John McManus

PROFESSOR
English Department

Contact Information

5020 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, VA 23529

Biography

John McManus is the author of four books of fiction: Stop Breakin Down, Born on a Train, Bitter Milk, and his latest story collection, Fox Tooth Heart, published by Sarabande Books in November 2015. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, McSweeney’s, American Short Fiction, The Oxford American, and Electric Literature, among other journals and anthologies. He is the recipient of the Whiting Writers’ Award, a Creative Capital Literature grant, a Fulbright Scholar grant, and the Fellowship of Southern Writers’ New Writing Award. He grew up in Blount County, Tennessee, and now lives in Norfolk, Virginia, where he directs the MFA creative writing program at ODU.

Education/Credentials

Web Link(s)

johnmcmanus.net

Expertise

Creative Writing

Fiction

Articles

McManus, M. C., Cramer, R. J., Boshier, M., Akpinar-Elci, M., and Van Lunen, B. L. (2018). Mental Health and Drivers of Need in Emergent and Non-Emergent Emergency Department (ED) Use: Do Living Location and Non-Emergent Care Sources Matter?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (1),
Books

McManus, J. (2015). Fox Tooth Heart (short story collection). New York, NY: Sarabande Books.

McManus, J. (2005). Bitter Milk (novel). Picador.

McManus, J. (2003). Born on a Train (short story collection). Picador.

McManus, J. (2000). Stop Breakin Down (short story collection). Picador.
Presentations

McManus, J. presented at ArtPACE “Two 2 Watch” program, San Antonio.

McManus, J. presented at Carpe Librum Knoxville, Tennessee.

McManus, J. presented at Contra Costa Times Literary Festival Walnut Creek, California.

McManus, J. presented at Goucher College Literary Festival Baltimore.

McManus, J. presented at Hollins Literary Festival Roanoke, Virginia.

McManus, J. presented at Marfa Book Company Marfa, Texas.

McManus, J. presented at Marga Schoeller Bücherstube Berlin, Germany.

McManus, J. presented at Otis College for the Arts, Los Angeles.

McManus, J. presented at OutRadio Austin.

McManus, J. presented at Printemps du Livre Bouches du Rhône, France.

McManus, J. presented at Southeastern Booksellers Association Atlanta.

McManus, J. presented at Texas Book Festival Austin.

McManus, J. presented at The New School for Liberal Arts, Manhattan.

McManus, J. presented at UT Writers in the Library Series Knoxville, Tennessee.

McManus, J. presented at “The Roanoke Seven” Memorial Reading and Fundraiser Roanoke, Virginia.

2008: Robert M. MacNamara Foundation Residency
2007: Corporation of Yaddo Fellowship
2007: Camargo Foundation Fellowship in Cassis, France
2006: Shortlisted for the 2006 Weatherford Award (for Bitter Milk) presented by Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association, Berea, Kentucky
2005: Caldera Arts Residency, Sisters, Oregon
2001: James A. Michener fellowship in fiction at the Michener Center for Writers
2001: Fellowship of Southern Writers’ New Writers Award, in recognition of distinguished achievement in Southern writing
2000: Whiting Writers’ Award

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

McManus, J. P. "Creative Capital Literature Grant" . Private. 2013 - 2017

McManus, J. "Fulbright Scholar Grant to South Africa" . Federal. January, 2014 - December, 2014

Old Dominion University

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