Deirdre Fagan, DA

Deirdre Fagan, DA

Professor
Assistant Department Chair, Creative Writing and Literature in Person Coordinator
English, Literature, and World Languages
Phone: (231) 591-3031
Email: [email protected]

Education

• DA, University at Albany, English, Philosophy
• MA, University at Albany, English
• BA, University at Buffalo, English Literature

Biography

Dr. Deirdre Fagan has been teaching college writing and literature courses for nearly three decades and has been at Ferris since 2015. She is an award-winning multi-genre author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism. Recently featured on ABC, CBS, and NPR television and radio, as well as in Newsweek and HuffPost, Fagan is a Best of the Net finalist and Pushcart-nominated author of a new poetry collection, Phantom Limbs (Finishing Line Press, 2023) and a chapbook of poetry, Have Love (Finishing Line Press, 2019); a Booklist recommended reference book, Critical Companion to Robert Frost (Facts on File, 2007); a Shelf Unbound Indie Notable 100, National Indie Excellence, Living Now (IPPY), and Readers’ Favorite award-winning memoir, Find a Place for Me: Embracing Love and Life in the Face of Death (Regal House Publishing, 2022); and an Eric Hoffer and Next Generation Indie Book award finalist short story collection, The Grief Eater (Adelaide Books, 2020). Described by Kirkus Reviews as a “sharply descriptive writer,” Fagan’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and critical essays on poetry, memoir, and pedagogy have appeared widely in literary and scholarly journals and anthologies, popular newspaper and magazines, and encyclopedias. Notably, Fagan’s essay on Emily Dickinson’s “unutterable word” was included in foremost literary critic Harold Bloom’s Modern Critical Views. Fagan is also poetry editor at Orange Blossom Review. Fagan has completed writing residencies at The Golden Apple Art Residency in Maine and The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Arkansas. She regularly attends and presents at national and regional conferences as well as offering workshops, presentations, book readings, and signings. Visit Fagan's personal website, deirdrefagan.com, to read her creative and scholarly work, learn more about her activities, and book her for events.

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

• Book
  Fagan, D. (2023). "Phantom Limbs," Georgetown, Kentucky: Finishing Line Press. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/phantom-limbs-by-deirdre-fagan/
• Book
  Fagan, D. (2022). "Find a Place for Me," Raleigh, NC: Pact Press, Regal House Publishing. https://regalhousepublishing.com/product/find-a-place-for-me/
• Book
  Fagan, D. J. (2020). "The Grief Eater," New York, NY: Adelaide Books. https://adelaidebooks.org/collections/latest-releases/products/the-grief-eater
• Book
  Fagan, D. (2019). "Have Love," Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/have-love-by-deirdre-fagan/
• Journal Article
  Fagan, D. (2017). "Kay Ryan and Poetic Play," CEA Critic. 79 (3). pp. 267-274. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/678890/summary
• Book Chapter
  Fagan, D. (2012). "Creative Writing Creating Community: The Power of the Personal," In P. Perry (Ed.), Beyond the Workshop. London: Kingston University Press. https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Workshop-Paul-Perry/dp/1899999523
• Journal Article
  Fagan, D., Seltzer, R. (2010). "The Logic of Frost's Design," The Explicator. 68 (1). pp. 48-50. Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00144940903423170
• Contributor
  Fagan, D. (2008). "Composing Inquiry, Projects and Methods for Investigation and Writing," In M. Marshall (Ed.), Prentice Hall. https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Marshall-Composing-Inquiry-Methods-and-Readings-for-Investigation-and-Writing/PGM241603.html?tab=features
• Book Chapter
  Fagan, D. (2008). "Emily Dickinson's Unutterable Word," In H. Bloom (Ed.), Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Emily Dickinson. pp. 191-196. Langhorne, Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers. https://www.amazon.com/Dickinson-Blooms-Modern-Critical-Hardcover/dp/0791096130
• Book
  Fagan, D. (2007). "Critical Companion to Robert Frost: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work," New York, NY: Facts on File. http://www.infobasepublishing.com/Bookdetail.aspx?ISBN=0816061823&eBooks=0

Presentations

• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D., Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, “Caregiver Conundrum: Writing Illness and Disability in Nonfiction,” Midwest Modern Language Association, (November 3, 2023).
• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D. (Author & Presenter), Courtright-Nash, D. (Author & Presenter), Michigan College English Association Conference, "A Poetic Dialogue on Grief, Survival, and Hope,” Michigan College English Association, Virtual, (September 14, 2023).
• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D. (Author & Presenter), Popular Culture/American Culture Assoc. Conference, “Find a Place for Me: Embracing Love and Life in the Face of Death,” Popular Culture/American Culture Assoc, Virtual, (April 14, 2022).
• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D. (Author & Presenter), Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, "Universal and Individual Grief: How Unshared Experiences Unite Through Fiction," Midwest Modern Language Association, Milwaukee, WI, (November 2021).
• Reading of Creative Work/Performance
  Fagan, D. (Author & Presenter), Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, "Heavy Lifting," Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Virtual, (June 2021).
• Reading of Creative Work/Performance
  Fagan, D., South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, "Scandalous Poets! Selections from Have Love," South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Virtual, (November 14, 2020).
• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D. (Author), Michigan College English Association Conference, “Love, Loss, Love: Poetry of Change and Survival,” Michigan College English Association, Virtual, (September 17, 2020).
• Reading of Creative Work/Performance
  Fagan, D., Popular Culture/American Culture Association, “Rotary Dial: A Short Story of Loss and Telephone Lines,” Popular Culture/American Culture Association, Washington, D.C, (April 2019).
• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D., South Atlantic Modern Language Association, "The Diagnosis: An ALS Journey in Poetry and Prose,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA, (November 2019).
• Oral Presentation
  Fagan, D. (Author & Presenter), Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, "Love Begets Love: The Dual-Consciousness of Spouse/Caregiver, Lover/Nurse, Widow/Newlywed Revealed Through Poetry," Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, Illinois, (November 2019).