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Mark Nowak
Director, The Rose O'Neill Literary House
Associate Professor of English
Contact
mnowak2@washcoll.edu
(410) 778-7845
Office
Rose O'Neill Literary House, Second Floor
Hours by appointment
Education
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University, 1990
B.A., English, Canisius College, 1988
Bio
Mark Nowak is a documentary poet, social critic, and labor activist, whose writings include Shut Up Shut Down (afterword by Amiri Baraka), a New York Times “Editor’s Choice,” and the recently published book on coal mining disasters in the US and China, Coal Mountain Elementary (2009), that Howard Zinn has called “a stunning educational tool.”
Kathryn Bursick
Assistant Director, The Rose O'Neill Literary House
Contact
kbursick2@washcoll.edu
(410) 778-7899
Office
Rose O'Neill Literary House, Second Floor
Hours by appointment
Education
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 2006.
Bio
Assistant Director to the O'Neill Literary House. A Pittsburgh native, Bursick holds a B.A. in English literature from Franklin & Marshall College, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the College Dispatch and was a recipient of the 2004 William Uhler Hensel Prize in English. She researched the rise of the novel in England, America, Nigeria, and the West Indies as a Hackman Scholar. In addition to freelance writing and editing, she enjoys researching historical piracy and execution sermons.
Owen Bailey
Administrative Assistant
Contact
obailey2@washcoll.edu
(410) 810-5768
Education
M.A., Washington College, 2009.
B.A., Washington College, 2007.
Office
Rose O'Neill Literary House, Second Floor
Hours by appointment
Bio
Administrative Assistant to the O'Neill Literary House. Born and bred in Chestertown, Maryland, Owen holds a B.A. in American Studies from WC, having been a transfer student from Western Maryland College. The runner-up in the Upper-Shore Poetry contest, Owen is interested in creative writing and has just completed his M.A. in English at Washington College. His interests are in 19th century literature, Gothic literature and short stories as well as religious studies.
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