulation” (essay) Electronic Publication:
• The Stickman Review (April 2007)
“Uncreated Creates” (short story)
Nominated for StorySouth Million Writers Award
Electronic Publication:
• Strange Road Review (April 2007)
“Uncreated Creatures” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Madhatter’s Review (February 2007)
“Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick’s Epic of Copulation” (essay) Electronic Publication:
• Underground Voices (February 2007)
“The Desperation Follies” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• Perigee (January 2007)
“My Summer in an Evangelical Gulag” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• Denver Syntax (January 2007)
“Sati” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Deepening (January 2007)
“Sati” (short story)
2006 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• Cerebration (December 2006)
“Cyclops” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Smokebox (December 2006)
“Monsters of Antiquity” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• Fringe Magazine (November 2006)
“Jazz and Cocktails at the Center of the World” (essay) Used at AWP conference (summer 2007)
Electronic Publication:
• Perigee (October 2006)
“The Deer Park” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Megaera (September 2006)
“Hack” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Truth (September 2006)
“The Deer Park” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Double Dare Press (September 2006)
“Antiquing” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Sliptongue (August 2006)
“Antiquing” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Miranda (July 2006)
“Ritualized Stupidity: American Schools and the Culture of Vulgarity” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• Rough Road Review (June 2006)
“Ritualized Stupidity: American Schools and the Culture of Vulgarity” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• Crush Magazine (June 2006)
“Hollywood Mainstream” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Ascent Aspirations (May 2006)
“The Brooklyn Follies” (review)
Electronic Publication:
• 63 Channels (April 2006)
“Eyes Wide Shut: Kubrick’s Epic of Copulation” (essay) Electronic Publication:
• Identity Theory (February 2006)
“The Diploma Mill” (essay)
Electronic Publication:
• 63 Channels (February 2006)
“My Summer in an Evangelical Gulag” (essay)
2005 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• Wissahickon Review (Fall 2005)
“The Burdens and Cruelties of Affluence” (short story) Electronic Publication:
• 3711 Atlantic (Fall 2005)
“In the Cutting of Carrots” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Numb Magazine (Canada) (Fall 2005)
“College, Consumerism and the New Conservative Paradigm” (essay) Electronic Publication:
• Plum Ruby Review (Summer 2005)
“Artifact” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Fiction Warehouse (April 2005)
“Samsara” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Nussey Magazine (March 2005)
“Artifact” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Fifth Street Review (February 2005)
“No Deposit Love” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Juked (February 2005)
“No Deposit Love” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Tryst (January 2005)
“Vigil” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Oklahoma Review (January 2005)
“The Bloated Tick” (short story)
2004 Publications
Electronic Publication:
• Keep Going (December 2004)
“Gehenna” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• The Circle (December 2004)
“Gehenna” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Spillway Review (November 2004)
“Gehenna” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Numb Magazine (August & November 2004)
“Missionary” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Skyline Magazine (September/October 2004)
“Safe and Familiar Faces” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Cherry Bleeds (September 2004)
“Transfer” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Tattoo Highway (August 2004)
“Box” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Raging Face (August 2004)
“Safe and Familiar Faces” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Exquisite Corpse (Summer/Fall 2004)
“Vigil” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Kant Magazine (July 2004)
“Baptism” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Wild Child (July 2004)
“Aphrodisiac” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Cerebration (June 2004)
“Refuge” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Thunder Sandwich (June 2004)
“Refuge” (short story)
Electronic Publication:
• Subtle Tea (May 2004)
“The Spy” (short story)
2003 Publications
Print Publication:
• The Circle (Summer 2003)
“Dumb Lumbering Beasts” (short story)
2001 Publications
Print Publication:
• Eyes (Summer 2001)
“Recession” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Eyes (Spring 2001)
“The Shawl” (short story)
1999 Publications
Print Publication:
• Eschaton’s Terminal Journal (Spring 1999)
“Dreams of Prime Time” (essay)
1997 Publications
Print Publication:
• The Inflated Graveworm (Winter 1997)
“The Strange Disappearance of Lady X” (short story) Print Publication:
• Whiskey Island (Spring 1997)
“Same Old Story” (short story)
Print Publication:
• Bohemian Pupil (Fall 1997)
“Of Stogies of Mysticism” (essay)