| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Department | English |
| Office | Meier Hall 229 |
| Phone | 978.542.7256 |
| alexandria.peary@salemstate.edu |
| ENG 820 | Workshop in Fiction and Narrative Forms |
|---|---|
| ENG 835 | Mindful Writing: Theory and Practice |
| ENG 996 | Manuscript Capstone in Writing |
| ENL 110 | Foundations of Writing |
| ENL 220 | Introduction to Creative Writing |
| ENL 221 | Mindful Writing |
| ENL 321 | The Craft of Poetry |
| ENL 423 | Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry |
| ENL 505 | Creative Writing Thesis |
| ENL 601H | Senior Honors Project in English |
EDUCATION
Ph.D. English/Specialization:Composition Studies. University of New Hampshire
MFA Poetry. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
MFA Poetry. Iowa Writer's Workshop. University of Iowa
B.A. English with a Concentration in Creative Writing. Summa cum Laude. Colby College
Awards and Positions:
* Creative Nonfiction & Literary Journalism
* Fiction
* Poetry
* Mindful Writing Pedagogy & Theory
* Creative Writing Pedagogy
* Germany, 1933-1955
From 2011 and 2019, I directed the First-Year Writing Program at Salem State University as well as teaching. Currently, I teach creative writing (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction) and mindful writing at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Books:
Battle of Silicon Valley at Daybreak. Spuyten Duyvil, 2021.
COVID SPRING I: Granite State Pandemic Poems, Hobblebush Books, 2020.
COVID SPRING II: More Granite State Pandemic Poems, Hobblebush Books, 2021.
The Water Draft. Spuyten Duyvil. 2019.
Prolific Moment: Theory and Practice of Mindfulness for Writing. Routlege 2018.
Control Bird Alt Delete. University of Iowa Press. Winner of 2013 Iowa Poetry Prize. 2014.
Creative Writing Studies: A Guide to Its Pedagogies. Co-edited with Tom C. Hunley. Southern Illinois University Press. Forthcoming, 2014.
Lid to the Shadow. Slope Editions. Winner of Slope Editions 2010 Book Prize. Selected by Franz Wright, 2011.
Fall Foliage Called Bathers & Dancers. Omaha, NE: Backwaters Press, 2008.
Selected Articles/Chapters:
"Wild Apple." Reprinted in Rooted 2: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction. Ed. by Josh Macivor-Andersen, 2023.
"Mantra of Intention." New Writing: International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. Vol 19, Issue 1, 2022. Reprinted in ?Stimulus, Intention and Process in Creative Writing.Ed. Graeme harper. Routledge, 2023.
"Taking Self-Help Books Seriously: The Informal Aesthetic Education of Writers." Reprinted in Writing Manuals for the Masses. Ed. Anneleen Masschelein. Palgrave, 2020.
“Histories and Historiography in Creative Writing Studies.” In Changing Creative Writing in America. Ed. Graeme Harper. Multilingual Matters Press (2017).
“The Role of Mindfulness in Kairos.” Rhetoric Review. 35.1 (2016): 22-34.
“Walls with a Word Count: The Textrooms of the Extracurriculum.” College Composition and Communication. 66.1 (September 2014): 43-66.
“The Terrain of Prewriting.” Journal of Creative Writing Studies. 2. 1 (2016).
“The Hidden Ethos Inside Process Pedagogy.” Pedagogy. 14.2 (Winter 2014).
“‘An Extremely Pleasant New Kind of World’: Hughes Mearns and the Open-Access Approach to Creative Writing.” New Writing: International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. 10.3 (2013): 348-358.
“Taking Self-Help Books Seriously: The Informal Aesthetic Education of Writers.” The Journal of Aesthetic Education. Accepted for publication
"Eliza Leslie's 1854 The Behaviour Book and the Conduct of Women's Writing." Rhetoric Review. 31.3 (2012). Finalist for the 2012 Theresa J. Enos Anniversary Award.
“Spectators At Their Own Future: Creative Writing Assignments in the Disciplines and the Fostering of Critical Thinking.” WAC Journal, 23 (2012): 65-81.
"On Detail." Literary Imagination. Literary essay. 14(3) (2012): 354-364.
"Creative Writing Across the Curriculum." Chapter in Creative Writing Studies: A Guide to Its Pedagogies (Peary & Hunley, forthcoming).
“The Privacy of Writing.” EDvance: A Digital Publication for the Advancement of Developmental English. https://sites.google.com/a/northshore.edu/edvance/page- 1/Writing-Blocks
"The Licensing of the Poetic in Nineteenth-Century Composition-Rhetoric Textbooks." College Composition and Communication. 61.2 (December 2009).
"Increasing the Efficacy of Audience Instruction through the S.A.S.E." Chapter in Teaching Audience: Theory and Practice. Eds. Brian Fehler et al. Forward by Lisa Ede and Andrea Lunsford. NCTE, 2009.
"Bringing Creativity into the Classroom: Using Sociology to Write First Person Fiction" with Laurie Gordy. Teaching Sociology. 33.4 (October 2005).
Selected Publications:
Yale Review, Denver Quarterly, North American Review, Gettysburg Review, VOLT, New York Times, WMBUR Cog, New American Review, Cimarron Review, Green Mountains Review, Juked, Hotel Amerika, Bombay Gin, Boston Review, Pleiades, Pangyrus, Verse Daily, Meridian, Mindful.org, Massachusetts Review, jubilat, Fine Madness, Brick, Crazyhorse, Poetry Northwest, Spoon River Review, Barrow Street, web Conjunctions, Painted Bride Quarterly, Lana Turner, Rhino, Posit, Another Chicago Magazine.
Selected Editorial Work:
Listed at the Academy of American Poets: https://poets.org/poet/alexandria-peary
Listed at Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/alexandria-peary
Selected Presentations:
TEDx talk, "How Mindfulness Can Transform The Way You Write." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxnFac7CNA
Mindful Writing Webinar for the National Council of Teachers of English, 2021-2023.
Lecture at February 13 Transational Forum. Technische Universität Dresden, February 14, 2025.
Reading from "The Pforzheim Quartet" at mass grave, Pforzheim 80th Commemoration Ceremony, February 23, 2025.
On-Stage Interviewer, "Jodi Picoult & The Writing Life: More Than a Good Story." 2023 Annual Celebration of the Humanities, 2023.
Mindful Writing Workshops for New Hampshire Humanities: over a dozen presentations across the state.
Opening Remarks for United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo for New Hampshire Humanities, 2021.
Appearances on New Hampshire Public Radio, All Things Considered, 2023.
"How Mindfulness Can Transform the Way You Write a Novel." Presentation for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), November 10, 2021.
Keynote Speaker. Secondary Schools Writing Center Assocations (SSWCA) Conference. March 2021.
"Creative Writing Pedagogy Symposium.” Keynote speaker. University of California, Merced. October 13, 2017.
"Contemplation, Community, Love, and Empowerment.” Labouré College, January 9, 2015.
“Creative Writing Pedagogies.” Presentation with Tom C. Hunley. Iowa Writer’s Workshop. University of Iowa. April 29, 2014.
“Mindful Writing & Overcoming Writing Blocks.” Presentation for MOOC for International Writing Program, University of Iowa. Recording, April 29, 2014.
“Peter Elbow, Walter Ong and Dorothy Sarnoff: A Discussion of Inner and Outer Rhetoric.” Citizenship through Empowerment Lecture Series. Southern Vermont College. March 2011.
“Digital Transactions and the Author(itative) Ethos.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV, March 2013.
"Your Ability to Write a Poem Is Always Present: A Mindful Writing Workshop." May 3, 2013. Massachussetts Poetry Festival.
"Helping Faculty Overcome the Digital Divide Through Composition Pedagogies." Proposal Accepted. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO, March 2012.
"Creative Writing WAC: Using the Imagination to Bridge Critical and DisciplinaryThinking." Third International Critical Thinking/Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Conference2010. Quinnipiac University. Hamden, CT, November 2010.
"Increasing the Efficacy of Audience Instruction through the Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY, March 2010.
"Murray & Elbow's Ethos: Setting People Up to Write." Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, March 2009.
My family. Writing . Mindful writing. Helping people overcome writing blocks & anxiety.