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Audrey Heffers

PhD Student
English
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Current Courses

247.001Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry

125.008Literary Narrative

Teaching Interests & Areas

Creative Writing (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, genre fiction); Queer Literature

Research Interests & Areas

Creative Writing (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, genre fiction); Creative Writing Studies; Queer Studies; Bisexuality Studies; Inclusive Pedagogy & Praxis; Embodied Pedagogy

MA English

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

MFA Creative Writing

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

BA Creative Writing

Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA

Book, Authored

Heffers, A. Queen of Pentacles. Choose the Sword Press (2016)

Book, Edited

Heffers, A. Musing the Margins: Essays on Craft. Human/Kind Press (2020)

Presentations

“Cultivating Sustainable Creative Writing Practice”. Creative Writing Studies Conference. (2022)
“Queer Love, Queer Life: On Transcending Genre”. Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Conference. (2022)
“The Radical Possibility of Queer Imagination”. Midwest Modern Language Association Convention. (2022)
“In the Room Where It Happens: Access, Equity, and the Creative Writing Classroom”. Creative Writing Studies Conference. (2021)
“SF/Fantasy Awards: Recognition, Inclusion, and Controversy”. Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Conference. (2021)
“The Magic of Queer Found Families”. Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Conference. (2021)
Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. (2020)