Elizabeth Graver

Professor A.B., Wesleyan University M.F.A., Washington University Books, Links, Events, and More                                     Carney Hall 466 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Phone: 617-552-4154 Fax: 617-552-4220 Email: graver@bc.edu

Academic Profile

Specializes in creative writing, twentieth-century American literature, and Women's Studies.

Courses

• EN133 - Narrative Interpretation
• EN472 - Contemporary American Short Fiction
• EN535 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction: Writing Across Cultures
• EN615 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Publications (selected)

• The Honey Thief (1999).
• Unravelling (1997).
• Have You Seen Me? (1991).
• "The Mourning Door," Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001).
• "Two Baths." Best American Essays 1998 (1999).
• "Surtsey." Passing the Word: Writers on Their Mentors (2001).
• Awake (2004).  

Additional Professional Information

Professor Graver's stories and essays have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories (1991, 2001), Best American Essays (1998), The Pushcart Prize Anthology (2001), and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (1994, 1996, 2001). She is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.