Chris Gavaler
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Department of
English
DuPont 203
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8279
email: chris@gavaler.com
Education
M.F.A., Fiction, University of Virginia (2006).
M.A., English Education, Rutgers Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University (1992).
B.A., English, Rutgers College (1988).
Writing Interests
Fiction, drama.
Teaching
English 105—Composition and
Literature
Writing
Short story. "Bury the Survivors." minnesota review. Forthcoming.
Short story. "Yes." storySouth. Fall 2006.
Short story. "Earth 2." Harrington Gay Men's Literary Quarterly. Forthcoming. Short story. "Best Adaptation." Sou'wester. 35.1. 2006.
Short story. "Ivy Miller Poses." Southwest Review. 92.1. 2007.
Short story. "The Bones." Prairie Schooner. Forthcoming.
Short story. "G." Antietam Review. Forthcoming.
Short essay. "Sylvester Long." African American National Biography. Oxford UP. Forthcoming.
One-act play. "Moving Mary." Outstanding Playwright Award, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, October 2006.
Short story. "Simple Objects." Boulevard. 22.1 2006.
Short story. "Burn This When You're Done Reading." St. Ann's Review. 6.1 2006
One-act play. "Chrissy and Phillip." Delauney Award, University of Virginia, 2006.
Creative Non-fiction. "Paperback." Texas Review. 26.3&4. 2006.
Short story. "The Passion of Joan Allen." Black Warrior Review. 32.1. 2005.
Short story. "The Longest Distance." Aethlon. 22.2. 2005.
Scholarly article. "Chameleons and Imposters: Marianne Moore and the Carlisle Indian School." Co-authored with Lesley Wheeler. Paideuma. 33.2&3. 2005.
Short screenplay. "Mary's Fair." Produced by One Block Over, Columbus, OH, 2005.
Comic sketch. "Who's on First: The Movie." McSweeney's Internet Tendency. 2005. Reprinted Toronto Star. March 12, 2005. Filmed by Socal Film Group, CA, premiered at Austin Film Festival 2005.
Short story. "INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY." Hayden's Ferry Review. 35. 2005.
Short story. "Plague of Frogs." Image. 44. 2005.
Short story. "The Best and Worst Sex Scenes of All Time." Shenandoah. 54.3. 2005.
Short screenplay. "Always Late." Filmed by One Block Over. Audience Award Winner and Finalist for Cincinnati's 48 Hour Film Competition, 2004.
Dance script. "Virus Warning." Premiered October 30, 2003, Williamsburg, VA.
Novel. Pretend I'm Not Here. HarperCollins. 2002.
Scholarly article. "I Mend a Break in Time: An Historical Reconstruction of H.D.'s Wunden Island Ceremony in The Gift and Trilogy." Sagetrieb. 15.1&2. 1996.
Scholarly article. "The Empty Lot: Spiritual Contact in Lenape and Moravian Religious Beliefs." American Indian Quarterly. 18.2. 1994.
Dance scripts. "Practice Songs" and "Storytelling Piece." Funded by the Ohio Joint Program in the Arts and Humanities. Premiered November, 1991, Columbus, OH.
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