{"id":1386,"date":"2020-01-21T15:15:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/english\/?page_id=1386"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:03:54","slug":"jessica-anthony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/english\/jessica-anthony\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica L. Anthony<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Senior Lecturer in English<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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About<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Jessica Anthony is the author of four books of fiction, most recently the novel THE MOST (Little, Brown & Co.), longlisted for the National Book Award in Fiction, and a finalist for the Prix Fitzgerald. Her novel ENTER THE AARDVARK\u00a0<\/em>(Little, Brown & Co.) was a finalist for the New England Book Award in Fiction. Anthony\u2019s novels have been published in over a dozen countries, and are featured in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal,\u00a0<\/em>The Washington Post<\/i>, and\u00a0The New York Times Book Review<\/em> as an Editors\u2019 Choice. Anthony served as the 41st Bridge Guard in Literature, in \u0160t\u00farovo, Slovakia. She has received literary fellowships from the Maine Arts Commission, the Millay Colony, Ucross, MacDowell, the Bogliasco Foundation, and recently spent a month in residence at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington. Anthony won the inaugural Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award from McSweeney’s, and she is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award for Literature. Her story \u201cThe Death of Mustango Salvaje,\u201d originally published by McSweeney\u2019s, is currently in development with A24 for a limited TV series, filmed in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Current Courses<\/h3>

Winter Semester 2026<\/h4>
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A course for students who wish to have practice and guidance in the writing of prose. Admission by writing sample. Prerequisite(s): one 100-level English course.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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Students register for ENG 458 in the winter semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both ENG 457 and 458.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

Fall Semester 2026<\/h4>
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Focusing on short stories published from 1945-2015, this discussion-based course examines the international phenomenon of postmodern short fiction both as a natural sequence of modernism, and an expression of a new kind of post-WWII cynicism. Students are introduced to central aspects of postmodern…<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdvanced Fiction Writing<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Prerequisite(s): English 291.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdvanced Topics in Creative Nonfiction<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In this advanced workshop, students build upon previous coursework in the genre by reading, analyzing, and discussing a range of creative nonfiction topics, and developing individual literary projects in nonfiction. The prerequisite is waived for Seniors. Students should contact the course instructo…<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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Students register for ENG 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both ENG 457 and 458.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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