K. A. Laity
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K.A. Laity, Ph.D.
is a Finnish-American medievalist and award-winning author, noted for the novel Pelzmantel, as well as numerous short stories, plays, popular journalism and scholarly essays.
and, consequently, a substantial portion of her writing is concerned with Finnish culture. A native of Lansing, Michigan
, Laity is worked on Unikirja in 2007, a collection of short stories based on the Kalevala
, Kanteletar
, and other Finnish myths and legends. She is also a full-time professor of English literature
, creative writing
and film at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York
.
Ph.D.
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is a Finnish-American medievalist and award-winning author, noted for the novel Pelzmantel, as well as numerous short stories, plays, popular journalism and scholarly essays.
Career overview
Laity's father's family emigrated from FinlandFinland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and, consequently, a substantial portion of her writing is concerned with Finnish culture. A native of Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
, Laity is worked on Unikirja in 2007, a collection of short stories based on the Kalevala
Kalevala
The Kalevala is a 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature...
, Kanteletar
Kanteletar
Kanteletar is a collection of Finnish folk poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot. It is considered to be a sister collection to the Finnish national epic Kalevala...
, and other Finnish myths and legends. She is also a full-time professor of English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, 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...
and film at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
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Fiction
- Pelzmantel. Novel. Spilled Candy Books, February 1, 2003. ISBN 978-1892718464
- Nominated for AesopAesopAesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a...
Prize of the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore SocietyAmerican Folklore SocietyThe American Folklore Society is the US-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world. It was founded in 1888 by William Wells Newell, who stood at the center of a diverse group of university-based scholars, museum anthropologists, and men...
and for the International Reading AssociationInternational Reading AssociationThe International Reading Association is an international professional organization that was created in 1956 to improve reading instruction, facilitate dialogue about research on reading, and encourage the habit of reading....
Children's Book Award.
- Nominated for Aesop
- "On Buffalo Bayou". Short story. New Texas Review (2005): 92–108.
- "Vipunen". Short story. New World Finn 5.3 (JulyJuly 20052005: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December – →-News collections and sources:* Wikipedia:News collections and sources....
-September 2005): 22–24. - "Sun Thief". Short story. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXI. New York: DAW Books, 2004. 133–142.
- "Kerttu". Short story. New World Finn 4.2 (AprilApril 20042004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December-Events:2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December-Events:...
-June 2004): 7–9. - "When Little Joe the Krampus Met". Chapbook with The Joey Zone. December 2003.
- "Sacrifice". Short story. New World Finn 3.2 (AprilApril 2002April 2002: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-April 5, 2002:...
-June 2002): 22–23. - "Touched by an Angel". Short story. Delirium (forthcoming 2003).
- "Wordgeryne" Short story. Lovecraft's Weird Mysteries 5 (June 2002): 42–46.
- "Willimantic Frogs". Chapbook. May 2001.
- "Sinikka Journeys North". The Beltane Papers 25 (2001): 14–19.
- "Walpurgisnacht". The Seeker Journal 13.5 (2001): 6–9.
- "Three Penny Dreadfuls". Chapbook. June 1998.
- "A Gift House". Masters of Terror's House of Horror (April 1998).
- "The Eleventh Commandment". Rictus 9 (April 1997).
- "Revelation". The Official Clive BarkerClive BarkerClive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...
Page, www.clivebarker.com . Winner, MGM/United Artists/Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions Short Story Contest, November 1995.
Essays
- "Translating Saint as (Vi)king: St. Olaf in the Heimskringla". Viator 35 (2004): 169–202.
- "Living the Mystery: Sacred Drama Today". Journal for the Academic Study of Magic.
- "Illusory Adversaries?: Images of Female Power in Sandman: The Kindly Ones". The Sandman Papers. Ed. Joe Sanders. Seattle: Fantagraphics, in press.
- "Clive Barker" and "Books of Blood". Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia. Eds. S. T. JoshiS. T. JoshiSunand Tryambak Joshi — known as S. T. Joshi — is an award-winning Indian American literary critic, novelist, and a leading figure in the study of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and other authors of weird and fantastic fiction...
and Stefan Dziemianowicz. Greenwood Press, in press. - "Clive Barker" and "Ramsey Campbell" Supernatural Fiction Writers. 2nd edition. Ed. Richard BleilerRichard BleilerRichard James Bleiler is a US bibliographer in science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction. He is the son of Everett F. Bleiler and was a nominee for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 2002...
. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Scribners, 2003. 61–70, 177–188. - "Constructing a Female Hero: Iconography in Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec". International Journal of Comic Art 4.1: 163–169. Reprinted in Quadrado.
- "False Positives: The Katherine-Group Saints as Ambiguous Role Models". Magistra 7.2: 64–99.
- "A High Steppin' Filly: Effluent Juissance in Dame Darcy's Meatcake". Indy: Spring 1998. (25 ms pp)
- Reprinted as "Dame Darcy e os poderes da BD" in Quadrado 3:3 (2001): 46–52.
Translations
- "Against the Water Elf Disease". Translation. The Bayou Review (2003): 35.
- "Anglo-Saxon Charm Against a Wen". Dual-text translation. The Seeker Journal 13.5 (2001): 12–13.
- "Against a Swarm of Bees: An Anglo-Saxon Charm". Dual-text translation. The Seeker Journal 13.3 (2001): 11.
- "Erce: Earth Goddess: An Anglo-Saxon Charm". Dual-text Translation. Avalon Rising 1.3 (1999): 14–15. Reprinted as "Erce: Earth Goddess". The Seeker Journal 13.2 (2001): 18–19. Reprinted in The Pagan's Muse.
Reviews
- Troll: A Love Story by Johanna SinisaloJohanna SinisaloAila Johanna Sinisalo is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere...
. Book review. New World Finn 5.3 (JulyJuly 2004July 2004: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-Events:July 2004: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-Events:...
-September 2004): 26. - Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael NiemiMikael NiemiMikael Niemi is a Swedish author. He wrote the novel Populärmusik från Vittula . It is the story of a young boy, Matti, growing up in Pajala in the 1960s and is recounted in a humorous way...
. Book review. New World Finn 5.2 (AprilApril 20042004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December-Events:2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December-Events:...
-June 2004): 26. - "Japanese Magic: The Girl-Friendly Films of Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazakiis a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,...
". With Wendy Goldberg. Film review. Femspec 5.1 (2005). - Coldheart Canyon by Clive BarkerClive BarkerClive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...
. Book Review. The Beltane Papers 27 (2002): 54–55. - "Celebrating Pale HecateHecateHecate or Hekate is a chthonic Greco-Roman goddess associated with magic, witchcraft, necromancy, and crossroads.She is attested in poetry as early as Hesiod's Theogony...
's Offerings: My Favorite Witchcraft Films". Film reviews. The Beltane Papers 27 (2002): 52–53. - "Magic as Performance Art: The Ritual Art of Alan MooreAlan MooreAlan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
". The Seeker Journal 14.4 (2002): 8–9. - The Book of Zines: Readings from the Fringe by Chip Rowe. Book review. Other Voices 1.2 (1998).
- Dark City. Film review. Millennium (March 1998).
- "Alien Four: Foot Fetish". Film review. Millennium (December 1997).
- "Two Movies Clive Barker Hopes You'll Never See". Film review. Weird Times 1.4 (1996): 6–8.
Plays
- Fiasco. Staged reading, October 2005, University of Houston–DowntownUniversity of Houston–DowntownThe University of Houston–Downtown is a four-year state university, and is a distinct component institution of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 20-acre in Downtown Houston, with a satellite location in northwestern Harris County...
. - Con-Eire. Debuted at Trinoc-con, July 2006, Durham, North CarolinaDurham, North CarolinaDurham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
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