Creative Writing: non-fiction and fiction
Kyoko Mori is the author of three nonfiction books (Yarn; Polite Lies; The Dream of Water). The title essay from her book, “Yarn,” was selected for The Best American Essays 2004, and Polite Lies was short-listed for PEN’s Martha Albrand Nonfiction Award. She has also published novels (Barn Cat; Stone Field, True Arrow; One Bird; Shizuko’s Daughter). Her essays have appeared in journals such as Ploughshares, the American Scholar, the Missouri Review, and Harvard Review. Prior to joining the faculty at Mason, Mori taught nonfiction writing at Harvard as a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in Creative Writing.
book manuscript, CAT AND BIRD
Yarn: Remembering the Way Home. Gemmamedia Book (2010)
Polite Lies: on Being a Woman Caught between Cultures. Henry Holt (1998); Fawcett (1999)
The Dream of Water. Henry Holt (1994); Fawcett (1995)
Barn Cat. Gemmamedia Books (2013)
Stone Field, True Arrow. Metropolitan (2000); Picador USA (2001)
One Bird. Henry Holt (1995); Fawcett (1996)
Shizuko’s Daughter. Henry Holt (1993); Fawcett (1994)
“Pet Grief,” “Yarn,” Harvard Review
“Cat and Bird,” “Between the Forest and the Well,” Conjunctions
“Alone in the Garden,” Washingtonian
“The Pleasure of Letting Go,” Ploughshares
“Pullovers,” the American Scholar
“Shawls,” the Missouri Review
528 Forms of Nonfiction
506 Research for Narrative Writing
513 as "the art of the memoir"; "nature writing," "food writing"
608 as "the personal essay: the tradition and the practice"; "writing about family"; "home and away: writing about cultures, your own or others"; "personal narrative, long and short"
616 nonfiction writing
Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing: the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
readings and panel appearances at the AWP, and at various colleges, universities, and book stores