Rose Elizabeth Ervin McLarney

Assistant Professor, Creative Writing Program

Oklahoma State University
1519 E 21st
Tulsa, OK 74114
828-200-9175
rosemclarney@gmail.com

Publications__________________________________________________________
Books
Its Day Being Gone, winner of the National Poetry Series. New York, New York: Penguin Books, 2014.
The Always Broken Plates of Mountains. New York, New York: Four Way Books, 2012.
Anthologies
"Disclaimer," Domestic," and "Watershed." The Southern Poetry Anthology: North Carolina,
forthcoming.
On Being Born into a Good Life. The Spirit of Black Mountain College, 2012.
Journals and Magazines
Humane, Winter Hard, Pet, Me As a God, Among Other Mistakes. Poetry Northwest,
forthcoming.
Boomtown, I Live Nearby, Abundance, Fine Dust. Green Mountains Review, forthcoming.
Watershed, Story with a Real Beast and a Little Blood In It, New England Review, Bread Loaf
Audio Feature, forthcoming.
Preservation, "Accrual," and "The Jewels with Which to Make Do, the Jewels That There Were."
storySouth, forthcoming.
Pastoral, Birmingham Poetry Review, forthcoming.
A Touch. The Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day, December 2014.
First in Right, In a dry county. This Land, October 2014.
Story with a Real Beast and a Little Blood in It. Poetry Daily, July 2014.
Eyes Lifted. Southern Humanities Review, June 2014.
Facing North, The Model Walks Away From a Job, I Float, What Music Should Accompany
This. Waxwing, June 2014.
Home Fires. Still: The Journal, June 2014.
Native Species. Construction, June 2014.
What the Snake Says, My Gift, How to See, The Treatment Was Frogs, or, The Tradition Was
Honey, Conservators, Glossing the Image. Connotations Press, January 2014.

Guts, Gleam. Valparaiso Poetry Review, Winter 2014.

Redemption, Watershed, Arcadia, How History Would Have It. Missouri Review, October 2013.
Electrification, Orion, October 2013.
Imminent Domain, And Inside Winged Beings Sleep, Tales to Tell Us Why Were Here,
Exotica, Tribute, The Way I Learned to Love, Into Another, I Saw, The Language
for This, Aloof Above, In Proportion, Light Colors, The Same as Anyone, Until
Nothing is Foreign, Bellyful Tales, Tributaries of the Same Body. Hone Creek, an online
chapbook from Mudlark, August 2013.
Landscape, Cimarron Review, Summer 2013.
Wet Not With Weeping. Missouri Review, poem of the week, June 4, 2013.
Story with a Real Beast and a Little Blood in It. Slate, October 2012.
Petition. The Greensboro Review, Summer 2012.
Before Me. The Collagist, January 2012.
Disclaimer. New England Review, Fall 2011.
Gather. The Academy of American Poets website, Fall 2011.
Gather. Poem Flows, an iPhone app, Fall 2011.
Three Wishes. American Literary Review blog, October 27, 2011.
Covenant. Asheville Poetry Review, Fall 2011.
Desire. Wilderness, Fall 2011.
Gather. Orion, September/October 2011.
For Boys with Names Like Wiley, or Loyal. Mead: The Magazine of Literature and Libations, Fall
2011.
Current. Whole Terrain, Antioch University, 2011.
Parallel Cuts, The Dance, A Reproach, Negative, Poet. Annals of Earth, Fall 2011.
Dont I Know. The Kenyon Review, Summer 2011.
Our Stories, Builder and Keeper, Living Up, About Farming. Alligator Juniper, 2011.
Double Yolk. Provincetown Arts Magazine, July 2011.
Salvage, At the Mountain State Fair. The Cortland Review, Spring 2011.
Flock, Appetite, Untruss. The Recorder: The Journal of The American Irish Historical Society,
Winter 2011.

Shadow Shape. Salamander, Winter 2010/2011.

Young Couple. The Laurel Review, Fall 2010.
Were Not Much for Words, But. Painted Bride Quarterly, Print Annual 5, Fall 2010.
By Immersion. Orion, September/October 2010.
How This Had to End. New Southerner, Summer 2007.
Bread Basket, Clusters Roots, Unsculpted, Bypass, Siren Call. Rapid River, October
2006.
In the Gem Mine Capital of the Earth. Rivendell , Issue 4, 2005.
When I Fry the Eggs, I Break the Yolks and I Will Break You Too.Magazine Minima,
Issue 0.3, 2002.
Nonfiction
(Selected publications)
Count It True: On Why I Teach Poetry, STATE Magazine, Fall 2014.
The Place Where I Write, Orion, April 2012.
The Writing Center and other features for The Owl & Spade, Warren Wilson College's magazine,
2004-2012.
Eating in Season, a biweekly column for The Mountain Xpress, 2009-2010.
Fresh at Farmers Markets, a weekly feature for The Asheville Citizen-Times, 2008-2010.
Who Grows Your Food?, a monthly interview and essay for The News-Record & Sentinel.
Radio
Electrification. Living on Earth, National Public Radio, forthcoming.
Dont I Know You from Somewhere, Vernacular Architecture, or What the Outbuilding Says,
Multimetric, Count it True, WCQS, NPR member station, Spring 2012.
Reviews and Interviews
Its Day Being Gone, Orion, forthcoming.
Its Day Being Gone, Bluestem Magazine, forthcoming.
Writing Out Loud, PBS Oklahoma, December 2014.
Its Day Being Gone: Poetry Written By Rose McLarney, OStateTV, September 2014.
Story with a Real Beast and a Little Blood: on Rose McLarneys Its Day Being Gone, The Millions,
July 2014.
Its Day Being Gone by Rose McLarney, The Rumpus, July 2014.

Its Day Being Gone, Publishers Weekly, June 2014.

Rose McLarney Interview with John Hoppenthaler, Congeries, January 2014.
An Aesthetics of Earliness. The Los Angeles Review, July 2013.
Rose McLarneys The Always Broken Plates of Mountains, The Iowa Review, Spring 2013.
The Always Broken Plates of Mountains by Rose McLarney. Blackbird, Winter 2013.
Franklin Poet Wins Emerging Writer Award. The Asheville Citizen-Times, January 2013.
Book Reviews 2012: The Always Broken Plates of Mountains. The Los Angeles
Review, August 2012.
Homegrown Poet Spreads Her Wings. Smoky Mountain News, April 2012.
Poetry Round Up. Haydens Ferry Review, April 2012.
"Mouthpieces For the Past: An Interview With Rose McLarney. The Collagist, February 2012.
An Interview with Rose McLarney. American Literary Review, October 2011.

Honors_____________________________________________________________
Nominee, Pushcart Prize, four poems currently under consideration.
Finalist, Oklahoma Book Awards, (recognized by the Library of Congress as one of the premier book
award events in the country), currently under consideration.
Semifinalist, Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, currently under consideration.
Fellow, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Summer 2014.
Fellow, Sewanee Writers Conference, Summer 2014.
Fellow, The MacDowell Colony, Spring 2014.
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Spring 2014 (declined).
Winner, National Poetry Series 2013, selected by Robert Wrigley for publication by Penguin Books.
Deans Incentive Grant, summer funding, Summer 2014.
EnglishDepartmentTravelProgramandSupplementalTravelAward,FallandSpring20132014.
Winner, The Fellowship of Southern Writers' George Garrett New Writing Award for Poetry,
2012-2013.
Finalist, Dartmouth Poet in Residence at The Frost Place, 2013.
Nominee, Pushcart Prize, 2012.

Nominee, Bread Loaf Fellowship, 2012.

Finalist, Ruth Lilly Fellowship from The Poetry Foundation, 2011.
First-Place Prize, National Writing Contest, Alligator Juniper, a national literary journal and threetime winner of first prize for the Associated Writing Programs Content Award, 2010.
Joan Beebe Fellowship, Warren Wilson College, a teaching fellowship awarded to one writer per
year, 2010-2011.

Education____________________________________________________________
The MFA Program for Writers, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
MFA, Poetry
January 2010
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
BA, Humanities
December 2003

Teaching Experience_______________________________________________________
Assistant Professor of Poetry, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, design and teach courses in
poetry and creative writing at the graduate and undergraduate level, advise PhD and MFA students,
conduct dissertation exams and thesis reviews, lead independent studies, and organize visiting writers
and speakers (2013 present). Courses include the following, with special topics focuses in poetic
sequences and series, regional writing, literary journals, and (in development) contemporary pastoral
and African American nature writing:
Studies in Poetry Writing
Craft and Forms of Poetry
Advanced Poetry Writing
Poetry Writing
Introduction to Creative Writing
Independent Studies
Assistant Professor, American Studies, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, offer English
courses for credit in this interdisciplinary program and collaborate on campus events and professional
development opportunities focused on diversity.
Instructor of Creative Writing, Warren Wilson College, design and teach courses in poetry, all
genres of creative writing, and composition (2011-2012). Courses include:
Introduction to Creative Writing
Bringing Food Home: From Local Agriculture to Personal Appetite
Joan Beebe Teaching Fellow, Warren Wilson College, design and teach courses in poetry and
composition; facilitate intersections between the undergraduate and graduate writing; and supervise the
student literary magazine (2010-2011). Courses include:
MFA Workshop: a workshop for advanced writers of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry
with a critical component
MFA Residency: a course built around lectures and readings in fiction and poetry from Warren
Wilson Colleges MFA Program for Writers

Creative Writing: Poetry

Write What You Eat: Food Culture and Social Responsibility

University and Committee Service ______________________________________

Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Admissions Board, Middlebury College (2015).
Jim and Linda Burke Visiting Scholar Selection Committee, Doel Reed Center for the Arts (2015).
Faculty Adviser, Creative Writing Association, Oklahoma State University, leading an active
student group that promotes community for writers (2014-present).
PhD dissertation defense committees, Oklahoma State University (2013-present).
PhD comprehensive exam committees, Oklahoma State University (2013-present).
PhD qualifying exam committees, Oklahoma State University (2013-present).
MFA second year manuscript review committees, Oklahoma State University (2013-present).
MFA thesis manuscript review committees, Oklahoma State University (2013-present).
Academic advisor, Oklahoma State University, advising graduate students, structuring courses of
study for their thesis hours, and supervising independent studies (2013-present).
Hiring committee, Oklahoma State University, hiring a fiction professor (2013-2014).
Placement committee, Oklahoma State University, helping graduate students prepare for the job
market (2013-present).
Speaker coordinator, Oklahoma State University, seeking funding for, organizing, and promoting
visits from writers in collaboration with the American Indian Studies and American Studies
Departments, in addition to other regional universities and museums (2013-present).
Creative Writing Program Student Recruitment Representative, Oklahoma State University
(2014).
Judging coordinator, Oklahoma State University, selecting judges for the Academy of American
Poets student writing contest (2013).
Graduate mentor, Warren Wilson College: Worked with students in undergraduate Creative Writing
Program, discussing possibilities for careers and continuing education (2008-2011).
Larry Levis Writing Award committee, Warren Wilson College: Selected winner for writing award
(2011).
MFA liaison, Warren Wilson College: Served as point person for communications between the
colleges MFA Program for Writers and Undergraduate Writing Program (2010-2011).

MFA residency course committee, Warren Wilson College: Selected students for participation in
advanced writing course (2010).
MFA mentor committee, Warren Wilson College: Led program to match MFA student mentors with
undergraduate writing students (2010).
Faculty Development
(Selected workshops)
Varieties of Creative Nonfictions on Campus
Art of Teaching: Grading, Evaluating (& Liking?)
Grading Creative Writing
Creating Rubrics for Composition
Designing Essay Assignments
Responding to Student Writing
Setting Up Successful Peer Reviews
Peer Tutor Perspectives on Student Writing
How and How Much Grammar in College Composition I?
Plagiarism in the NeXt Generation
The Personal Essay and Its Variations
Next Steps in General Education
Teaching Research Writing
Readings______________________________________________________________
(Selected events)
AWP Conference, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2015)
OK Avant Garde, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK (2015)
Short Order Poetry, Tulsa, OK (2015)
Oklahoma Central University, Edmond, OK (2014)
City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC (2014)
Poetrio, Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville, NC (2014)
Booksmart, Mainline Art Bar, Tulsa, OK (2014)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (2014)
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (2014)
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Middlebury, VT (2014)
Sewanee Writers Conference, Sewanee, TN (2014)
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NC (2014)
Altamont Reading Series, NC Stage, Asheville, NC (2014)
TM Rickman General Store, Franklin, NC (2014)
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (2013)
Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN (2013)
University of North Carolina-Asheville, Literature and Languages Conference, Asheville,
NC (2013)
Downtown Books and News, Asheville, NC (2013)
Malaprops, Asheville, NC (2013)
ColeLibrarySeries,WarrenWilsonCollege(2013)
Fellowship of Southern Writers Conference, Chattanooga, TN (2013)
City Lights, Sylva, NC (2012)
NYU Bookstore, NY, NY (2012)

Four Way Books launch, Millbrook, NY (2012)

University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC (2012)
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC (2012)
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC (2012)
City Lights Books, Sylva, NC (2012)
Macon County Library, Franklin, NC (2012)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Chicago, IL (2012)
Juniper Bends, Asheville, NC (2011)
The Pulp, Asheville, NC (2011)
The Flood Reading Series, Asheville, NC (2011)
WordFest, Asheville, NC(2011)
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC (2010, 2011)
Malaprops Caf, Asheville, NC (2007, 2011)
The Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, Asheville, NC (2005, 2006, 2007,
2010)
The French Broad Institute, Marshall, NC (2010)
WordPlay Radio, Asheville, NC (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
Posana Caf, Asheville, NC (2010)
BookWorks, Asheville, NC (2009)
WPVM 103.5, Asheville, NC (2007)
Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC (2006)
Pump Gallery, Asheville, NC (2006)
BoBo Gallery, Asheville, NC (2005)
WNCW 88.7, Spindale, NC (2004)
The Big Idea Art Space, Asheville, NC (2003)

Speaking Engagements_____________________________________________________
AWP Conference, 2013 National Poetry Series Selections, a panel discussion and reading (2015).
Purdue University, Visiting Writer Series (2015).
Northern Arizona University, guest speaker via Skype for a class in which my book is an assigned text
(2015).
Warren Wilson College, guest speaker via Skype for a class in which my book is an assigned text
(2015).
Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Beyond the Provincial: A Discussion of Place-Based Poems, a
craft class on Polish and Southern regional writing (2014).
Literary Death Match, judge (2014).
Southern Festival of Books, panelist (2013).
University of North Carolina-Asheville, Literature and Languages Conference, speaker (2013).
University of North Carolina-Asheville, Poetics of Identity and Perception course, guest lecture
(2012 & 2013).

Warren Wilson College, Creative Writing: Poetry course, led a series of classes and workshops
focusing on persona poems (2010).
Warren Wilson College, Human /Nature: What Tone Reveals About the Speakers Relationship
to Nature, gave graduate lecture (2010).
Warren Wilson College, Sustainable Agriculture course, conducted classes about the regional food
system (2008, 2009).
Warren Wilson College, spoke to Creative Writing classes about my work in publishing career
possibilities for writers (2007).
i7 Futures Forum, Western Carolina University, moderated a panel discussion of place in current
Southern writing (2004).
Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council Connect Conference, spoke about creative careers and
opportunities in the region (2004).

Publishing Experience_________________________________________________
Assistant Supervisor, The Peal, oversaw student crew editing, designing, and publishing college
literary journal (2010-2011).
Assistant Editor, Lark Books, edited and developed titles for the international publisher of nonfiction
books (2006-2008).
Editorial assistant, Rivendell, read and proofread submissions to the literary journal (2003-2005).
Editor, The Well, edited a nonfiction magazine operated by a student work crew at Warren Wilson
College (2001-2003).
Assistant Editor, Magazine Minima, edited an online microfiction magazine (2002).

Professional Experiences______________________________________________
Margery Boyden Davis Wilderness Writing Residency, participate in residency (2012-2013).
Tutor, work one-on-one with special needs students with writing, research, and study skills (20112012).
Communications and Marketing, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP), created
communications pieces to share the stories of Appalachian family farmers for the nationally recognized
nonprofit organization working to keep farmers farming and reconnect people with local food (20082010).
Coordinator, URTV, Inc, organized the start up of a nonprofit organization launching western North
Carolinas first public access television station and media center (2005-2006).
Operations Manager, The Media Arts Project (MAP), curated events and ran operations for a
nonprofit organization promoting media arts appreciation, education, and economic opportunity (20032005).

Freelance Writer, wrote and placed feature stories and created marketing materials for clients including
regional newspapers, book publishers, and Warren Wilson College (2002-2013).

Other Involvements ______________________________________________

Associated Writing Programs Conference, attended conference and table at the book fair (2015, 2012,
2011, 2002).
Associated Writing Programs, member (2006-present).
Poetry Society of America, member (2014-present).
WordFest, volunteered for a poetry festival bringing noted writers to Asheville (2008, 2011).
The Alliance for Community Media, board member for the Southeast Chapter (2006).
Waves of Change, awarded scholarship to attend The Alliance for Community Medias annual
international conference (2006).
ANAI, APPTA, Corridor Biologico de Talamanca Caribe, communications volunteer writing articles
publicizing the causes of these Costa Rican nonprofit organizations working to preserve the
environment and serve indigenous populations and cooperatives of small farmers (2011-present).
Western North Carolina Alliance, chaired county chapter of an environmental organization (2005).
Laurel Valley Watch, member assisting in media relations for the grassroots group promoting
responsible land use (2005-2007).