Creative Writing Program
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-3269
Fax: 307-766-3189
Email: cw@uwyo.edu
Senior Lecturer for the Department of English
Hoyt 330, pbergst1@uwyo.edu
Biography
Paul Bergstraesser began teaching at UW in 2007, and currently has a joint appointment in the English Department and the Creative Writing Program. He teaches numerous classes in creative writing and literature and is a stalwart in the Honors Program. Outside of teaching, Paul’s focus is on writing, especially fiction, and he enjoys spending time indoors and out with his wife and son.
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A., Northern Michigan University
B.A., Oberlin College
Recent and Upcoming Courses
Creative Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction
Introduction to Literature
First-Year Seminar: Travel Writing
Publications
Poems:
2020 "Two Sisters Dancing," American Journal of Poetry http://www.theamericanjournalofpoetry.com/v9-bergstraesser.html
2020 "Ron Taco," Hole In The Head Review https://www.holeintheheadreview.com/txtv1i2/paul-bergstraesser
2020 Three Poems, COVID LIT https://www.covidlit.org/paul-bergstraesser-poems
2020 Five Poems, Fleas on the Dog https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/9a0949f4-1d2a-4a7c-b9fb-a96b9b6bd861/downloads/Issue%206%20_Five%20Poems_%20by%20Paul%20Bergstraesser%20(po.pdf?ver=1596662653424
Short stories:
2015 "Flight 2418," Thin Air Magazine http://thinairmagazine.org/2015/06/05/flight-2418/
2010 “The Proposition,” Stone’s Throw Magazine
2009 “Winter Bar,” The Portland Review
2006 “Today Is Home,” Other Voices #44 http://www.webdelsol.com/Other_Voices/Bergstraesser.htm
2004 “Humility,” The Barcelona Review http://www.barcelonareview.com/41/e_pb.htm
Selected Awards
2017 College of Arts and Sciences Top Ten Teacher Award
2015 Promoting Intellectual Engagement Award
2012 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship (fiction)
2011 Excellence in Teaching Freshman Honors
2004 Chicago Bar Association’s Goodnow Memorial Award in Fiction
Creative Writing Program
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-3269
Fax: 307-766-3189
Email: cw@uwyo.edu