Michael Parker
Contact Information
E-mail: mfparker@uncg.edu
Office: MHRA 3308
At UNCG Since: 1993
Education
M.F.A. University of Virginia-1988
B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-1984
Research Interests
Mr. Parker teaches courses in creative writing and literature on both the graduate and undergraduate level.
Selected Publications
- Can't Find My Way Home. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, forthcoming 2009.
- Don't Make Me Stop Now. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2007.
- If You Want Me To Stay. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2005.
- “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way.” The New York Times Magazine 9 Jan 2005.
- Virginia Lovers. Harrison: Delphinium, 2004.
- “Off Island.” New Stories from the South 2003: The Year’s Best.” Ed. Shannon Ravenel. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2003. 308-19.
- "People Get Ready." Shenandoah 54.1 (2003).
- Towns Without Rivers. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
- The Geographical Cure. New York: Scribner's, 1994.
- Hello Down There. New York: Scribner's, 1993.
Awards and Honors
- North Carolina Award for Literature,2006.
- Hobson Award in Arts and Letters, 2005.
- Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council, 2004.
- Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2004.
- Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, for The Geographical Cure, 1994.
- Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway prize, for Hello Down There, 1993.