Irish Studies Faculty
Deirdre McNamer
Professor
Contact
- Office
- LA 116
- Phone
- none
- deirdre.mcnamer@mso.umt.edu
- Office Hours
Tuesday 12pm-5pm
- Website
- http://www.deirdremcnamer.com
- Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Summary
Deirdre McNamer is the author of the novels Rima in the Weeds (HarperCollins, 1991), One Sweet Quarrel (HarperCollins, 1994), My Russian (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), and Red Rover (Viking, 2007), which was named a Best Book of 2007 by Artforum, The Washington Post, and the LA Times. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Ploughshares, Doubletake, New York Times opinion page, and elsewhere. McNamer teaches graduate and undergraduate writing workshops, and a graduate course in techniques.
Education
B.A., University of Montana, Journalism, 1973.
M.F.A., University of Montana, Fiction, 1987.
Courses Taught
Graduate fiction workshop
Undergraduate fiction workshop
Graduate Techniques course
Graduate Special Topics course
Teaching Experience
Visiting-writer positions at Cornell University, Ohio State University, the University of Alabama, Williams College, the University of Montana: 1992-97
Faculty, Department of English/creative writing, University of Montana, 1998-present. Currently tenured full professor.
Research Interests
I'm at work on a fifth novel, a collection of short stories, and a fiction/nonfiction hybrid about those who work in America's underground nuclear missile system.
Field of Study
Journalism, B.A..
Creative writing, fiction, M.F.A.
Selected Publications
Beneath
Publications
Novels:
Like a Lion at the Door, in-progress
Red Rover, Viking, 2007
My Russian, Houghton Mifflin, 1999
One Sweet Quarrel, HarperCollins, 1994
Rima in the Weeds, HarperCollins, 1991
Affiliations
PEN
Professional Experience
Reporter for the Associated Press and several daily newspapers in the Northwest, 1973-1984
Free-lance work for national magazines and newspapers, subsequently.
Honors / Awards
Montana Arts Council Artist's Innovation Award, 2016
Judge, PEN/Faulkner Award, 2015
Judge and Chair, National Book Award in Fiction, 2011
Montana Book Award, 2007
Residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo: 1988, 1992, 1997, 2002.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship for Professional Journalists, 1982-83.
NY Times Notable Book Awards.
Multiple Best Book Lists of 2007 for Red Rover.