Michael P. Kardos (B.A. Princeton University, M.F.A. The Ohio State University, Ph.D. University of Missouri) joined the English department at Mississippi State in 2007. His short stories appear in The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Gulf Coast, PRISM international, Blackbird, Short Story, River City, The Florida Review, and other journals. He is the editor of Jabberwock Review, the national literary journal published by Mississippi State University. Teaching and scholarly interests include creative writing and 20th/21st century American literature.
Selected Publications
Fiction
“Ida the Whistler.” Pleiades 29.2 (Summer 2009): 81-94.
“Mediation.” Crazyhorse 75 (Spring 2009): 31-44.
“Metamorphosis.” Prairie Schooner 83.1 (Spring 2009): 90-103.“Maximum Security.” The Southern Review 44.1 (Winter 2008): 113-127.
Writing about fiction
“In Defense of Starting Early.” The Writer’s Chronicle 41.4 (February 2009): 66-71.
“Witches: The Reunion Tour” Review of The Widows of Eastwick. The Cincinnati Review 6.1 (Summer 2009): 185-189.
