Kelcey Ervick

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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.

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Education

Ervick earned her Ph.D from the University of Cincinnati in 2006 [4] and a B.A. from Xavier University in 1993. [5]

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] Publisher's 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 a 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

Other writing

Comics and illustrated work

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  35. ↑ Ervick, Kelcey Parker (2019-09-10). "Welcome to South Bend: Notre Dame Football". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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