Bill Oliver
Oliver has served as the CommCenter director since 2015 and now directs the Writing Center as well. He teaches first-year writing seminars and courses in American literature and fiction writing. His research interest is fiction.
Bill Oliver
Director of the Writing and Communications Center, Visiting Associate Professor of English
- Leyburn Library 138
- P: 540-458-8278
- E: oliverb@wlu.edu
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of Virginia
- M.A., English, University of Kansas
- B.A., English and History, Rockhurst College
Research
- Fiction
Teaching
- WRIT 100—First Year Writing Seminar: Misfits, Rebels, and Outcasts
- English 204: Creative Writing
- English 226: American Literature: Romantic to Modern
- English 227: American Literature: WWII to Present
- English 366: Contemporary American Short Story
- English 368: Modern American Novel
- English 369: American Novel, WWII to Present
Selected Publications
- Women & Children First: Stories. Mid-List P, 1998.
- Passion and Craft: Conversations with Notable Writers. U of Illinois P, 1998.
- Short stories in The Virginia Quarterly Review, Carolina Quarterly, Indiana Review, Florida Review, New Letters, Laurel Review, Descant, Cimarron Review, Louisiana Literature, and others.
- Essays and interviews in Contemporary Literature, Southern Literary Journal, New England Review, The Literary Review, Flannery O’Connor Bulletin, Crazyhorse, New Letters, and others.
Work in Progress
- Excursions (stories)