Bio
Edward Porter’s writing has appeared in Glimmer Train, The Gettysburg Review, The Hudson Review, Colorado Review, Catamaran, Barrelhouse, Best New American Voices, and elsewhere. A native of New York City, he earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD from the University of Houston, and has been awarded fellowships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the MacDowell Colony, and Stanford University, where he was recently a Stegner Fellow. He lives in Oakland.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Creative Writing
Honors & Awards
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Wallace Stegner Fellow, Stanford University (2014—2016)
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Macdowell Colony Fellow, MacDowell Colony (2012)
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AWP Intro Journals Award, Association of Writers and Writing Programs (2012)
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James C. McCreight Fellow in Fiction, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007—2008)
Professional Education
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MFA, Warren Wilson College, Fiction (2007)
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PhD, University of Houston, Creative Writing and Literature (2013)
2024-25 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Aut) - Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 90H (Win, Spr) - I Bet You Think You're Funny: Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 19Q (Aut) - Screenwriting Intensive
ENGLISH 190SW (Spr) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Individual Work
ENGLISH 198 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Aut) - Fiction Writing
ENGLISH 90 (Sum) - Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 90H (Win, Spr) - I Bet You Think You're Funny: Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 19Q (Aut) - Screenwriting Intensive
ENGLISH 190SW (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Aut, Win) - Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 90H (Spr) - I Bet You Think You're Funny: Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 19Q (Aut) - Screenwriting Intensive
ENGLISH 190SW (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Aut, Win) - Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 90H (Spr) - I Bet You Think You're Funny: Humor Writing Workshop
ENGLISH 19Q (Aut) - Screenwriting Intensive
ENGLISH 190SW (Spr)
- Creative Nonfiction
All Publications
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Why Wait? Why Bother?
HUDSON REVIEW
2014; 67 (3): 411-422
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