English

Specialization

Creative Writing and Nonfiction

Biography

University of Alaska Fairbanks, BA in English
University of Alaska Fairbanks, MFA in Creative Writing

Natalie Kusz is the author of the memoir Road Song, and has published essays in Harper's, Threepenny Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, and other periodicals. Her work has earned, among other honors, a Whiting Writer's Award, a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the NEA, the Bush Foundation and the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College. A former faculty member of Bethel College and of Harvard University, she has been at Eastern since 2001.

Recent Publications

Ascent: "The Fat Lady's Mirror," Spring 2009
Scoot Over, Skinny: "On Being Invisible," ©Harcourt Brace, 2005
Real Simple: "Ready, Set, Go," December/January 2003
Organic Style: "Homestead Act," July 2003.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Writer's Workshop
Form and Theory of Literary Nonfiction
Nonfiction I: Ancient Roots through 19th-century
Graduate Writer's Workshop