Shane Kowalski

Shane Kowalski was born and raised outside of Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Ursinus College (’11), where he studied English and creative writing. He went on to earn an MFA in fiction at Cornell University. His work is published or forthcoming in Conjunctions, The Iowa Review, Black Warrior Review, EPOCH, Short Story, Long, among other journals. He is the author of the very short story collection, Small Moods (Future Tense Books). At Ursinus, Shane instructs on shorter narrative forms, strange and absurdist texts, tenderness and vulnerability in writing, as well as a course called “Nothing Makes Sense.” That’s what it’s about.

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Assistant Visiting Professor in Creative Writing Shane Kowalski ’11 just became the youngest recipient of the 2022 Freund Prize, a $5,000 award from Cornell University’s English department given to alumni writers, celebrating high achievement in publication. The prize also includes an invitation to recipients to read their work at the “Freund Prize Reading” during the fall semester.

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