Amanda Goldblatt
Amanda
Goldblatt
Instructor
English
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5467
Expertise
Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, the Essay, Contemporary Literature, Literary Style, Literary Editing, Experimental Narrative Forms
Courses Taught
ENGL 101 Writing I
ENGL 102 Writing II
ENGL 109E First-Year Experience: Write On!
ENGL 202 World of Drama
ENGL 235 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 304A Literary Editing
ENGL 305A Literary Publishing
ENGL 340A Elements of Style for Creative Writers
ENGL 374N Writing the Now
ENGL 386 Creative Writing: Fiction I
ENGL 387 Creative Writing: Fiction II
ENGL 392A Writing/Life
ENGL 398A Creative Nonfiction I
ENGL 398B Creative Nonfiction II
ENGL 403 Writing the Now (Graduate Level)
ENGL 404 Elements of Style for Creative Writers (Graduate Level)
Research Interests
The Novel, the Short Story, Narrative Forms, Literary Style, Creative Nonfiction, the Art and Literature of Resistance, Literary Editing and Publishing, Experimental Pedagogies, Künstlerroman, Intersectional Feminist Fictions, Creative Communities, Video Art
Education

M.F.A., Fiction - Washington University in St. Louis
Certificate in Documentary Writing - Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Selected Publications

Books

Hard Mouth a novel (Counterpoint Press, 2019)
Catalpa: This is Not True a prose chapbook (The Cupboard Pamphlet, 2010)

Selected Recent Publications:
fiction unless otherwise noted

“Protagonist,” Annulet, Spring 2023

“Dogs; A Dog,” Harp & Altar, 22 March 2023 (essay)

“Dirtbag,” Chicago Review, Spring 2022

“They Void,” with Daniel Monroy Cuevas & Jordan Hicks, for Lit & Luz November 2021/March 2022 (video, text, objects)

“The Idiots,” Guernica, 26 February 2021

“I Take Cars Everywhere,” Echoverse, 1 May 2020

Selected Reviews & Interviews

“This Heroine’s Kind of a Female Millennial Thoreau,” The New York Times

“Amanda Goldblatt’s new novel Hard Mouth explores solitude and grief,“ The Chicago Reader

“Humane, but Not Nice: The Millions Interviews Amanda Goldblatt,” The Millions

“Amanda Goldblatt Talks About 'Hard Mouth' And The Finality Of Death,” NYLON

“A Woman and Her Imaginary Friend Disappear into the Wilderness,” Electric Literature

“Amanda Goldblatt pens affecting cancer story...” The Chicago Tribune
 

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Office Hours
Spring 2025 Student Hours
Monday/Wednesday: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (in-person & virtual)
Tuesday: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (virtual only)

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