Lamar Herrin
Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Academic Degrees
University of Kentucky, B.A., 1963
University of Tennessee, M.A., 1964
University of Cincinnati, Ph.D., 1978
Academic Employment
State University College of New York at Buffalo, 1964-1966, Instructor of English
University of Cincinnati, 1966-1969, Instructor of English
The Dublin School of English, Barcelona, Spain, 1971-1973, Professor of English (as a foreign language)
Northern Kentucky State College, 1973-1974, Instructor of English
University of Cincinnati, 1975-1976, Teaching Assistant of English
Cornell University, 1977-1983, Assistant Professor of English
Cornell University, 1983-1989, Associate Professor of English
Cornell University, 1989-2006, Professor of English
Honors and Awards
Aga Kahn Fiction Prize, The Paris Review, 1974
Associated Writing Programs’ Collection of Short Fiction Prize (runner-up), 1978
Hurst Visiting Professor, Washington University, Fall 1981
NEA fellowship for fiction, 1985
Associated Writing Programs’ Award for the Novel (winner), 1991
University Service
Director, Cornell Abroad in Spain, 1988-1989, 1994-1995
Director, Creative Writing Program, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 2000-2006
Advisory Editor, Epoch Magazine, 1987-2006
MFA Selection Committee, 1981-2006
Editorial Board, Epoch Magazine, 1981-1987
Council for the Arts, member, 1990-2006
Selected Publications
"The Rio Loja Ringmaster" (story), The Paris Review, Fall 1974.
"The Rookie Season" (story), The Paris Review, Summer 1976.
The Rio Loja Ringmaster (novel), Viking Press, 1977 (reissued by Avon-Bard, August 1981).
"Our Lady of the Mediterranean" (story), The Bennington Review, September 1979.
"Age of Retirement" (story), Epoch, 1979.
"For Years Without War" (story), fiction international, No. 12, 1980.
American Baroque (novel), Avon-Bard, 1981.
"Her Journey Westward" (story), The Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 1981.
"From Pure Products," River Styx, #10, 1982.
"A Life of Crime" (story), The Paris Review, Winter 1982.
"Last Respects" (story), Harper's Magazine, February 1983.
The Unwritten Chronicles of Robert E. Lee (novel), St. Martin's Press, 1990.
"Monuments" (story), The New Yorker, October 29, 1990.
The Lies Boys Tell (novel), Norton, 1992 (reissued by Harpers, 1993).
Translation of The Lies Boys Tell: Las Mentiras Que Cuentan Los Niños, Muchnik, 1994.
"A Sweet and Sunny Life" (story), The Columbia Review, 1993.
“Casualties” (story), Epoch, vol. 47, nos. 2 & 3, 1998.
“Creating Creativity” (article), Arts & Sciences Newsletter, 2003.
“Song and Dance” (story), Epoch, vol. 54, no 3, 2005.
"Our Peggy" (story), Epoch, vol. 67, no 2, 2018.
House of the Deaf (novel), Unbridled Books, 2005.
Romancing Spain (memoir), Unbridled Books, 2006.
Fractures (novel), St. Martin's, 2013.
Father Figure (novel), Fomite Press, 2016.
Last Respect and Other Stories (story collection), Los Libros de el Problema de Yorick, 2018.
Fishing the Jumps (novel), University of Kentucky Press, 2019.
Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Academic Degrees
University of Kentucky, B.A., 1963
University of Tennessee, M.A., 1964
University of Cincinnati, Ph.D., 1978
Academic Employment
State University College of New York at Buffalo, 1964-1966, Instructor of English
University of Cincinnati, 1966-1969, Instructor of English
The Dublin School of English, Barcelona, Spain, 1971-1973, Professor of English (as a foreign language)
Northern Kentucky State College, 1973-1974, Instructor of English
University of Cincinnati, 1975-1976, Teaching Assistant of English
Cornell University, 1977-1983, Assistant Professor of English
Cornell University, 1983-1989, Associate Professor of English
Cornell University, 1989-2006, Professor of English
Honors and Awards
Aga Kahn Fiction Prize, The Paris Review, 1974
Associated Writing Programs’ Collection of Short Fiction Prize (runner-up), 1978
Hurst Visiting Professor, Washington University, Fall 1981
NEA fellowship for fiction, 1985
Associated Writing Programs’ Award for the Novel (winner), 1991
University Service
Director, Cornell Abroad in Spain, 1988-1989, 1994-1995
Director, Creative Writing Program, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 2000-2006
Advisory Editor, Epoch Magazine, 1987-2006
MFA Selection Committee, 1981-2006
Editorial Board, Epoch Magazine, 1981-1987
Council for the Arts, member, 1990-2006
Selected Publications
"The Rio Loja Ringmaster" (story), The Paris Review, Fall 1974.
"The Rookie Season" (story), The Paris Review, Summer 1976.
The Rio Loja Ringmaster (novel), Viking Press, 1977 (reissued by Avon-Bard, August 1981).
"Our Lady of the Mediterranean" (story), The Bennington Review, September 1979.
"Age of Retirement" (story), Epoch, 1979.
"For Years Without War" (story), fiction international, No. 12, 1980.
American Baroque (novel), Avon-Bard, 1981.
"Her Journey Westward" (story), The Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 1981.
"From Pure Products," River Styx, #10, 1982.
"A Life of Crime" (story), The Paris Review, Winter 1982.
"Last Respects" (story), Harper's Magazine, February 1983.
The Unwritten Chronicles of Robert E. Lee (novel), St. Martin's Press, 1990.
"Monuments" (story), The New Yorker, October 29, 1990.
The Lies Boys Tell (novel), Norton, 1992 (reissued by Harpers, 1993).
Translation of The Lies Boys Tell: Las Mentiras Que Cuentan Los Niños, Muchnik, 1994.
"A Sweet and Sunny Life" (story), The Columbia Review, 1993.
“Casualties” (story), Epoch, vol. 47, nos. 2 & 3, 1998.
“Creating Creativity” (article), Arts & Sciences Newsletter, 2003.
“Song and Dance” (story), Epoch, vol. 54, no 3, 2005.
"Our Peggy" (story), Epoch, vol. 67, no 2, 2018.
House of the Deaf (novel), Unbridled Books, 2005.
Romancing Spain (memoir), Unbridled Books, 2006.
Fractures (novel), St. Martin's, 2013.
Father Figure (novel), Fomite Press, 2016.
Last Respect and Other Stories (story collection), Los Libros de el Problema de Yorick, 2018.
Fishing the Jumps (novel), University of Kentucky Press, 2019.
