Faculty

Eric Vrooman

Visitng Instructor

M.F.A. UNC-Wilmington
B.A. Carleton College

As a literary agent, Eric Vrooman sold literary fiction and a wide range of nonfiction. Since earning an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing, he has attended the New York State Summer Writers Institute and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. His short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Minnesota Monthly, The Cream City Review, Passages North, Monkeybicycle, Hobart, and Ninth Letter. He has taught at Tulane University, Gustavus Adolphus College, and The Loft Literary Center.

Areas of Study

• Creative writing
• Fiction
• Screenwriting
• Film noir

Fall 2009 Courses

• Introduction to Creative Writing

Publications

• “Performance Review” (short-short story), mnLIT.org (Summer 2009)
• “FAQ” (short-short story), Hobart (Summer 2009)
• “Stefan’s Bacon & Molasses Cookies” (short-short story), Monkeybicycle (Spring 2009), to be reprinted in 2010 Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology
• “Wedding Vows” (short-short story), Twelve Stories (Fall 2009)
• “Privacy Statement” (short-short story), The Normal School (Spring 2009)
• “Go with the Green” (short story), Newcomb Tulane Collegian & Review (Summer 2008)
• “Hybrid Taxidermy” (short story), The Kenyon Review (Spring 2008)
• “Three Signs on a Cape Cod Beach” (short-short story), 2008 Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology
• “Water Bill” (short-short story), Ninth Letter (Fall/Winter 2007)
• “Scrabble” (short story), The Cream City Review (Fall 2007)
• “Acknowledgements” (short-short story), Passages North (Winter/Spring 2007)
• “How to Ride Greyhound” (short story), Minnesota Monthly (November 2006)
• “Wiffle” (short story), Carve Magazine (September 2006)
• “Bridge” (short story), Carve Magazine (May 2006)