Carol Guess, MFA

she/they, Professor

About

Pronunciation: Carol: Sounds like "Feral"

Carol Guess is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including Doll Studies: Forensics and Tinderbox Lawn. Forthcoming books include a short story collection, Sleep Tight Satellite (Tupelo Press), and a poetry collection, Infodemic (Black Lawrence Press). A frequent collaborator, she writes across genres and illuminates historically marginalized material. In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by Columbia University. She is Professor of English at Western Washington University, where she teaches Queer Literature and Creative Writing.
 

Research Interests

  • Queer Literature and Culture
  • Creative Writing (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction)