David Galef is a shameless eclectic who publishes far too much for his own good. He has come out with over a dozen books: the novels Flesh, Turning Japanese, and How to Cope with Suburban Stress (a Book Sense choice, listed by Kirkus as one of the Best 30 Books of 2006); the short-story collections Laugh Track and My Date with Neanderthal Woman; two children’s books, The Little Red Bicycle and Tracks; two translations of Japanese proverbs, Even Monkeys Fall from Trees and Even a Stone Buddha Can Talk; a work of literary criticism, The Supporting Cast; an edited anthology of essays called Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading; a critical edition of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles; a co-edited anthology of fiction called 20 over 40; the poetry collection Flaws, and, most recently, the poetry chapbooks Lists and Apocalypses, and the fiction chapbook A Man of Ideas and Other Stories. In addition, he has written over ninety short stories for magazines ranging from the British Punch to the Czech Prague Revue, the Canadian Prism International and the American Shenandoah. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The Village Voice, Twentieth Century Literature, The Columbia History of the British Novel, and many other places. His work has been translated into Spanish and Russian and optioned for films. His awards include a Fulbright fellowship, a Henfield Foundation grant, a Writers Exchange award from Poets & Writers, and a Mississippi Arts Council grant, as well as residencies at Yaddo, Ragdale, and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. A co-founder of the M.F.A. program in creative writing at the University of Mississippi, he is now a professor of English and creative writing program director at Montclair State University. He’s also the former Fiction Workshop columnist for The Writer and currently a humor columnist for Inside Higher Ed.

Website: http://davidgalef.com/

Twitter Username: @dgalef

Publications

• My Date with Neanderthal Woman , Dzanc Books (2011)
• A Man of Ideas and Other Stories , Noemi Press (2008)
• How to Cope with Suburban Stress , The Permanent Press (2006)
• Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom , Tuttle-Periplus (2012)
• Turning Japanese , The Permanent Press (1998)
• Flesh , The Permanent Press (1995)
• Laugh Track , University Press of Mississippi (2002)
• Flaws , David Roberts Books (2007)
• Lists , D-N Publishing (2007)
• Apocalypses , Finishing Line Press (2009)
• The Little Red Bicycle , Random House (1988)
• Tracks , William Morrow (1996)
• Even Monkeys Fall from Trees , Tuttle (1987)
• Even a Stone Buddha Can Talk , Tuttle (2000)
• Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading , Wayne State University Press (1998)
• The Supporting Cast: A Study of Flat and Minor Characters , Pennsylvania State University Press (1993)
• 20 over 40 , University Press of Mississippi (2006)

Awards

• Dzanc Short-Story Collection Award(2008)
• Fulbright Fellowship(2008)
• Noemi Press Fiction Chapbook Award(2007)
• Kirkus Reviews: Best 30 Books of 2006 for How to Cope with Suburban Stress(2006)
• Featured Poet, Light magazine (2006)
• Mississippi Arts Council grant(1997)
• Studies in Popular Culture Whatley Award for best essay(1991)
• Writers Exchange Award(1991)
• Henfield Foundation Award(1981)
• residencies at Yaddo, Ragdale, and VCCA

Employment

• Professor of English and Creative Writing Program Director at Montclair State University (2008 - )
• Professor of English and MFA Program Coordinator at University of Mississippi (1989 - 2008)

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English and creative writing from Princeton University
• Master of Arts in English from Columbia University
• Doctoral Degree in English from Columbia University

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Poetry