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DR. DAVID FLYNN
756 Harpeth Trace Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37221
U.S.A.
Phone: (615) 356-0627
Email:
EDUCATION
1984 Ph.D. University of Nebraska. English.
Dissertation: A collection of short stories with a theoretical "Afterword".
Five doctoral exams: Writing of Poetry, Writing of Fiction, British Romantics, American Literature I, and American Literature II
1980 M.A. Boston University. English.
Dissertation: A collection of short stories.
1972 M.A. University of Denver. English.
Dissertation: A collection of poems
1971 B.A. University of Missouri. English.
1971 B.J. University of Missouri. Journalism.
Emphasis in magazines.
EMPLOYMENT
2009-Present. Regents Online Degree Program—State of Tennessee.
Classes Taught: Creative Writing, Experience of Literature, Composition I and II.
1993-2014. Volunteer State Community College. Tenured. Professor.
Classes Taught: Composition I and II, Online Composition I, Business Writing, Creative Writing, American Literature I and II, Online American Literature I, World Literature I and II, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Journalism Practicum
Committees: Philosophy Requirement (Chair), Library ( Chair), Textbook Selection, Hiring, Professional Development, Promotion and Tenure
Advisor: Current student list of 60.
Other: Began student literary magazine and yearbook, advised student literary magazine and yearbook, advised student newspaper, produced online course in American Literature I, produced series of blues music concerts, and exhibits of Japanese art.
2005. Vanderbilt University. Lecturer.
Class Taught: Fiction Writing Workshop
1992-1993. Hawaii Tokai International College. Director of English.
Courses Taught: English as Second Language, Composition I and II, Introduction to Literature I and II, Creative Writing, Hawaiian Culture.
Other: Began English program, designed all classes and requirements, wrote Faculty Handbook, accreditation committee, budget committee, library committee, etc., student advisor, began student literary magazine, began literary readings program.
1989-1991. University of Hawaii. Temporary Assistant Professor.
Classes Taught: Composition I and II, American Literature I and II
Committee: Textbook selection.
Other: Fiction Editor and Poetry Reader of general literary magazine, designed two new courses accepted for the catalog.
1988-1989. Tennessee State University. Temporary Assistant Professor.
Classes Taught: British Literature I and II, British Romantics, Composition I and II, Creative Writing
1984-1987. Tennessee State University. Lecturer
Classes Taught: British Literature I and II, American Literature I and II, Composition I and II, Creative Writing
1984-1987. Middle Tennessee State University. Lecturer.
Classes Taught: American Literature I and II, British Romantics, Composition I and II
1980-1981. Boston University. Lecturer.
Classes Taught: Composition I and II
Committee: Textbook selection
1980-1981. Suffolk University. Lecturer.
Classes Taught: British Literature I and II, Composition I and II
1978-1979. Tennessee State University. Instructor.
Classes Taught: Composition I and II, American Literature I and II, British Literature I and II, Creative Writing.
Other: Department Accreditation Liaison, Textbook Selection Committee.
1984-85. University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Lecturer
Classes Taught: Composition I and II, Advanced Exposition, American Humor, American Literature I and II, Creative Writing
Committee: Appeals.
AWARDS
2012, 2013, and 2014. Japan Exchange and Teaching program. Selection Committee. Japanese Consulate. Nashville, TN
2010—Fulbright Specialist Roster.
2007. Kintetsu Essay Award. Two weeks in Japan including meeting with the ministers of three government departments.
2005-2007. Peer Review Committee. Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
2002. Fulbright Senior Specialist. U.S. Studies. Ukraine.
Mohyla Academy--Nikolaiv
Classes taught: Contemporary American Literature, Women in American Literature.
Other: Advised students on senior dissertations.
2001. Fulbright Senior Scholar, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Creative Writing.
Sts. Cyril and Methodius University--Skopje.
Classes Taught: The South in American Literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Other: Advised students, gave readings, did translation work.
2007, 2002, 1999, 1997 and 1993. Residency, Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico.
1992. Residency, The Israeli Centre for the Creative Arts, Mizpe Ramon, Israel.
1991. Residency, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland.
1987-88. Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Assistant English Teacher, middle schools, Osaka-fu, Japan.
1987. Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York.
1983. Mari Sandoz Prairie Schooner Award for Short Fiction.
OTHER
- President, Marion James Musicians Aid Society, 2014.
- Director, 31st Annual Musicians Reunion, 2014.
- Featured Artist, Arts Extravaganza, Talledega, AL, 2012.
- Director, 30th Annual Musicians Reunion, 2012.
- Two Photographs, Cameras & Community in Action Exhibit, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, 2012
- President, Music City Blues Society, 2002-2005.
- Board Member, Music City Blues Society 1996-2002
- President, Marion James Musicians Aid Society, 2002-2005.
- Editorial Board, Number One, 1993-Present.
- Fiction Editor and Poetry Reader, Manoa, 1989-91.
- Board Member, Hawaii Literary Arts Council, 1991-92.
- Publications Consultant, The Japan Center of Tennessee, 1986-1999.
- Editor and Field Editor, Chapin Publishing Co., 1976-77.
Edited and reported for two commercial magazines, construction and trucking
- Reporter, Memphis Press-Scimitar, 1972-74.
Reported, copyedited, occasionally served as photographer
- Member of Poets & Writers, P.E.N., Academy of American Poets, etc.
LIST OF LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
166 Published and/or Posted
SHORT STORIES
30 Published
“Harry Was Hairy” appeared in the Journal of Microliterature, 2014.
“The Star Ferry” appeared in Eastlit, 2014.
“Haunted Clothes” appeared in Bewildering Stories, 2014.
“He Was Obsessed with his Chair” appeared in Miracle, 2014.
“The Estimator” appeared in Aphelion(U.S.), 2013.
“The Sea” appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, 2012.
“Serious Monkeys” appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, 2011.
"Locale Dementia" appeared in Aberrant Dreams (U.S.), 2005.
"The Life Lottery" appeared in Barbaric Yawp (U.S.),2004.
"Second World" appeared in Heist (Australia), 2002.
"Soulmates and Modern Shopping Skills" appeared in Takahe (New Zealand), 2001.
"Spiritual Dyslexia" appeared in Heist (Australia), 1999.
"Bemis Hoods" appeared in Breakfast All Day (France), 1999.
"In the grid," and "Bed Like a Mountain" appeared in Heist (Australia), 1999.
"Bomb" appeared in Barbaric Yawp (U.S.), 1998.
"Cowoids" appeared in Barbaric Yawp (U.S.), 1998.
"The Rooming House" appeared in Breakfast All Day (France), 1998.
"Darkwood" appeared in Paris Transcontinental (France), 1997.
"Private Town" appeared in Vigil (England), 1997.
"Rex" appeared in Stand (England), 1996.
"Valentine's Day" appeared in The Quarterly (U.S.), 1996.
"Home Shopping" appeared in Toast (U.S.), 1995.
"Ken" appeared in Vigil (England), 1994.
"The World Has Completely Changed" appeared in Takahe (New Zealand), 1994.
"Dead Hand" appeared in Panurge (England), 1993.
"Tin Roof" appeared in The Montana Review (U.S.), 1987.
"Monument" appeared in StoryQuarterly (U.S.), 1987.
"First Things First" appeared in Cotton Boll / Atlanta Review (U.S.), 1986.
"On Green Water" appeared in Real Fiction (U.S.), 1985.
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
8Published
“Unquenchable Bucket” appeared SNReview, 2014.
“Two Miscarriages” appeared in Litro(England), 2013.
“Returning to Japan After 20 Years” appeared inJet Streams (Japan), 2008.
“Unintentional Engagement”appeared in Jet Streams (Japan), 2008.
"Periodic ethnic violence pervades life in this small Balkan nation," appeared in HonoluluAdvertiser(U.S.), 2001.
“Three Random Observations about Poetry” appeared in International Quarterly, 1997.
"Barbers in Japan are Different" appeared in Japanophile (U.S.), 1997.
"The Fishing Pole" appeared in Japanophile (U.S.), 1994.
POETRY
119 Published
“The Refuge” is scheduled to appear in Black Wire(U.S.).
“Pre-Death” appeared in Three and a Half Point 9 (U.S.), 2014
“Santa Librada” appeared in Everest Magazine(U.S.), 2014.
“Bound”appeared in The Muse: An International Journal of Poetry (India), 2014.
“Woman in a Black Dress” appeared in London Grip (England), 2014
“The Tired Poem” appeared in Poetry Super Highway (U.S.), 2014.
“Hired Man” appeared in London Grip (England), 2014.
“This is a piece of tin left outdoors for six decades,” appeared in The Lake (England), 2014.
“The Bottom,” “Two Seasons”, and “Cars on a Train” appeared in Miracle (England), 2014.
“The Arctic”, “Objects”, “A Poem with Your Valentine Roses,” and “No one is out there,” appeared in Emanations: Foray into Forever (U..S.), 2014.
“Naked Lovers Biting the Heads Off Ginger Men” appeared in The Lake (England), 2014.
“Blur”appeared inLondon Grip (England), 2013.
“Kawachi speaking” and “Mr. Midnight City” appeared in Ginyu International Haiku Quarterly (Japan), 2013
“A Bad Stretch of Easy Street” appeared in Fat City Review (U.S.), 2013.
“A friend from my youth” appeared in Haiku Journal(U.S.), 2013.
“Two Seconds” appeared in Abramelin(U.S.), 2013.
“Scrolls” appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, 2012.
“Sumo serves my lunch” appeared in Creatrix(Australia), 2012.
“The Nameless” appeared in Yes, Poetry(U.S.), 2011.
“The Siberian Bride” appeared in Poetry New Zealand, 2008.
"The Man Who Played Cricket with Wilson Pickett" appeared in Poetry New Zealand, 2007.
"Hole in the World" and "Ferns" appeared in Fire (England), 2006.
"After Words," "The Book" and "Love and Diplomacy" appeared in First Offense (England), 2004
"last train from Namba" appeared in Japanophile(U.S.), 2002
"Glass" appeared in Poetry Monthly (England), 2002.
"Wasps" appeared in Splizz (Wales), 2001.
"San Isidro" appeared in Tucumcari Review(U.S.), 2001.
"Others Die" appeared in Jones Av. (Canada), 2000.
"The Names of Flowers" appeared in The Brobdingnagian Times (Ireland), 2000.
"Where Before He Was at One Point, Now He Is Everywhere" appeared in ASearch for Truth, Poetry Now (England), 2000.
"No Heroics" appeared in Chasing Dreams, Poetry Now (England), 2000.
"Our Marriage" appeared in The Brobdingnagian Times (Ireland), 2000.
"The Maktesh" appeared in The Seed of Thoughts, Poetry Now (England), 2000.
"Magdalene Kneeling in the Mountains" appeared in The Penwood Review (U.S.), 2000.
"You Changed Your Name" appeared in Jones Av. (Canada), 1999.
"Last Phone Call" and "I Feel Why" appeared in Kimera (U.S.), 1999.
"The Red Mustang" appeared in Sivullinen (Finland), 1999.
"The Class Reunion" appeared in The Brobdingnagian Times (Ireland), 1999.
"Black and White Black and Blue" appeared in Splizz (Wales), 1999.
"Lovely" appeared in The Brobdingnagian Times (Ireland), 1999.
"For Brenda," "Fixing the Bed," "Objects," "The Break-Up," "Lovers Waiting," "Horseback," "Short Wave," "Winding Down," and "Wrestling with My Lover" appeared in Peer Poetry Review (England), 1999.
"Night of No Result" appeared in Heist (Australia), 1998.
"Ardor" appeared in Splizz (Wales), 1998.
"I Ate a Cobra" appeared in Vigil (England), 1998.
"Feeling for the Edge" appeared in Jones Av. (Canada), 1998.
"Furin" appeared in Seam (England), 1998.
"A House" appeared in Jones Av. (Canada), 1997.
"A Staircase" appeared in Braquemard (England), 1997.
"My Family" appeared in Terrible Work (England), 1997.
"Tom McAfee" appeared in Vigil (England), 1997.
"Typical Family" and "Incident in a Hotel" appeared in International Quarterly (U.S.), 1997.
"Departure" appeared in The Poet's Voice (Austria), 1996.
"After Reading of an IRA Bomb in Victoria Station, February 1991" appeared in Iota (England), 1996.
"The Carillon Tower" appeared in Iota (England), 1996.
"Venus or an Airplane" appeared in The Quarterly (U.S.), 1996.
"Passer-By" appeared in Longhouse (U.S.), 1995.
"A Date" appeared in Going Down Swinging (Australia), 1994.
"Danny Armour" and "The Drunkard" appeared in Pacific Coast Journal (U.S.), 1994.
"The Food Chain" appeared in Flower (U.S.), 1993.
"No Grip on Things" appeared in Imminent Face (U.S.), 1993.
"In a Good Mood; Let It Slip" appeared in Chaminade Literary Review (U.S.), 1993.
"Krystal" appeared in Coffeehouse Poets' Quarterly (U.S.), 1992.
"Svalbard Island" appeared in For Poets Only (U.S.), 1992.
"Poor," and "For Sale" appeared in Kaimana (U.S.), 1990.
"Heat" appeared in Wide Open (U.S.), 1990.
"Dismissed from the Garden," and "Dog" appeared in The Galley Sail Review (U.S.), 1990.
"Auto Accident" appeared in The Galley Sail Review (U.S.), 1988.
"Blue" appeared in Late Knocking (U.S.), 1988.
"The Settled Life," and "In the Poem" appeared in Wind (U.S.), 1988.
"Dead Horse," and "Young" appeared in Late Knocking (U.S.), 1987.
"The Burning House" appeared in Kansas Quarterly (U.S.), 1987.
"Shiloh Battlefield" appeared in Cotton Boll / Atlanta Review (U.S.), 1987.
"The Honorable Death of the Hundred Million" appeared in Samisdat (U.S.), 1987.
"Bed Time" appeared in Confrontation (U.S.), 1986.
"Things Once Human" appeared in Stone Country (U.S.), 1986.
"The House in the Woods," and "The Night Is Enough" appeared in Wind (U.S.), 1986.
"Double Distance," and "The Ocean of the Rivers of Desire" appeared in KansasQuarterly (U.S.), 1985.
"Tom McAfee" appeared in Poems for the Dead, Pebble Press (U.S.), 1984.
"The Fear of Green" appeared in The Madison Review (U.S.), 1983.
"Landscape, the Prophet, and Wild Dogs" appeared in Just Pulp (U.S.), 1981.
"Apartment" appeared in Poetry Newsletter (U.S.), 1980.
"No Title" appeared in Just Pulp (U.S.), 1979.
"St. Sophia," and "A Business Call" appeared in Through a Glass Darkly, Contemporary Publishing Co. (U.S.), 1979.
"The Pregnant Professional" appeared in Garland Court Review (U.S.), 1975.
"Acting" appeared in Free (U.S.), 1973.
"Saturday Night" appeared in Foothills (U.S.), 1971.
"Dog Days," and "Winter, 1969" appeared in Missouri Alumnus (U.S.), 1971.
"Old Women Washing Clothes in the Sea," "Dog Days," "Rape of the StarCrossed Lover," and "The Question" appeared in Midlands (U.S.), 1971.
BLOG PAGES
13 Posted
“Poem Found in an Email Sent to Jennifer”,“Her Hair,” “Jennifer Is Blue Water”, “With You,” The Quill and the Heart(U.S.), 2014.
“Furyu: the sadness”, “My friend cuts fugu”, “Very teacher, he said,“ “On Athletics Day,” “Daikon legs, thick calves” BlogNostics(U.S.), 2014.
“After death we are reunited with parents,” “Our heavenly house”, “Resurrection of the body,” and “They closed the casket” Blognostics(U.S.), 2014.
TRANSLATIONS
4 Published
Sukhmani Saheb, co-translator, India, 2005
Selected Slokas from the Baghwad Gita, co-translator, India, 2005.
The Meaning of Life, co-translator, India, 2004
Undefined Celestial Bosom, co-translator, Young Literature Association,
Macedonia, 2002.
READINGS
Arts Extravaganza, Talledega, AL, 2012.
Gallatin, TN, 1994-2003, annual Writers Workshop readings
Skopje, Macedonia, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, 2001.
Taos, NM, Helene Wurlitzer office, 2002, 1993.
Mizpe Ramon, Israel, Public Library, 1992.
Hawaii, BookCeller Series, 1990-1992, twice.
New York, NY, StoryQuarterly, 1987.
Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska, 1982-84, various.
Denver, University of Denver, 1972, various.
Columbia, MO, University of Missouri, 1968-1971, various.