Mary Cappello

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Mary Cappello
Alma mater State University of New York, Buffalo (Ph.D., M.A.), Dickinson College, B.A.
Known forExperimental prose, creative nonfiction, lyric essay, multi-genre, Italian American themes, gender and sexuality, cultural criticism
Scientific career
Fields English, Creative Nonfiction, Medical Humanities
Institutions University of Rhode Island

Mary Cappello is a writer and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island. [1] She is the author of five books of literary nonfiction, and her essays and experimental prose have been published in The Georgia Review , [2] Salmagundi [3] and Cabinet Magazine . [4] Her work has been featured in The New York Times , [5] Salon , [6] The Huffington Post , [7] in guest author blogs for Powell's Books, [8] and on six separate occasions as Notable Essay of the Year in Best American Essays. [9] [10] [11] A 2011 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts/Nonfiction, [12] she recently received a 2015 Berlin Prize from The American Academy in Berlin, a fellowship awarded to scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. [13]

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Education

Cappello is originally from Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside Philadelphia. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. from State University of New York, Buffalo, and her B.A. from Dickinson College. Cappello has taught at the University of Rhode Island, as a Fulbright Lecturer at the Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, Russia, [14] and at the University of Rochester.

Publications and works

Literary nonfiction: Books

Essays and experimental prose print

Essays and experimental prose on-line

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. University of Rhode Island, Faculty Bios, Mary Cappello.
  2. Mary Cappello, "Getting the News", The Georgia Review, volume 63, number 2, Summer 2009, 294-315.
  3. Mary Cappello, "For 'Anyone Interested in Learning What Makes Us Human', Salmagundi, Spring-Summer 2008, 75-96.
  4. Mary Cappello, "Ingestion/Alone on Floor with a Pile of Buttons," Cabinet Magazine: A Quarterly of Art and Culture, Special Issue: Forensics, 43 (October 2011): 12-15.
  5. Amanda Schaffer, Down the Hatch and Straight Into Medical History, The New York Times, January 10, 2011.
  6. Thomas Rogers, “Swallow”: The strange things people swallow, Salon, December 18, 2010.
  7. 13 Real And Imaginary Things That People Have Swallowed, The Huffington Post, January 22, 2011.
  8. Powell's Books Blog, Mary Cappello.
  9. John Jeremiah Sullivan and Robert Atwan, eds. The Best American Essays 2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct 7, 2014.
  10. Edwidge Danticat and Robert Atwan, eds. Best American Essays 2011, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct 4, 2011.
  11. Mary Oliver, ed. The Best American Essays 2009, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct 8, 2009.
  12. 1 2 John Simon Guggenheim Fellows, Mary Cappello.
  13. The American Academy in Berlin, American Academy Announces Berlin Prize Recipients Archived 2015-08-10 at the Wayback Machine , 2015.
  14. University at Buffalo Alumni Association, Mary Cappello, PhD ’88 & MA ’85, Award-winning professor.
  15. Water~Stone Review, Fall 2015.
  16. American Academy Announces Berlin Prize Recipients.
  17. URI Foundation Excellence Awards Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine , 2015.
  18. The Georgia Review earns 10 honors at GAMMA Awards ceremony, UGA Today, May 4, 2010.
  19. University of Rhode Island, Meet Mary Cappello.
  20. Bechtel Prize Essay, "Can Creative Writing Be Taught?" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , Mary Cappello, 2004.
  21. Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize Winners, Mary Cappello and Paola Ferrario Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine , 2001.
  22. University of Rhode Island Faculty, Mary Cappello.