People
Faculty
Contact Information
328 Bachelor Hall
Oxford Campus
513 529 5110
brianroley@muohio.edu
http://www.brianroley.com
Brian Ascalon Roley
Title
- Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Education
- M.F.A., Creative Writing, Cornell University, 1998
- J.D., The Law, UCLA
- B.A., Philosophy, Wesleyan University
Teaching Interests
- Creative writing
- Film
- Contemporary fiction
Research Interests
- Creative writing
- Contemporary literature
- Historical fiction
- Religion and literature
- Religion and ethnicity
- Film adaptations
- Asian American studies
Selected Publications
(for more see www.brianroley.com)
- American Son: A Novel (W.W. Norton, 2001). Association of Asian American Studies Prose Book Award 2003; NY Times Notable Books; LA Times Best Books; Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize finalist.
- American Son, translated into French by Francois Happe (Christian Bourgois Editeur, 2006).
- “Old Man” Growing Up Filipino II (ed. Cecilia Brainard, Anvil Press, Manila), forthcoming.
- “Kinship” Los Angeles Noir (ed. Denise Hamilton, Akashic Books), 2007.
- “New Relations,” Ascent, 2007.
- “In Memory” A La Carte (ed. Cecilia Brainard, Anvil Press, Manila), 2007.
- “Anesthesia” North American Review, 2006.
- “Mourning” The Seattle Review, 2007.
- “Unacknowledged” American Literary Review, 2006.
- “Unacknowledged” Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction from the Multiracial Experience (W.W. Norton, 2006; ed. Chandra Prasad).
- “Blood of Jose Rizal” Prairie Schooner, 2006. Winner, Lawrence Foundation Award, 2007.
- “The Last Participant” Snake Nation Review, 2005.
- “Balikbayan” excerpt from American Son featured in CA Council for Humanities’ statewide reading program of April 2005: California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century (anthology reader published by Heydey Books, ed. by Chitra Divakaruni).
- “Separation Anxiety” Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (Penguin, 2004. ed. Jessica Hagedorn).
- “Epilogue” Growing up Filipino (PALH Books, Los Angeles 2003; Anvil, Manila 2004) ed. Cecilia Brainard.
- “Training Day” The Georgia Review, 2001.
- “American Son” (novella version) Epoch, 2001.
- “The Hidden Filipino Majority” The San Francisco Chronicle, 2001.
WEB Publications
AWARDS AND HONORS (SELECTED)
- Association of Asian American Studies 2003 Prose Book Award
- New York Times Notable Book
- Los Angeles Times Best Book
- Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize finalist
- Featured in the California Council for the Humanities 2004 statewide reading program
- Salon Best of May
- Lawrence Foundation Award
- Djerassi Artist Residency Fellow
- Ragdale Foundation Residency Fellowship
- Virginia Center for the Creative Artists Residency Fellowship
- Arthur Lynn Andrews Prize
- Sage Fellow
- Faulkner Society Prize finalist in novella category
- Kurt Vonnegut Prize finalist
Work in Progress
Brian is working on a couple of novels and a story collection. For details, see www.brianroley.com.