Amy Monticello

Amy Monticello

Lecturer, Department of Writing
Faculty, School of Humanities and Sciences

Specialty:Academic Writing and Creative Nonfiction
Phone:(607) 274-1192
E-mail:amonticello@ithaca.edu
Office:428 Smiddy Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Before coming to Ithaca College in 2010, Amy taught at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Born and raised in upstate New York, she is thrilled to have returned to the beautiful and eclectic Finger Lakes region.

Amy received her MFA in creative writing from The Ohio State University in 2008. Her work has been published in numerous literary journals and twice nominated for a Pushcart prize. Her first collection of essays, Close Quarters, was released from Sweet Publications in February 2012, and she continues work on another nonfiction manuscript, The Way I Love You, which examines our penchant for nostalgia as individuals, communities, and a nation. She is also a regular contributor at The Nervous Breakdown in nonfiction and arts and culture. In her spare time, Amy enjoys blogging, cycling, and "locavoring" in the Ithaca area with her husband, Jason.

Drawing from composition studies, linguistics, critical pedagogy, media studies, the biological sciences and other disciplines, Amy's academic writing courses explore the ways in which technology influences the evolution of the English language, written communication, and social interfacing. She also serves as an adviser to Ithaca College's journal of academic writing and critical pedagogy, The Chalkboard.

For more information, check out her author website.

 Areas

  • Academic Writing
  • Creative Nonfiction

Degrees

  • MFA, The Ohio State University, 2008
  • BA, Ithaca College, 2005

Collections and Works-in-Progress

Journal Publications

  • "Playing the Odds." The Nervous Breakdown. Spring 2013. (nonfiction)
  • "Communing With Cancer." The Nervous Breakdown (syndicated by Salon.com). Spring 2013. (nonfiction)
  • "Eighteen One-Sided Conversations With My Father." WomenArts Quarterly Journal. Spring 2013. (nonfiction)
  • "Hello New Year, Hello 30." Her Kind. Fall 2012 (craft essay collaboration with IC alum Marissa Landrigan)
  • "The Public Man." The Nervous Breakdown. Fall 2012. (nonfiction)
  • "More Than One True Thing." Waccamaw. Fall 2012. (craft essay)
  • "Loving Captain Corcoran." Stone Canoe. Forthcoming Winter 2013. (nonfiction)
  • "Against the Pursuit of Happiness: A Meditation." The Nervous Breakdown. Summer 2012. (nonfiction)
  • "I Know Who You Are." The Nervous Breakdown. Summer 2012. (nonfiction)
  • Untitled micro-essay (140-character Tweet). Creative Nonfiction. Summer 2012. (nonfiction)
  • "How to Euthanize a Horse." Natural Bridge. Fall 2012. (nonfiction)
  • "The Other Woman." The Iron Horse Literary Review. Summer 2012. (nonfiction)
  • "Choosing Not to Know: A Review of B.J. Hollars' In Defense of Monsters." The Nervous Breakdown. Winter 2012. (book review)
  • "Christmas 1984." The Nervous Breakdown. Fall 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "Suburban." Connotation Press. Fall 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "A Good Man." WomenArts Quarterly Journal. Fall 2011. Nominated for Pushcart Prize. (nonfiction)
  • "Adopted Siblings." The Nervous Breakdown. Fall 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "Southpaw: One Week as a Leftie." The Nervous Breakdown. Summer 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "Dear M---, It's Me Again, Amy." The Nervous Breakdown. Summer 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "Chimney Swift." Sweet: A Literary Confection. Spring 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "The North Side." Phoebe. Spring 2011. (nonfiction)
  • "All the Ways We Fool Ourselves." Waccamaw. Fall 2010. Nominated for Pushcart Prize. (nonfiction)
  • "Getting Caught." Prick of the Spindle. Summer 2010. (nonfiction)
  • "Winter." Upstreet. Winter 2010. (nonfiction)
  • "Miracles We Get." Redivider. Spring 2009. (nonfiction)
  • "Tradition." The Rambler. Fall 2008. (nonfiction)
  • "Looking Forward." Word Riot. Winter 2007. (nonfiction)
  • "Errands." Flashquake. Summer 2007. (nonfiction)
  • "From Private to Public: Moving Personal Narrative to Cultural Analysis." Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Best of the Pedagogy Papers 2007. (pedagogy article)

Honors and Awards

  • Winner, S.I. Newhouse School Prize in Nonfiction. Winter 2013.
  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize. WomenArts Quarterly Journal. Fall 2011.
  • Recipient, certificate of recognition from the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life at Ithaca College for collaborative course development. Spring 2011.
  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize. Waccamaw. Fall 2010.
  • Finalist, The Journal Alumni Flash Contest. The Ohio State University. Fall 2009.
  • Nominee, Ohio State University Graduate Associate Teaching Award. Spring 2008.
  • Recipient, commendation letter for teaching excellence. The Ohio State University First-Year Writing Program. Spring 2006.
  • Winner, Ithaca College Writing Contest in nonfiction and poetry. Spring 2005.

Some Presentations

  • “Court & Spark: How Technology Shapes the Way We Love.” Tuesday Salon at the Handwerker Gallery. Ithaca College. February 2012.
  • “Explorations in Memoir.” Panelist, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference. Fairhope, AL, Spring 2010. 
  • “Creative Nonfiction: The Dangerous Genre.” Panelist, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference. Fairhope, AL, Spring 2009. 
  • “From Private to Public: Moving Personal Narrative to Cultural Criticism.” Pedagogy symposium, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. Atlanta, GA, Spring 2007.

 

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