Larry O'Dean
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- School: Northeastern Illinois University
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- Department: English
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5500 St Louis Ave
Chicago, IL - 60625 - Dates at Northeastern Illinois University: November 2008 - December 2015
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Biography
Northeastern Illinois University - English
Instructor at Northeastern Illinois University
Larry O.
Dean
Author of Frequently Asked Questions (forthcoming, 2021), Activities of Daily Living (2017) and Brief Nudity (2013); also chapbooks, Rate of Exchange & Other Poems (1988); Barking Up the Wrong Tree (1989); QWERTYUIOP (1989); Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat (1990); Workers' Comp. (1995); Identity Theft for Dummies (2003); I Am Spam (2004); About the Author (2011); abbrev (2011); and Basic Cable Couplets (2012). Selected magazine publications include Berkeley Poetry Review, Gryphon, Passages North, Third Lung Review, The Altered Mind, Lilliput Review, Amaranth Review, Kumquat Meringue, California Quarterly, The Monona Review, Whoreson Dog, Pacific Coast Journal, Tomorrow, Poetry at the 33 Review, Work, Strong Coffee, Maelstrom, Clark Street Review, Red Rock Review, Big Bridge, Pigeon, The Banana King, Sliced Bread, Old City Cool, Keyhole, OCHO, filling Station, Alehouse, Dinosaur Bees, Logan Square Literary Review, Used Furniture Review, Blue & Yellow Dog, Heavy Feather Review, Artichoke Haircut, The Brooklyner, Packingtown Review, and The Battered Suitcase. Work has been widely anthologized, and translated into Chinese, Italian and Spanish.
Singer-songwriter, working both solo as well as with several 'hard pop' bands. Has released numerous critically-acclaimed CD's, including Throw the Lions to the Christians (1997; reissued 2012) and Sir Slob (2001); Public Displays of Affection (1998) and Fables in Slang (2001), with Post Office; Gentrification Is Theft (2002), with The Me Decade; and Fun with a Purpose (2009), with The Injured Parties. Since 2001 has hosted a monthly songwriter showcase, Folk You!
Experience
Education
Murray State University
MFA
Creative Writing-Poetry
MFAUniversity of Michigan
BGS
English, Creative Writing, Humanities
Hopwood Award Winner 1982-1983-1984Northeastern Illinois University
Master of Arts - MA
English Language and Literature/Letters
Northeastern Illinois University
English Instructor
Creative Writing Institute (ENGL 397): Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014 Creative Writing – Poetry I (ENGL 384): Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2013 Creative Writing – Poetry II (ENGL 385): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014 Studies in Women’s Literature (ENGL 371): Summer 2019 Independent Study in English (ENGL 359): Summer 2017 Forms of Poetry (ENGL 316): Spring 2021, Fall 2019 Introduction to Creative Writing (ENGL 235): Spring 2018, Spring 2017 The World of Poetry (ENGL 201): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 The World of Drama (ENGL 202): Fall 2015 The World of Fiction (ENGL 203): Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 Writing II (ENGL 102): Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2013 Writing I (ENGL 101): Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
Publications
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Basic Cable Couplets
Silkworms Ink
A series of 'found' poems with text adapted/modified from, and/or inspired by listings for TV movies.
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Basic Cable Couplets
Silkworms Ink
A series of 'found' poems with text adapted/modified from, and/or inspired by listings for TV movies.
Brief Nudity
Salmon Poetry
Full-length collection of traditional and experimental poetry.
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Basic Cable Couplets
Silkworms Ink
A series of 'found' poems with text adapted/modified from, and/or inspired by listings for TV movies.
Brief Nudity
Salmon Poetry
Full-length collection of traditional and experimental poetry.
Even the Daybreak: 35 Years of Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry
Even The Daybreak - 35 Years of Salmon Poetry contains poems from 267 poets.
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Basic Cable Couplets
Silkworms Ink
A series of 'found' poems with text adapted/modified from, and/or inspired by listings for TV movies.
Brief Nudity
Salmon Poetry
Full-length collection of traditional and experimental poetry.
Even the Daybreak: 35 Years of Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry
Even The Daybreak - 35 Years of Salmon Poetry contains poems from 267 poets.
Dogs Singing
Salmon Poetry
Bestselling tribute anthology that brings together poems which highlight and examine and celebrate the canine world, and our place in it.
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Basic Cable Couplets
Silkworms Ink
A series of 'found' poems with text adapted/modified from, and/or inspired by listings for TV movies.
Brief Nudity
Salmon Poetry
Full-length collection of traditional and experimental poetry.
Even the Daybreak: 35 Years of Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry
Even The Daybreak - 35 Years of Salmon Poetry contains poems from 267 poets.
Dogs Singing
Salmon Poetry
Bestselling tribute anthology that brings together poems which highlight and examine and celebrate the canine world, and our place in it.
Abbrev
Beard of Bees
A short series of poems based on abbreviations and acronyms culled from popular culture as well as technical and business jargon.
Language Lessons: Volume I
Third Man Books
Anthology of poetry, prose, and music
About the Author
Mindmade Books
Collection which displaces the focus of auto-referentiality from the text to the author as the para-textual 'author bio' becomes the matter of the poems.
Basic Cable Couplets
Silkworms Ink
A series of 'found' poems with text adapted/modified from, and/or inspired by listings for TV movies.
Brief Nudity
Salmon Poetry
Full-length collection of traditional and experimental poetry.
Even the Daybreak: 35 Years of Salmon Poetry
Salmon Poetry
Even The Daybreak - 35 Years of Salmon Poetry contains poems from 267 poets.
Dogs Singing
Salmon Poetry
Bestselling tribute anthology that brings together poems which highlight and examine and celebrate the canine world, and our place in it.
Abbrev
Beard of Bees
A short series of poems based on abbreviations and acronyms culled from popular culture as well as technical and business jargon.
I Am Spam
Fractal Edge Press
A series of poems 'inspired' by spam email subject lines.
