Nathan Gower
Assistant Professor
Nathan Gower is the author of the novel The Act of Disappearing (Mira Books / HarperCollins) as well as many short-form works published in literary journals and magazines such as the Bellevue Literary Review, Had, Louisville Review, Baltimore Review, Valparaiso Fiction Review, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA in fiction writing from Spalding University and a PhD in humanities with emphasis in aesthetics and creativity from the University of Louisville. He has previously edited for The Louisville Review, The Campbellsville Review, and the Russell Creek Review. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Education
PhD in Humanities (Aesthetics and Creativity), University of Louisville
MFA in Fiction Writing, Spalding University
BA in English, Campbellsville University
Specialization in Teaching
Fiction writing
Short story writing
Novel writing
Research Interests
Upmarket fiction
Creative writing pedagogy
Poetic defamiliarization of mental illness
Literature of the American South