Beth A. Staples
Staples teaches courses in creative writing, editing and publishing. She is also the editor of W&L’s literary magazine, Shenandoah.
Beth A. Staples
Assistant Professor of English and Editor, Shenandoah
- Payne Hall 304
- P: 540-458-8761
- E: bstaples@wlu.edu
Education
- M.F.A. in English/ Creative Writing, Arizona State University
- B.A. in English, LaSalle University
Teaching
- ENGL 453 Internship in Literary Editing
- ENGL 289 Literary Book Publishing
- ENGL 203 Introduction to Fiction Writing
Selected Publications and Awards
- Staples, Beth. “Clitastrophe.” NELLE, Spring 2024. Winner of the Three Sisters Prize.
- Staples, Beth. “Leaf Peepers.” Cincinnati Review, Fall 2022
- Staples, Beth. “After Carl.” Bat City Review, Spring 2015.
- Staples, Beth. “My Trip to the Hoover Dam.” Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art, February 2008.
- Staples, Beth. “Something with a Name.” The Portland Review, November 2007.
Selected Editorial Experience
- 2012-2018: Senior Editor, Ecotone; Editor, Lookout Books; and Assistant Director of the Publishing Laboratory at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington
- 2007-2012: Managing Editor, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Marginalia, and Word of Mouth at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing