Amy E. Weldon
Writer. Teacher. Seeker.
Amy Weldon, an Alabama native, is professor of English at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and codirector of its biennial Luther College Writers Festival. She is the author of The Hands-On Life: How to Wake Yourself Up and Save The World (Cascade Books, 2018), The Writer’s Eye: Observation and Inspiration for Creative Writers (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), Eldorado, Iowa: A Novel (Bowen Press Books, 2019), and Advanced Fiction: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Academic in 2023.
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I describe my own goals with two interrelated Teaching Verbs: destabilize and rebuild. They aren’t what I do to students—they are what I help students do with their own assumptions, ideas, and skills.
The Cheapskate Intellectual
A journey through matters of spirit, sustainability, and self-reliance
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Luther College Writers Festival 2023: This Weekend!
The Luther College Writers Festival is almost here – on campus this weekend, Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23! Kicking off at 4 pm on Friday, Sept. 22 with a talk by Mark Oppenheimer, author of Squirrel Hill, the Festival will welcome poet and essayist Ross Gay for our Farwell Distinguished Lecture that night […]
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Author copies are here!
Author copies of Advanced Fiction arrived today – been a long journey, but worth it!
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Featured on “Creative Writing at Leicester” Blog.
Thanks to Prof. Jonathan Taylor for featuring me and Advanced Fiction: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology on his “Creative Writing at Leicester” blog here: http://creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2023/07/amy-e-weldon-advanced-fiction-writers.html
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