Gwen Hart
Gwen Hart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
gwen.hart@msun.edu | 406.265.3563 | View CV here
Education:

Ph.D. English (Rhetoric and Composition), Ohio University

M.F.A. Creative Writing (Poetry), Minnesota State University, Mankato

M.A. English and Creative Writing (Poetry and Fiction) Hollins University

B.A. English and Psychology, Wellesley College

 

Bio:

Dr. Gwen Hart enjoys helping students grow as writers. Her favorite moments are when students surprise themselves with their final drafts. She holds degrees in creative writing and argumentation. She is the author of two chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections. Her third collection, Never Be the Same, was published by FutureCycle Press. Her second collection, The Empress of Kisses, won the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize from Texas Review Press. Her poems have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies. Her special interests include poetic forms and writing about popular culture. She is a member of the Academy of American Poets and the Popular Cultural Association.

 

Courses Taught:

  • CRWR 240: Introduction to Creative Writing Workshop
  • CRWR 340: Intermediate Creative Writing Workshop
  • LING 340: English Language
  • LIT 224: British Literature II
  • LIT 230: World Literature Survey
  • WRIT 101L: College Writing Lab
  • WRIT 101: College Writing
  • WRIT 122: Introduction to Business Writing
  • WRIT 350: Technical Editing

 

Books:

  • Never Be the Same, FutureCycle Press
  • The Empress of Kisses, X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Winner, Texas Review Press
  • Losing Ohio, David Robert Books

 

Poems Online:

  • "Seven Monks, Bodh Gaya, India,"
  • "December," One Sentence Poems,
  • "The Easy-Bake Oven Presages Disappointment" and "Your Anxiety Crushes on Donald Sutherland's Character in Backdraft," Ilanot Review,
  • "Rabbit Logic," Chautauqua,
  • "Watching the Fox Disappear in the Shadow of Saddle Butte," River Heron Review,
  • "Your Anxiety," "Your Anxiety Joins the Cast of SNL," "Your Anxiety Books a VRBO," Mud Season Review,
  • "The Quaint Seaside Village Will Never Be the Same," Drunk Monkeys,
  • "Drop Risk," 91制片厂 Mouthful,
  • "Living Out West," One Sentence Poems,
  • "Falling Letters," Great Lakes Review,
  • "At a Rest Area Outside Des Moines," Tiny Seed Literary Journal,
  • "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Pinecone," Tiny Seed Literary Journal,
  • "Poems Welded Together from 47 Titles" and "I Was Me," Otis Nebula,