English

Specialization

Fiction writing, Composition, Poetry writing. Areas of interest include: modern, contemporary and international fiction and poetry; speculative fiction; Southern fiction.

Biography

Polly Buckingham is the editor of StringTown, a Northwest magazine of creative writing, and of StringTown Press, publishing new Northwest authors. Polly has been teaching at Eastern since 1999. In addition to teaching, she has worked as an editor, independent bookseller, transcriptionist, ghost writer, abridger, fisher person and deckhand. Her fiction and poetry appear in national literary magazines.

Recent Publications

Literary Review
New Orleans Review
North American Review
Tampa Review

Courses Taught

Fundamentals of English Composition
College Composition: Exposition and Argumentation
College Composition: Analysis, Research and Documentation
Introduction to Fiction
Introduction to Literature
Introduction to Creative Writing
Advanced Creative Writing-Poetry
Advanced Creative Writing-Short Story