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Andy Farkas

Associate Professor Creative Writing and Fiction
English
College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
Morgan Hall
Room 115
1700 SW College Ave
Topeka, KS 66621-1117
785.670.1604
Degrees & Certifications
Kent State University, Bachelor of Arts
Univ of Tennessee-Knoxville, Master of Arts
University of Alabama, Master of Fine Arts
Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Doctor of Philosophy
Scholarly Interests/Activities
Fiction writing, playwriting, screenwriting, creative nonfiction writing, absurdist fiction, postmodern fiction, cult films, film noir, neo-noir.
Career Accomplishments

I am the author of a novel, The Big Red Herring (KERNPUNKT Press 2019), and two collections of short fiction: Self-Titled Debut (Subito Press 2009) and Sunsphere (BlazeVOX [books] 2019). My work has appeared in The Iowa ReviewNorth American ReviewThe Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere. I have been nominated six times for a Pushcart Prize, with one Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXXV and one Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2013. My novel was a finalist for the 2019 Big Other Fiction Award, a finalist for the 2019 Foreword INDIES humor award, and was on the Entropy Magazine Best Fiction Books of 2019 list. I am also the fiction editor for The Rupture (the re-brand of The Collagist).

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