WileyCash

Wiley’s Work So Far

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in English, expected May 2008

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Areas of Concentration: American Literature/Creative Writing (Fiction)

Ph.D. Exam Areas: African American Literature (“Pass with Distinction”), Early American Literature (“Pass with Distinction”), Short Story, Renaissance Literature.

Ph.D. Exams Awarded “Overall Pass with Distinction.”

M.A. in English, 2001
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

B.A. in Literature, 2000
University of North Carolina at Asheville

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Book
“This Louisiana Thing That Drives Me”: The Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines. Marcia Gaudet, Reggie Young, and Wiley Cash. Introduction by Ernest J. Gaines. Epigram by Wendell Berry. Lafayette, LA: The Center for Louisiana Studies. To appear in 2008.

Contributions to Books
“Langston Hughes and the Dream of America” (Sample Essay). Theory Into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism.2nd ed.Ann B. Dobie, ed. Boston: Thomson/Heinle. To appear in 2008.
“‘Those folks downstairs believe in ghosts’: The Eradication of Folklore in the Literature of Charles W. Chesnutt.” Charles Chesnutt: New Essays. David G. Izzo, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press. To appear in 2007.

Articles in Refereed Journals
“‘What Men Dream About Doing’: A Conversation with Ernest J. Gaines.” The Mississippi Quarterly. At press.
“Space, Time, and Region: Quantum Mechanics and the Oral Tradition in Fred Chappell’s I Am One of You Forever.” The South Carolina Review 40.1 (Fall 2007): 53-61.
“The Thomas Wolfe Society.” Appalachian Heritage 35.1 (Fall 2007): 67-68.
“‘The dark was hived with flesh and mystery’: Thomas Wolfe, the American Adam and the Polemical Persona of Race.” The Thomas Wolfe Review 30.1-2 (Dec. 2006): 44-55.
“‘Those folks downstairs believe in ghosts’: The Eradication of Folklore in the Literature of Charles W. Chesnutt.” CLA Journal 49.2 (Dec. 2005): 184-204.
“The Colonel’s Dream Deferred: A Reconsideration of Chesnutt’s Liberal Racist.” American Literary Realism 37.1 (Fall 2004): 24-36.

Reviews in Refereed Journals
Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography and Windows of the Heart: The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts by Ted Mitchell and Thomas Wolfe: When Do the Atrocities Begin? by Joanne Marshall Mauldin.” North Carolina Literary Review. Forthcoming.
Chesnutt and Realism: A Study of the Novels by Ryan Simmons. The Journal of the Midwestern Modern Language Association. At press.
Bridging Southern Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Edited by John Lowe. Interdisciplinary Humanities 23.1 (Spring 2006): 113-117.

CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Fiction
“Gunter Mountain.” Crab Orchard Review 13.1 (Winter/Spring 2008). At press.
“Kitty.” Parting Gifts 18.2 (Spring 2008). At press.
“Leonard and the Mermaid.” Wisconsin Review 41.2 (Spring 2007): 33-42.
“Grenadine.” The Louisiana Review 5 (Spring 2007): 17-21.
“A Sketch of the World.” Coraddi 106.2 (Spring 2001): 51-55.
“Ellie’s Porch.” The O’Henry Festival Stories 1998. Chip Greer, ed. Greensboro, NC: Transverse Press, 1998. 41-54.

Creative Nonfiction
“The Write Way to Listen: My Workshop Experience with Ernest Gaines.” Xavier Review 26.1-2 (Spring/Fall 2006): 52-54.

Photography
Photographs. Special Section on Ernest J. Gaines. Callaloo. At press.

Editorial Work
The Mississippi Quarterly. Solicited Reader. Fall 2006.
The Southwestern Review. Patrick Crerand, Heather Momyer, and Wiley Cash, eds. Lafayette, LA: UL Lafayette, 2006.
The 2001 Freshman Record. Wiley Cash, ed. Greensboro, NC: UNC Greensboro, 2001.

CONFERENCES, READINGS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Conference Papers
“My Murdered Uncle and the Priest from Texas.” Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. Lafayette, LA. February 2008. Abstract under consideration.
“The Passion of the Prince: Shakespeare, Mel Gibson, and the Christ-ening of Hamlet.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (South). Jacksonville, FL. Sept. 2007.
“The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the Path of Least Resistance.” Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. Lafayette, LA. April 2007.
“‘The dark was hived with flesh and mystery’: Thomas Wolfe, the American Adam, and the Polemical Persona of Race.” Thomas Wolfe Society Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. May 2006.
“Space, Time, and Region: Quantum Mechanics and the Oral Tradition in Fred Chappell’s I Am One of You Forever.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 2006.
“The Write Way to Listen: My Workshop Experience with Ernest J. Gaines.” Southern American Studies Association Conference. Baton Rouge, LA. February 2005.
“Mining The Quarry: Searching for Chesnutt in the ‘Future American’ Theory.” College Language Association Conference. Nashville, TN. April 2004.
“‘Those folks downstairs believe in ghosts’: The Eradication of Folklore in the Literature of Charles W. Chesnutt.” The Conference of the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. San Antonio, TX. March 2004.
“Exorcising the Body Lesbian: Double Consciousness in the Literature of Jeanette Winterson.” Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans-Gendered Studies Conference. Asheville, NC. March 2001.
Fiction Readings
Deep South Festival of Writers. Lafayette, LA. November 2007.
Featured Reader. Thursday Night Reading Series. Lafayette, LA. 2003, 2004, 2007.
Invited Reader. Xavier Review Spring Gala. Gold Mine Saloon. New Orleans. April 2007.
Fiction Panel. Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. Lafayette, LA. April 2005.
Guest Lectures and Presentations
Invited Speaker. Orientation for Incoming Graduate Teaching Assistants. UL Lafayette. August 2007.
Invited Panelist. Graduate Workshop on Academic Publishing. UL Lafayette. March 2007.
“Pulp Fiction, Seinfeld, and the Use of Quantum Time.” Arts and Ideas Lecture Series. UNC Asheville. February 2003.
“Tricksters, Liberal Racists, and Future Americans: Racial Mixing in the Literature of Charles Chesnutt.” Honors Program Fall Lecture Series. UNC Asheville. November 2002.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2003-date Teaching Assistant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

205: Early American Literature

206: Modern American Literature

320: Modern Fiction

101: Rhetoric and Composition

102: Reading Literature and Writing Argument

102: Language and Prejudice (Special Topic)

223: Introduction to Creative Writing.

2002-2003 Adjunct Instructor, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Humanities 214: The Medieval and Renaissance World

Arts 310: Arts and Ideas.

GRANTS AND AWARDS
William B. Wisdom Research Grant. Thomas Wolfe Society. 2007.
Richard S. Kennedy Student Essay Prize. Thomas Wolfe Society. 2005.
Research and Travel Grants. UL Graduate Student Organization. 2004, 2005, and 2007.
Graduate Assistantship. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Fall 2003-2008.
Asheville Area Arts Council Grant. Asheville, NC. 2002.
Graduate Assistantship. Office of Student Life. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Spring 2001.
First Place in Coraddi Fiction Contest. Greensboro, NC. 2001.

SERVICE
Graduate Student Representative. UL Lafayette Graduate Faculty Committee. 2007-2008.
Fundraising Committee. Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. 2007.
Graduate Student Organization’s English Department Elections Chair. UL Lafayette. 2007.
Board of Directors. Thomas Wolfe Society. 2007-2011.
UNC-Asheville National Alumni Council. 2006-2010.
Organizer and host of “The Collaborative,” a yearly showcase featuring writers and musicians from the Lafayette, LA community. March 2005 and April 2006.
Student Life Advisory Committee. Office of Student Life. UNC Greensboro. 2001.
Board of Trustees Member. UNC Asheville. 1999-2000.
President. Student Government Association. UNC Asheville. 1999-2000.

DISSERTATION: “The Rain Barrel: The Intersection of Faith and Folk Belief in North Carolina.”

Director: Dr. Reggie Young

The creative component of the dissertation is a novel that investigates charismatic Pentecostalism and folk tradition in western North Carolina and considers how these cultural practices inform the belief systems of people who reside in isolated communities. The critical component of the dissertation focuses on the literature of Charles Chesnutt and Thomas Wolfe and the ways in which these two authors from opposite sides of the state of North Carolina fictionally represent the cultural and political climate of their respective regions between the defining years of Reconstruction and the Great Depression.

RESEARCH AND PERSONAL INTERESTS

Interdisciplinary Humanities, Appalachian Studies, Multi-Ethnic Literature, Southern Literature, Photography.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Culture Association.
Midwest Modern Language Association.
Modern Language Association.
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
The Thomas Wolfe Society.

Teaching Statement

Graduate Students in Creative Writing

Creative Writing home Page

English Department Home Page

© 2001, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
This site designed and maintained by The Creative Writing Concentration of
the English Department of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
To contact us by mail: Director of Creative Writing, English Department, Box 44691, UL Lafayette, Lafayette LA 70504-4691;
by telephone, 337-482-5478; by email, jlm8047@louisiana.edu.
Last updated: November 14, 2007.


						Wiley Cash I was born and raised in western North Carolina, where I received my B.A. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and my M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In search of heat, humidity, good food, and a thriving, creative community, I left North Carolina in 2003 and enrolled in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where I’ll receive a Ph.D. in English in May 2008. My primary research and teaching interests are American Literature (African American and Early American) and Creative Writing. I’ve had the opportunity to teach great courses with wonderful students at UL Lafayette, including Early American Literature, Modern Literature, Modern Fiction, and Creative Writing. I also had the opportunity to study fiction writing under Ernest J. Gaines. In January, the Center for Louisiana Studies will release “This Louisiana Thing That Drives Me”: The Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines, a book I have spent the past year writing and co-editing with Dr. Marcia Gaudet and Dr. Reggie Young. Pursuing my Ph.D. at UL Lafayette has been endlessly rewarding, and I can’t think of a better thing that could have happened to me. I’ll really miss the good food and the thriving, creative community. But the heat and humidity, I think I can let them go.

Wiley’s Work So Far EDUCATION Ph.D. in English, expected May 2008 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Areas of Concentration: American Literature/Creative Writing (Fiction) Ph.D. Exam Areas: African American Literature (“Pass with Distinction”), Early American Literature (“Pass with Distinction”), Short Story, Renaissance Literature. Ph.D. Exams Awarded “Overall Pass with Distinction.” M.A. in English, 2001 University of North Carolina at Greensboro B.A. in Literature, 2000 University of North Carolina at Asheville SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Book “This Louisiana Thing That Drives Me”: The Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines. Marcia Gaudet, Reggie Young, and Wiley Cash. Introduction by Ernest J. Gaines. Epigram by Wendell Berry. Lafayette, LA: The Center for Louisiana Studies. To appear in 2008. Contributions to Books “Langston Hughes and the Dream of America” (Sample Essay). Theory Into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism.2nd ed.Ann B. Dobie, ed. Boston: Thomson/Heinle. To appear in 2008. “‘Those folks downstairs believe in ghosts’: The Eradication of Folklore in the Literature of Charles W. Chesnutt.” Charles Chesnutt: New Essays. David G. Izzo, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press. To appear in 2007. Articles in Refereed Journals “‘What Men Dream About Doing’: A Conversation with Ernest J. Gaines.” The Mississippi Quarterly. At press. “Space, Time, and Region: Quantum Mechanics and the Oral Tradition in Fred Chappell’s I Am One of You Forever.” The South Carolina Review 40.1 (Fall 2007): 53-61. “The Thomas Wolfe Society.” Appalachian Heritage 35.1 (Fall 2007): 67-68. “‘The dark was hived with flesh and mystery’: Thomas Wolfe, the American Adam and the Polemical Persona of Race.” The Thomas Wolfe Review 30.1-2 (Dec. 2006): 44-55. “‘Those folks downstairs believe in ghosts’: The Eradication of Folklore in the Literature of Charles W. Chesnutt.” CLA Journal 49.2 (Dec. 2005): 184-204. “The Colonel’s Dream Deferred: A Reconsideration of Chesnutt’s Liberal Racist.” American Literary Realism 37.1 (Fall 2004): 24-36. Reviews in Refereed Journals Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography and Windows of the Heart: The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts by Ted Mitchell and Thomas Wolfe: When Do the Atrocities Begin? by Joanne Marshall Mauldin.” North Carolina Literary Review. Forthcoming. Chesnutt and Realism: A Study of the Novels by Ryan Simmons. The Journal of the Midwestern Modern Language Association. At press. Bridging Southern Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Edited by John Lowe. Interdisciplinary Humanities 23.1 (Spring 2006): 113-117. CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS Fiction “Gunter Mountain.” Crab Orchard Review 13.1 (Winter/Spring 2008). At press. “Kitty.” Parting Gifts 18.2 (Spring 2008). At press. “Leonard and the Mermaid.” Wisconsin Review 41.2 (Spring 2007): 33-42. “Grenadine.” The Louisiana Review 5 (Spring 2007): 17-21. “A Sketch of the World.” Coraddi 106.2 (Spring 2001): 51-55. “Ellie’s Porch.” The O’Henry Festival Stories 1998. Chip Greer, ed. Greensboro, NC: Transverse Press, 1998. 41-54. Creative Nonfiction “The Write Way to Listen: My Workshop Experience with Ernest Gaines.” Xavier Review 26.1-2 (Spring/Fall 2006): 52-54. Photography Photographs. Special Section on Ernest J. Gaines. Callaloo. At press. Editorial Work The Mississippi Quarterly. Solicited Reader. Fall 2006. The Southwestern Review. Patrick Crerand, Heather Momyer, and Wiley Cash, eds. Lafayette, LA: UL Lafayette, 2006. The 2001 Freshman Record. Wiley Cash, ed. Greensboro, NC: UNC Greensboro, 2001. CONFERENCES, READINGS, AND PRESENTATIONS Conference Papers “My Murdered Uncle and the Priest from Texas.” Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. Lafayette, LA. February 2008. Abstract under consideration. “The Passion of the Prince: Shakespeare, Mel Gibson, and the Christ-ening of Hamlet.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (South). Jacksonville, FL. Sept. 2007. “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the Path of Least Resistance.” Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. Lafayette, LA. April 2007. “‘The dark was hived with flesh and mystery’: Thomas Wolfe, the American Adam, and the Polemical Persona of Race.” Thomas Wolfe Society Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. May 2006. “Space, Time, and Region: Quantum Mechanics and the Oral Tradition in Fred Chappell’s I Am One of You Forever.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 2006. “The Write Way to Listen: My Workshop Experience with Ernest J. Gaines.” Southern American Studies Association Conference. Baton Rouge, LA. February 2005. “Mining The Quarry: Searching for Chesnutt in the ‘Future American’ Theory.” College Language Association Conference. Nashville, TN. April 2004. “‘Those folks downstairs believe in ghosts’: The Eradication of Folklore in the Literature of Charles W. Chesnutt.” The Conference of the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. San Antonio, TX. March 2004. “Exorcising the Body Lesbian: Double Consciousness in the Literature of Jeanette Winterson.” Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans-Gendered Studies Conference. Asheville, NC. March 2001. Fiction Readings Deep South Festival of Writers. Lafayette, LA. November 2007. Featured Reader. Thursday Night Reading Series. Lafayette, LA. 2003, 2004, 2007. Invited Reader. Xavier Review Spring Gala. Gold Mine Saloon. New Orleans. April 2007. Fiction Panel. Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. Lafayette, LA. April 2005. Guest Lectures and Presentations Invited Speaker. Orientation for Incoming Graduate Teaching Assistants. UL Lafayette. August 2007. Invited Panelist. Graduate Workshop on Academic Publishing. UL Lafayette. March 2007. “Pulp Fiction, Seinfeld, and the Use of Quantum Time.” Arts and Ideas Lecture Series. UNC Asheville. February 2003. “Tricksters, Liberal Racists, and Future Americans: Racial Mixing in the Literature of Charles Chesnutt.” Honors Program Fall Lecture Series. UNC Asheville. November 2002. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2003-date Teaching Assistant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 205: Early American Literature 206: Modern American Literature 320: Modern Fiction 101: Rhetoric and Composition 102: Reading Literature and Writing Argument 102: Language and Prejudice (Special Topic) 223: Introduction to Creative Writing. 2002-2003 Adjunct Instructor, University of North Carolina at Asheville Humanities 214: The Medieval and Renaissance World Arts 310: Arts and Ideas. GRANTS AND AWARDS William B. Wisdom Research Grant. Thomas Wolfe Society. 2007. Richard S. Kennedy Student Essay Prize. Thomas Wolfe Society. 2005. Research and Travel Grants. UL Graduate Student Organization. 2004, 2005, and 2007. Graduate Assistantship. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Fall 2003-2008. Asheville Area Arts Council Grant. Asheville, NC. 2002. Graduate Assistantship. Office of Student Life. University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Spring 2001. First Place in Coraddi Fiction Contest. Greensboro, NC. 2001. SERVICE Graduate Student Representative. UL Lafayette Graduate Faculty Committee. 2007-2008. Fundraising Committee. Louisiana Conference on Language and Literature. 2007. Graduate Student Organization’s English Department Elections Chair. UL Lafayette. 2007. Board of Directors. Thomas Wolfe Society. 2007-2011. UNC-Asheville National Alumni Council. 2006-2010. Organizer and host of “The Collaborative,” a yearly showcase featuring writers and musicians from the Lafayette, LA community. March 2005 and April 2006. Student Life Advisory Committee. Office of Student Life. UNC Greensboro. 2001. Board of Trustees Member. UNC Asheville. 1999-2000. President. Student Government Association. UNC Asheville. 1999-2000. DISSERTATION: “The Rain Barrel: The Intersection of Faith and Folk Belief in North Carolina.” Director: Dr. Reggie Young The creative component of the dissertation is a novel that investigates charismatic Pentecostalism and folk tradition in western North Carolina and considers how these cultural practices inform the belief systems of people who reside in isolated communities. The critical component of the dissertation focuses on the literature of Charles Chesnutt and Thomas Wolfe and the ways in which these two authors from opposite sides of the state of North Carolina fictionally represent the cultural and political climate of their respective regions between the defining years of Reconstruction and the Great Depression. RESEARCH AND PERSONAL INTERESTS Interdisciplinary Humanities, Appalachian Studies, Multi-Ethnic Literature, Southern Literature, Photography. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Culture Association. Midwest Modern Language Association. Modern Language Association. Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. The Thomas Wolfe Society. Teaching Statement Graduate Students in Creative Writing Creative Writing home Page English Department Home Page © 2001, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. This site designed and maintained by The Creative Writing Concentration of the English Department of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. To contact us by mail: Director of Creative Writing, English Department, Box 44691, UL Lafayette, Lafayette LA 70504-4691; by telephone, 337-482-5478; by email, jlm8047@louisiana.edu. Last updated: November 14, 2007.