A Thing of Beauty

Reading the Romantics in a World on Fire

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Creature

A Novel of Mary Shelley and FRANKENSTEIN

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Advanced Fiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

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Eldorado, Iowa: A Novel

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The Writer's Eye

Observation & Inspiration for Creative Writers

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The Hands-On Life

How to Wake Yourself Up and Save The World

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Amy E. Weldon

Writer. Teacher. Seeker.

Amy Weldon, an Alabama native, is professor and department head of English at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and codirector of its biennial Luther College Writers Festival. She is the author of Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (Sea Crow Press, 2025), Advanced Fiction: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023), Eldorado, Iowa: A Novel (Bowen Press Books, 2019), The Writer’s Eye: Observation and Inspiration for Creative Writers (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), and The Hands-On Life: How to Wake Yourself Up and Save The World (Cascade Books, 2018). Her next book, A Thing of Beauty: Reading the Romantics in a World on Fire, is scheduled for publication by Bloomsbury Academic in 2027.

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My purpose as a teacher is to build students’ capacities for life in our challenging, still-beautiful world, so they can power themselves into the future with knowledge, curiosity, and wonder.

The Cheapskate Intellectual

A journey through matters of spirit, sustainability, and self-reliance

  • March 25, 2025

    Today is CREATURE’s birthday!

    Today is the official publication day of my novel Creature: A Novel of Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, now out from Sea Crow Press. See the events page on this site for more about upcoming readings, and thanks to all who have supported me and my books along the way!

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  • March 15, 2025

    CREATURE Readings Coming Up!

    I’m hoping to see y’all at two readings coming up for CREATURE: one at the Luther College Book Shop on Thursday, April 3 at 9:40 am, one at Pulpit Rock Brewery / Event Space (sponsored by Dragonfly Books) on April 10 at 7 pm. Thanks to my friends at the Book Shop and Dragonfly for […]

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  • March 5, 2025

    William Blake: This is not normal.

    And Urizen Read in his book of brass in sounding tones Listen O Daughters to my voice Listen to the Words of Wisdom So shall [ye] govern over all let Moral Duty tune your tongue But be your hearts harder than the nether millstone To bring the shadow of Enitharmon beneath our wondrous tree That […]

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