Kelcey Ervick is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Indiana University South Bend, a public university in South Bend, Indiana.[1] She is the author of six books. Ervick has also published comics and illustrated work in The Washington Post, The Rumpus,[2] The Indianapolis Review,[3]Hypertext Magazine, and The Believer, amongst other publications. Ervick grew up in Ohio and currently lives in Indiana.
While at Xavier, Ervick played soccer and was a goalkeeper for four years.[6] Ervick's career saves record (1990–1993) at Xavier stood until 2014.[7]
Career
At Indiana University South Bend, Ervick teaches classes in English, creative writing, and comics. Additionally, Ervick is the Director of Creative Writing. She also served as the faculty advisor for IU South Bend's literary journal from 2006 to 2011.[1] Ervick has been teaching at Indiana University South Bend since 2006.
Ervick also teaches classes through Sequential Artists Workshop, including classes about graphic poetry and collage,[8] and workshop sessions at the Midwest Writers Workshop.[9]
Ervick's work has been featured on the Write-Minded Podcast[10] and her artist practice as a graphic artist is described in Craft Literary,[11] as well as Autobiographix.[12]The Keeper, a book that intertwines a memoir of growing up playing soccer with the history of Title IX, was favorably reviewed in The New York Times,[13]The Millions,[14] NBC 24News,[15] and the South Bend Tribune.[16]Publishers Weekly described The Keeper as a "lively celebration of girl athletes and the role of sports and Title IX."[17] More recently, her coedited volume, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature, was glowingly reviewed in Solrad,[18] and in Compulsive Reader, which describes the editors as "deserving copious kudos" for this work.[19]
Awards
Ervick's work has been recognized with grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, the Sustainable Arts Foundation,[20] and the New Frontiers in Arts and Humanities at Indiana University.[21]
Ervick has been honored as a Meijer Visiting Writer[22] at Central Michigan University. Ervick has given seminars at a variety of universities, including for the Creative Writing Reading Series in the Department of English at the University of Notre Dame[23] and was a featured speaker for the Center of Excellence For Women & Technology.
The Keeper was awarded an Ohioana Book Award in 2023.[24]For Sale By Owner was honored as a finalist for Best Books of Indiana, and as a winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Short Fiction. Ervick has been a two-time Pushcart nominee.
Works
Books
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature, 2023, edited with Tom Hart
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law that Changed Women's Lives, 2022, published by Avery/Penguin Random House[25]
Defunct, 2019, limited edition letterpress book hand printed and published by Book Arts Collaborative[26]
The Bitter Life of Božena Nemcová, 2016, published by Rose Metal Press
Liliane's Balcony: A Novella of Fallingwater, 2013, published by Rose Metal Press
For Sale By Owner, 2011, published by Kore Press
Other writing
Short fiction in Stuck in the Middle, 2016, an anthology coedited by David Bell and Molly McCaffrey, published by Main Street Rag
Comics and illustrated work
Title IX Became Law 50 Years Ago: Here's Why It Still Matters, 2022, The Washington Post[27]
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