Anne Panning
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Anne Panning is an award winning writer of both fiction and nonfiction. She teaches English at State University of New York at Brockport
and co-directs the Brockport Writers Forum
.
and attended Augsburg College
. She graduated in 1988 with a degree in English and then joined the Peace Corps
. She served in the Philippines
and then returned to the United States to study for her MFA
in Creative Writing
at Bowling Green State University
in Ohio
, where she graduated in 1993. She earned her PhD
from University of Hawaii at Manoa
in 1997.
Panning now teaches Creative Writing
at State University of New York at Brockport
and co-directs the Brockport Writers Forum
with poet and colleague Ralph Black. She is married and has two children. Panning recently returned from living in Vietnam
for six months while her husband taught on a Fulbright Fellowship and is working on a memoir about the experience, tentatively called Viet*Mom.
Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Florida Review, The Beloit Fiction Journal, New Letters, Prairie Schooner, The Bellingham Review, The Black Warrior Review, The South Dakota Review, Fine Print
, Writing for Our Lives, Terminus, Passages North
, The Alaska Quarterly Review
, The Greensboro Review
, The Writer Magazine, Quarterly West
, Kalliope, Kenyon Review, Laurel Review, West Branch, Five Points, Under the Sun, and Cimarron Review.
and the 2006 Flannery O'Connor Award for Super America.
State University of New York at Brockport
The College at Brockport: State University of New York, also known as SUNY Brockport, Brockport State, College at Brockport, or the State University of New York at Brockport, is a four-year liberal arts college located in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, United States, near Rochester...
and co-directs the Brockport Writers Forum
Brockport Writers Forum
A series readings and interviews founded in 1967 at the State University of New York College at Brockport by Gregory FitzGerald, then as Associate Professor in the English Department. FitzGerald, a poet and fiction writer himself, was the first faculty member to teach a creative writing...
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Biography
Anne Panning grew up in Arlington, MinnesotaArlington, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,048 people, 828 households, and 523 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,395.1 people per square mile . There were 859 housing units at an average density of 585.2 per square mile...
and attended Augsburg College
Augsburg College
Augsburg College is a selective liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Augsburg was named for the Augsburg Confession, the document of Lutheran belief. The school was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin as Augsburg Seminary and moved...
. She graduated in 1988 with a degree in English and then joined the Peace Corps
Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...
. She served in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
and then returned to the United States to study for her MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
at Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
in Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, where she graduated in 1993. She earned her PhD
PHD
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from University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
in 1997.
Panning now teaches Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
at State University of New York at Brockport
State University of New York at Brockport
The College at Brockport: State University of New York, also known as SUNY Brockport, Brockport State, College at Brockport, or the State University of New York at Brockport, is a four-year liberal arts college located in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, United States, near Rochester...
and co-directs the Brockport Writers Forum
Brockport Writers Forum
A series readings and interviews founded in 1967 at the State University of New York College at Brockport by Gregory FitzGerald, then as Associate Professor in the English Department. FitzGerald, a poet and fiction writer himself, was the first faculty member to teach a creative writing...
with poet and colleague Ralph Black. She is married and has two children. Panning recently returned from living in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
for six months while her husband taught on a Fulbright Fellowship and is working on a memoir about the experience, tentatively called Viet*Mom.
Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Florida Review, The Beloit Fiction Journal, New Letters, Prairie Schooner, The Bellingham Review, The Black Warrior Review, The South Dakota Review, Fine Print
Fine print
Fine print, small print, or "mouseprint" is less noticeable print smaller than the more obvious larger print it accompanies that advertises or otherwise describes or partially describes a commercial product or service...
, Writing for Our Lives, Terminus, Passages North
Passages North
Passages North is an American literary magazine published by the Northern Michigan University. Essays that have appeared in Passages North have been recognized in the anthology, The Best American Essays, on numerous occasions. The magazine was established in 1980. It sponsors the Waasmode Short...
, The Alaska Quarterly Review
The Alaska Quarterly Review
The Alaska Quarterly Review is a biannual literary journal founded in 1980 by Ronald Spatz and James Liszka at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ronald Spatz serves as editor-in-chief...
, The Greensboro Review
The Greensboro Review
The Greensboro Review is a literary magazine, based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina. It publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction on a quarterly basis. Work from the journal is featured in such anthologies as New Stories from the South, the...
, The Writer Magazine, Quarterly West
Quarterly West
Quarterly West is a prominent American literary magazine based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Stories that have appeared in Quarterly West have been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, The Best American Short Stories and the O...
, Kalliope, Kenyon Review, Laurel Review, West Branch, Five Points, Under the Sun, and Cimarron Review.
Awards
Panning has won various awards for her writing and teaching, including the Chancellor's Award for Teaching in 2006,and the 2006 Flannery O'Connor Award for Super America.
Works
- The Price of Eggs, was published by Coffeehouse Press in 1992.
- Super America, was published in 2007 by University of Georgia PressUniversity of Georgia PressThe University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is a publishing house and is a member of the Association of American University Presses.Founded in 1938, the UGA Press is a division of the University of Georgia and is located on the campus in Athens, Georgia, USA...
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Reviews
Panning’s new collection radiates infectious optimism. Even when things aren’t going so well, her characters forge ahead, holding tight to their (mostly) modest goals: a nice house in a new subdivision, a reconciliation with an estranged wife, a new baby.