Department of English Language and Literature
Directory
Liz Countryman
| Title: | Associate Professor McCausland Faculty Fellow |
| Department: | English Language and Literature College of Arts and Sciences |
| Email: | countrym@mailbox.sc.edu |
| Phone: | 803-576-5891 |
| Office: | HUO 515 |
| Resources: | English Language and Literature |
Education
PhD, University of Houston, 2012
MFA, University of Maryland, 2006
Specialization
• Creative Writing
• Contemporary poetry
Courses
ENGL 200 Creative Writing, Voice, and Community
ENGL 286 Poetry
ENGL 360 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 460 Advanced Writing
ENGL 464 Poetry Workshop
ENGL 600 Seminar in Verse Composition
Publications
Books
• Green Island, Tupelo Press, 2024
• A Forest Almost, Subito Press, 2017
Selected Recent Journal Publications
• “Where is the Poem” – American Poetry Review 52.6.
• Essay on composing and revising “Green Island” – underbelly 11.
• “Green Island,” “Sink”– The Canary 7.
• “Circular” – Denver Quarterly 54:2.
• “Homeowner,” “Make Space” – Conduit 30.
• “Erasure Poem”– Lana Turner 12.
• “Dresser”– American Poetry Review 48.5.
• “Forest”– Kenyon Review Vol. XL No. 3.
Other Information
Editor (with Samuel Amadon) of Oversound, a poetry journal: (www.oversoundpoetry.com)