Jon Volkmer
Jon Volkmer grew up in Nebraska, and after a long detour earned a PhD in Literature from the University of Nebraska. After one fateful reading of Jack Kerouac at too young an age,
Department
Degrees
- B.A., University of Colorado at Denver
- M.A., University of Denver
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Teaching
Introduction to Creative Writing
Fiction Writing
Travel Writing
Travel Literature
Banned Books
James Joyce
DIY Publishing
Website
Research Interests
Fiction–Literary, Historical, Experimental
Travel writing
Travel literature scholarship
Poetry and poetics
Transgressive literature
Recent Work
Jon’s novel, Brave in Season, dropped in September 2023, from Milford House, an imprint of Sunbury Press. Based on real events, the novel, set in 1950 Nebraska, explores what happens when an African American rail repair crew is stationed in a tight-knit farm town. Will tensions explode into an all-too-familiar American tragedy, or can common ground be found in the shape of a diamond, with balls and bats and mutual good will?
“A richly textured and engaging narrative that tells a multilayered story. This book needed to be written, and deserves to be read.”-JB Manheim, Author of The Deadball Files series
See more at https://www.sunburypress.com/collections/jon-volkmer
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