Olivia E Cronk

Expertise

College writing, contemporary poetry, Creative Writing constraints, Hybrid-form writing

Courses Taught

ENGL 101 Writing I

ENGL 102 Writing II

ENGL 235 Introduction to Creative Writing

ENGL 304A Literary Editing

ENGL 316 Forms of Poetry

ENGL 340A Elements of Style

ENGL 346 Critical Writing for Creative Writers

ENGL 374A Hybrid Form Writing

ENGL 384/385 Creative Writing: Poetry I & II

ENGL 389 Contemporary Poetry

ENGL 397 Summer Creative Writing Institute

ENGL 398A Creative Nonfiction

ENGL 416 Ekphrastic Practice

HUM 192 Introduction to the Humanities

Research Interests

Contemporary poetry, hybrid forms, hybrid pedagogies, constraint- and game-based writing modes

Education

MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Selected Publications

Critical Writing

on Madison McCartha's Freakophone World
https://tskymag.com/2022/11/madison-mccartha-2/

"Vision as palimpsest: on Johannes Göransson’s translations of Ann Jäderlund"
http://criticalflame.org/vision-as-palimpsest-on-johannes-goranssons-translations-of-ann-jaderlund/

on Andra Rotaru's Lemur
https://www.therupturemag.com/the-collagist/2018/7/25/lemur-by-andra-rotaru-translated-by-florin.html

"I Cannot Resist the Terror"
https://tskymag.com/2019/09/terror-olivia-cronk/

Poetry Collections

Womonster, 2020, Tarpaulin Sky
https://tarpaulinsky.com/olivia-cronk/womonster/

Louise and Louise and Louise, 2016, The Lettered Streets Press
https://lettered-streets-press.square.site/product/louise-and-louise-and-louise-olivia-cronk/1?cs=true

Skin Horse, 2012, Action Books
https://actionbooks.org/olivia-cronk-skin-horse/

o-cronk@neiu.edu

Room LWH 2100
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5958

Office Hours

Spring 2025 Student Hours
Monday: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday: 9:30 -10:00 a.m. (quick questions ONLY) and 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Please email 24 hours in advance for Zoom or in-person appointments at o-cronk@neiu.edu.

Main Campus