Wendell Mayo, Professor

wmayo@bgnet.bgsu.edu
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~wmayo

East Hall 301
419-372-7399

Degrees and Institutions:

Ph.D. English, Ohio University, Athens, OH
M.F.A. Creative Writing, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT.
B.A. Journalism, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Courses Regularly Taught: Eng 323, Modern Fiction; Eng 333, Contemporary Fiction; Eng 313 and 413 Fiction Writing Workshops; Eng 631 Technique of Fiction; Eng 632F, Fiction Workshop; Eng 782F Advanced Fiction Workshop

Area: Creative Writing (Fiction) and Twentieth Century Literatures

Research Interests: Fiction writing, short stories; twentieth-century British and American literatures; Eastern European writing and writers

Recent Publications:

Books

B. Horror and Other Stories. Livingston, AL: Livingston Press, 1999.

In Lithuanian Wood. [Novel-in-Stories.] Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, 1999.

Centaur of the North. [Story Collection.] Houston: Arte Público Press, 1996. 2nd
printing 1999.

Book in Translation

Vilko Valanda. [Engl.: Hour of the Wolf.] Trans. Nijol_ Regina Chijenien_.
Vilnius: Mintis, 2003.

Short Stories in Journals and Anthologies

"Twice-Born World." Hawaii Pacific Review (2004). (in press).

"Illustrations by Author." Many Mountains Moving 5.2 (2003): 41-43.

"Lemon Pips." Idaho Review. 5 (2003): 76-83.

"Cold Fried Pike." Willow Springs. 51 (2003): 13-22.

Creative Non-fiction:

"First Things First: The Orphans of Alanta." Advocating for Children and Families in an Emerging Democracy: The Post-Soviet Experience in Lithuania. (Research in GlobalChild Advocacy). Eds. Judy W. Kugelmass and Dennis J. Ritchie. Greenwich, CT: Information Age, 2003. 135-148.

Article

"The Writing Teacher's Second Self: Theory and Practice in Responding to Student Writing." Kalbotyra 52.3 (2002): 155-162.