Jean-Luc Bouchard

Bouchard’s teaching and research interests include creative writing in nonfiction and fiction; work, economic anxiety, and technological anxiety; graphic literature, interactive media, and animation; speculative fiction; and humor and satire.

Jean-Luc Bouchard

Jean-Luc Bouchard

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

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Education

  • M.F.A., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • B.A., Vassar College

Research

  • Creative nonfiction and fiction
  • Work, economic anxiety, and technological anxiety in literature
  • Humor and satire
  • Graphic literature, interactive media, and animation

Selected Publications

Selected Essays, Reported Features, and Humor

  • “The Exquisite Limitations of Microsoft Paint.” New York Times Magazine. Fall 2024.

  • “Little Boxes.” Kenyon Review. Fall 2023.

  • “Inside the Wild Stock Market for Politics Where Traders Bet on Our Next President.” Marker. Fall 2020.

  • “Chronic Illness Taught Me to Redefine Progress.” Human Parts. Fall 2019.

  • “I Paid $47 an Hour for Someone To Be My Friend.” Vox. Summer 2019.

  • “Classic Literature as Fortune Cookie Fortunes.” The Paris Review’s The Daily. Winter 2019.

  • Various humor published in the role of Features Contributor. The Onion. Fall 2017 through present.

  • “William Shakespeare’s Yelp Reviews.” BuzzFeed. Summer 2015.

  • “Review: Family Life, by Akhil Sharma.” PANK. Summer 2014.

Selected Short Fiction

  • “Turn Your Back to the Sun.” Passages North. Spring 2025.

  • “A Person Like You.” Wigleaf. Fall 2022.

  • “Pinned.” Catapult. Summer 2022.

  • “Slipping.” them. Summer 2020.

  • “Fun and Fresh.” Split Lip Magazine. Spring 2020.

  • “Our Little Problem.” Bridge Eight. Summer 2018.

  • “Let’s All Go to the Movies.” Monkeybicycle. Summer 2018.

  • “Thicker Than Water.” Nothing Short Of (anthology). Outpost19 Books 2018.

  • “Swing Your Partner.” Pithead Chapel. Spring 2018.

  • “Salaryman.” Bodega Magazine. Fall 2017.

  • “The Road to Hell.” Gravel. Fall 2017.

  • “Rhythm Hit.” All Our Misdeeds (anthology). OddType 2017.

  • “How to Make a Fish Dance.” Epiphany Magazine. Spring 2016.

  • “Diet.” apt. Spring 2016.

  • “Eating You.” NANO Fiction. Spring 2015.

  • “Arm in Arm, March On.” One Throne Magazine. Winter 2014.

Selected Honors and Awards

  • James Hurst Prize for Fiction finalist, North Carolina State University. 2021, 2022, and 2023.
  • Graduate Essay Prize, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 2023.
  • Summer Research Award, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 2022.
  • Greensboro Graduate Scholar Award, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 2021.
  • Flash Fiction Contest winner for the story “Fun and Fresh,” Split Lip Magazine. 2020.
  • Google Podcasts Creator Program semi-finalist for the scripted miniseries Famous Podcast. 2019.
  • Wigleaf Top 50 Short Fiction Longlist for the story “The Road to Hell,” originally published in Gravel. 2018.
  • “Writers Under 30” Fiction Contest winner for the story “How to Make a Fish Dance,” Epiphany Magazine. 2016.
  • Working Class Writers Grant, Honorable Mention, The Speculative Literature Foundation. 2016.
  • English Department Honors, General Honors, and Senior Thesis Distinction, Vassar College. 2014.
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College. 2014.
  • Lilo Stern Writing Prize, Vassar College. 2013.