Dr. Karyna McGlynn

Michigan, United States

Member Since: 12/04/2014


Karyna McGlynn is a writer, professor, and collagist. She is the author of three poetry collections from Sarabande Books: 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse (2022), Hothouse (2017), and I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl (2009). Karyna holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Michigan, a PhD in Creative Writing & Literature from the University of Houston, and a Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing Fellowship. Recent honors include a New York Times Editor's Choice, the Rumi Prize for Poetry, and the Florida Review Editors' Award in Fiction. With Erika Jo Brown and Sasha Debevec-McKenney, she's co-editing the anthology Clever Girl: Witty Poetry by Women. She's also designing a collaged tarot deck called Paper Arcana. Karyna is the Director of Creative Writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

 

 

Website: www.karyna.io

Twitter Username: @karynamcglynn


Publications

  • I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl , Sarabande Books (2009)
  • Scorpionica , New Michigan Press (2007)
  • Alabama Steve , Sundress Press (2014)
  • Hothouse , SarabandeBooks (2017)
  • 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse , Sarabande Books (April 2022)
  • The 9-Day Queen Gets Lost On the Way to the Execution , Willow Springs Books (2016)

Employment

  • Director of Creative Writing at Interlochen Center for the Arts (June 2022 - )

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from Seattle University (May 2005)
  • Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing--Poetry from University of Michigan (May 2007)
  • Doctoral Degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from University of Houston (May 2015)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Children's literature , Poetry