kelcey ervick parker
News & Events
2013 Events
March 6-9, 2013
AWP Panel Presentation
Sat. March 9, 3:00, Room 111 Hynes
April 20, 2013
Southern Kentucky Book Fest
October 2013 Book Release
Liliane's Balcony, a novella set a Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, forthcoming from Rose Metal Press
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2012
Wed. Feb. 29-Sat. Mar. 3, 2012
AWP Conference
My book is available at the book fair: Kore Press, Booth 822
Panel - Home Sweet Home: Short Story Collections and Small Presses
Caitlin Horrocks, Amina Gautier, Shannon Cain, Adam Schuitema, Kelcey Parker (4:30-5:45 Sat. 3/3 Lake Erie, Hilton Chicago, 8th Floor)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:00 p.m.Reading and discussion
3001 Wiekamp Hall, IU South Bend
American Assoc. University Women
AAUW-South Bend, IN
Friday, April 13, 2012
4:00 p.m. Fiction Reading
University of Cincinnati
November 8, 2012
Drake University, Writer's Harvest
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FALL 2011
Tues./Thurs., Sept 13 & 15, 2011
Guest in Melanie Page's
Twisted Domestic Class
St. Mary's College
Monday, Sept. 19, 2011
Holistic Moms Book Group
South Bend, IN
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011
Reading and Class Visit
Bluffton College, OH
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011
Reading and Class Visit
Central Michigan University
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SPRING 2011
February 3-6, 2011
BOOK RELEASE, Kore Press
Author Signing, Friday 1:00-2:00
AWP Conference
Washington, D.C.
Fri.-Sat., February 11-12, 2011
Reading and Workshop
Taylor University
Making Literature Conference
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame University
Hammes Book Store
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Friday-Saturday, March 4-5, 2011
Expo for Women
Century Center
South Bend, IN
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Indiana University South Bend
Schurz Library, 5th Floor Atrium
Sunday, March 13, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Hearthside Readers & Writers Series
Fiddler's Hearth
South Bend, IN
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Grand Valley State University
Visiting Writers Series
1:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall
Grand Valley, MI
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Western Kentucky University
7:00 p.m. Cherry Hall Rm 125
Bowling Green, KY
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
St. Mary's College
7:30 p.m. Cushwa-Leighton Library
March 6-9, 2013
AWP Panel Presentation
Sat. March 9, 3:00, Room 111 Hynes
April 20, 2013
Southern Kentucky Book Fest
October 2013 Book Release
Liliane's Balcony, a novella set a Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, forthcoming from Rose Metal Press
----------------
2012
Wed. Feb. 29-Sat. Mar. 3, 2012
AWP Conference
My book is available at the book fair: Kore Press, Booth 822
Panel - Home Sweet Home: Short Story Collections and Small Presses
Caitlin Horrocks, Amina Gautier, Shannon Cain, Adam Schuitema, Kelcey Parker (4:30-5:45 Sat. 3/3 Lake Erie, Hilton Chicago, 8th Floor)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:00 p.m.Reading and discussion
3001 Wiekamp Hall, IU South Bend
American Assoc. University Women
AAUW-South Bend, IN
Friday, April 13, 2012
4:00 p.m. Fiction Reading
University of Cincinnati
November 8, 2012
Drake University, Writer's Harvest
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FALL 2011
Tues./Thurs., Sept 13 & 15, 2011
Guest in Melanie Page's
Twisted Domestic Class
St. Mary's College
Monday, Sept. 19, 2011
Holistic Moms Book Group
South Bend, IN
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011
Reading and Class Visit
Bluffton College, OH
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011
Reading and Class Visit
Central Michigan University
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SPRING 2011
February 3-6, 2011
BOOK RELEASE, Kore Press
Author Signing, Friday 1:00-2:00
AWP Conference
Washington, D.C.
Fri.-Sat., February 11-12, 2011
Reading and Workshop
Taylor University
Making Literature Conference
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame University
Hammes Book Store
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Friday-Saturday, March 4-5, 2011
Expo for Women
Century Center
South Bend, IN
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Indiana University South Bend
Schurz Library, 5th Floor Atrium
Sunday, March 13, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Hearthside Readers & Writers Series
Fiddler's Hearth
South Bend, IN
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Grand Valley State University
Visiting Writers Series
1:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall
Grand Valley, MI
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Western Kentucky University
7:00 p.m. Cherry Hall Rm 125
Bowling Green, KY
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
St. Mary's College
7:30 p.m. Cushwa-Leighton Library
Third Coast 15th Anniversary Party
News
4/22/13 Just returned from the SOKY Book Fest, where I met The Fonz! Click here to read about it on my blog.
3/15/13 Fiction Judge for AWP Intro Journals Project. I love these winning stories and it was great to have lunch with the other judges and the journal editors at AWP, as the editors chose which stories to publish.
1/20/13 South Bend Tribune Article: Local Author, IUSB Professor receives statewide recognition
1/14/13 IUSB Preface Article: English Professor Kelcey Parker Named Finalist for Best Fiction Book of Indiana Contest
1/2/13 For Sale By Owner selected as a Finalist, 2012 Best Books of Indiana
12/2/12 Pushcart Nomination for my story Limberlost. Thanks to the editors at Booth for this recognition!
11/15/12 Thanks to everyone at Drake University for inviting me to the Writer's Harvest, and to the talented students whose work I read and heard. More here.
10/15/12 New look at ye olde PhD in Creative Writing BLOG. And new partnership with Talking Writing, featuring interviews with their writers.
9/14/12 Virtual Classroom visit at U. of Central Florida - via Skype! Thanks to Jamie Poissant for teaching my book and inviting me to visit. Did I look like the Wizard of Oz up on the screen?
8/3/12 Honored to have my story, "Mermaids," reprinted in the debut issue of Currents, the magazine of IUSB's College of Arts & Sciences. And a nice article about my work, pitting backyard barbecues against art and literature. Must one choose???
7/13/12 New story, "Limberlost," published online at Booth Magazine and inspired in part by Gene Patton Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost, the 1909 novel set at Limberlost Swamp in Indiana.
7/1/12 in PRAGUE! Studying Czech at Charles University's Institute for Language Studies
6/13/12 My blog interview, "How Anne Germanacos Became a Writer," has been featured by Wordpress on Freshly Pressed. To celebrate, Anne and I are giving away signed copies of our books.
6/4/12 Headed to NYC's Center for Book Arts for the Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar For Emerging Writers
5/7/12 Interview at Southeast Review Online on being a goalie, wearing funky hats, and being inspired by Deb Olin Unferth, Caitlin Horrocks, and Gretchen Henderson. (Thanks to Forrest Anderson for the great questions!)
5/1/12 Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation!
4/24/12 IUSB Preface article about my AAUW reading. Too many pics of me laughing. Clearly I was having fun.
4/18/12 "Janie" - excerpt from forthcoming Liliane's Balcony, published at Necessary Fiction.
4/12/12 Small Presses, Big Pleasures Donna Miscolta blogs about FSBO along with books by Caitlin Horrocks and Anne Germanacos. "These story collections, like so much other work by women, are anything but minor when it comes to illuminating the complexities of women’s lives and minds not just in the stories themselves, but in the forms and language the authors use to construct them."
3/28/12 New Review of FSBO at CultureMob - "If you tend to consider short stories to be literary snacks, then the stories in...For Sale By Owner...are more like tapas. They may look like hors d’oeuvres from the world of stay-at-home moms and their domestic difficulties, but when you bite into them you discover rich, savory morsels that stay with you long after you’ve moved on to the next bar."
3/15/12 New Pages Review of Notre Dame Review with mention of my "surprising and (sort of) hilarious" and "profound" story "Estate Sale."
3/5/12 Review of FSBO at Literary Mama - "the stories are utterly distinct, each distinguished from the others not just by specific characters and details, but through the voice, form, and style."
2/22/12 Gearing up for AWP
Panel on Story Collections and Small Presses - "Home Sweet Home" - on Sat 3/3 @ 4:30.
FSBO available at Kore Press Booth 822.
1/20/12 New Short-Short "Three Women" published at New Purlieu Review
12/5/11 Pushcart Nomination: Kore Press nominated my story "Lent" for a Pushcart!
11/8/11 Thanks to Darrin Doyle and CMU for a great event! Check out Ben Harris's article: "Writer's Reading Packs Baber Room": “I was so excited. I bought her book and loaned a friend money to buy a book,” said Mount Pleasant senior Lee Szelag. “It was a wonderfully poetic form of fiction.”
10/29/11 Readings: Had a great visit at Bluffton U. in Ohio. Central Michigan University, here I come!
10/16/11 Shout Outs: FSBO on Dan Cafaro's nightstand at Atticus Books; Caitlin Horrocks reads FSBO at Writers Read
10/1/11 New Publication: "The Bitter Life of Božena Němcová" at Shadowbox Magazine.
9/1/11 New story published: "Estate Sale at the Interior Castle" at Notre Dame Review
8/15/11 Events - Check the 'Readings' tab for fall events!
7/15/11 New essay: "Spinning" at New Purlieu Review
7/1/11 Review - New Pages
" . . . distinctly well-developed characters who are crafted with beautiful depth . . . an edge of suspense in every story that keeps the pages turning . . . "
6/1/11 Interview at Persephone Speaks - "Becoming a writer is not rocket science, but it's not magic either."
5/31/11 Longlisted for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
5/12/11 WINNER 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award / Short Fiction
5/5/11 Review - Bookgeeks/UK
"Kelcey Parker . . . does more than just scratch the surface to explore suburbia further; she drills a well to dig down towards the core."
4/15/11 Review - CaribousMom
4.5 stars / "Wry, biting, and skillfully constructed, these are stories that evoke the darker side of domestic life and ask the question: What is a women’s identity apart from the labels which define her?"
4/4/11 Review - R.Smith, White Walls, Black Ink / 4 stars / "Are these stories hopeful? Nihilistic? Heartbreaking? Heart-affirming? Every sentence seems to turn where you think they’re going, which is the real key to this kind of reality, the one we genuinely recognize as our own."
3/23/11 Article "Characters as Confidants" - Grand Valley Lanthorn
3/3/11 Interview - IUSB
"At the time I was writing many of these stories, I was feeling the tension between being a mom and a graduate student, and particularly a tension with “mom culture.” By extension, my characters are women who have an uneasy relationship with motherhood."
3/1/11 Review - IUSB Preface
"Parker . . . uses the rules of language and writing like advanced calculus."
2/21/11 "New & Notable" - New Pages
2/2011 Short Article - IU Homepages
4/22/13 Just returned from the SOKY Book Fest, where I met The Fonz! Click here to read about it on my blog.
3/15/13 Fiction Judge for AWP Intro Journals Project. I love these winning stories and it was great to have lunch with the other judges and the journal editors at AWP, as the editors chose which stories to publish.
1/20/13 South Bend Tribune Article: Local Author, IUSB Professor receives statewide recognition
1/14/13 IUSB Preface Article: English Professor Kelcey Parker Named Finalist for Best Fiction Book of Indiana Contest
1/2/13 For Sale By Owner selected as a Finalist, 2012 Best Books of Indiana
12/2/12 Pushcart Nomination for my story Limberlost. Thanks to the editors at Booth for this recognition!
11/15/12 Thanks to everyone at Drake University for inviting me to the Writer's Harvest, and to the talented students whose work I read and heard. More here.
10/15/12 New look at ye olde PhD in Creative Writing BLOG. And new partnership with Talking Writing, featuring interviews with their writers.
9/14/12 Virtual Classroom visit at U. of Central Florida - via Skype! Thanks to Jamie Poissant for teaching my book and inviting me to visit. Did I look like the Wizard of Oz up on the screen?
8/3/12 Honored to have my story, "Mermaids," reprinted in the debut issue of Currents, the magazine of IUSB's College of Arts & Sciences. And a nice article about my work, pitting backyard barbecues against art and literature. Must one choose???
7/13/12 New story, "Limberlost," published online at Booth Magazine and inspired in part by Gene Patton Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost, the 1909 novel set at Limberlost Swamp in Indiana.
7/1/12 in PRAGUE! Studying Czech at Charles University's Institute for Language Studies
6/13/12 My blog interview, "How Anne Germanacos Became a Writer," has been featured by Wordpress on Freshly Pressed. To celebrate, Anne and I are giving away signed copies of our books.
6/4/12 Headed to NYC's Center for Book Arts for the Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar For Emerging Writers
5/7/12 Interview at Southeast Review Online on being a goalie, wearing funky hats, and being inspired by Deb Olin Unferth, Caitlin Horrocks, and Gretchen Henderson. (Thanks to Forrest Anderson for the great questions!)
5/1/12 Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation!
4/24/12 IUSB Preface article about my AAUW reading. Too many pics of me laughing. Clearly I was having fun.
4/18/12 "Janie" - excerpt from forthcoming Liliane's Balcony, published at Necessary Fiction.
4/12/12 Small Presses, Big Pleasures Donna Miscolta blogs about FSBO along with books by Caitlin Horrocks and Anne Germanacos. "These story collections, like so much other work by women, are anything but minor when it comes to illuminating the complexities of women’s lives and minds not just in the stories themselves, but in the forms and language the authors use to construct them."
3/28/12 New Review of FSBO at CultureMob - "If you tend to consider short stories to be literary snacks, then the stories in...For Sale By Owner...are more like tapas. They may look like hors d’oeuvres from the world of stay-at-home moms and their domestic difficulties, but when you bite into them you discover rich, savory morsels that stay with you long after you’ve moved on to the next bar."
3/15/12 New Pages Review of Notre Dame Review with mention of my "surprising and (sort of) hilarious" and "profound" story "Estate Sale."
3/5/12 Review of FSBO at Literary Mama - "the stories are utterly distinct, each distinguished from the others not just by specific characters and details, but through the voice, form, and style."
2/22/12 Gearing up for AWP
Panel on Story Collections and Small Presses - "Home Sweet Home" - on Sat 3/3 @ 4:30.
FSBO available at Kore Press Booth 822.
1/20/12 New Short-Short "Three Women" published at New Purlieu Review
12/5/11 Pushcart Nomination: Kore Press nominated my story "Lent" for a Pushcart!
11/8/11 Thanks to Darrin Doyle and CMU for a great event! Check out Ben Harris's article: "Writer's Reading Packs Baber Room": “I was so excited. I bought her book and loaned a friend money to buy a book,” said Mount Pleasant senior Lee Szelag. “It was a wonderfully poetic form of fiction.”
10/29/11 Readings: Had a great visit at Bluffton U. in Ohio. Central Michigan University, here I come!
10/16/11 Shout Outs: FSBO on Dan Cafaro's nightstand at Atticus Books; Caitlin Horrocks reads FSBO at Writers Read
10/1/11 New Publication: "The Bitter Life of Božena Němcová" at Shadowbox Magazine.
9/1/11 New story published: "Estate Sale at the Interior Castle" at Notre Dame Review
8/15/11 Events - Check the 'Readings' tab for fall events!
7/15/11 New essay: "Spinning" at New Purlieu Review
7/1/11 Review - New Pages
" . . . distinctly well-developed characters who are crafted with beautiful depth . . . an edge of suspense in every story that keeps the pages turning . . . "
6/1/11 Interview at Persephone Speaks - "Becoming a writer is not rocket science, but it's not magic either."
5/31/11 Longlisted for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
5/12/11 WINNER 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award / Short Fiction
5/5/11 Review - Bookgeeks/UK
"Kelcey Parker . . . does more than just scratch the surface to explore suburbia further; she drills a well to dig down towards the core."
4/15/11 Review - CaribousMom
4.5 stars / "Wry, biting, and skillfully constructed, these are stories that evoke the darker side of domestic life and ask the question: What is a women’s identity apart from the labels which define her?"
4/4/11 Review - R.Smith, White Walls, Black Ink / 4 stars / "Are these stories hopeful? Nihilistic? Heartbreaking? Heart-affirming? Every sentence seems to turn where you think they’re going, which is the real key to this kind of reality, the one we genuinely recognize as our own."
3/23/11 Article "Characters as Confidants" - Grand Valley Lanthorn
3/3/11 Interview - IUSB
"At the time I was writing many of these stories, I was feeling the tension between being a mom and a graduate student, and particularly a tension with “mom culture.” By extension, my characters are women who have an uneasy relationship with motherhood."
3/1/11 Review - IUSB Preface
"Parker . . . uses the rules of language and writing like advanced calculus."
2/21/11 "New & Notable" - New Pages
2/2011 Short Article - IU Homepages
