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Miroslav N. Penkov

Title: Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MFA, University of Arkansas, 2009
    Major: Creative Writing
    Specialization: Fiction
  • BA, University of Arkansas, 2005
    Major: Psychology

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 3140.001Beginning Fiction WritingSpring 2025
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionSpring 2025
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 3140.004Beginning Fiction WritingFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.456Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 3140.001Beginning Fiction WritingSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionSpring 2024 SPOT
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
ENGL 6950.756Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.004Beginning Fiction WritingFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2023
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
ENGL 6950.756Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
ENGL 6900.732Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2023
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2023
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
ENGL 3140.004Beginning Fiction WritingFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2022 SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2022
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.006Beginning Fiction WritingSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2022
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 8W2 2022
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2022
ENGL 4100.002Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2021 SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2021
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2021
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsFall 2021
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.001Beginning Fiction WritingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2021
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.004Beginning Fiction WritingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.006Beginning Fiction WritingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2020
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2020
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2020
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2020
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2019 SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2019
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
ENGL 3140.006Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2019
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsFall 2019
ENGL 4100.002Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2019
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
ENGL 3140.003Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2019
ENGL 4100.002Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2018
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
ENGL 3140.005Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2018
ENGL 4100.002Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2018
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
ENGL 3140.003Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsSpring 2018
ENGL 4100.002Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2017 SPOT
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2017
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2017
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2017
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2016
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
ENGL 3140.005Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.006Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2016
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2016
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
ENGL 5145.001Form and Theory: ProseSpring 2016 SPOT
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2015 SPOT
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2015
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSummer 5W2 2015
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2015
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2015
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
ENGL 3140.005Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2015
ENGL 4900.732Special ProblemsSpring 2015
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2014
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2014
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2014
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
ENGL 3140.005Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2014
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2013
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
ENGL 4951.732Honors College Capstone ThesisFall 2013
ENGL 3140.006Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2013
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSummer 5W2 2013
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2013
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2013
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2013
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2013
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionSpring 2013
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2013
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
ENGL 3140.005Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2013
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2013
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2012
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsFall 2012
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2012
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2012
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
ENGL 3140.003Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2012
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsSpring 2012
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionFall 2011
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchFall 2011
ENGL 6950.732Doctoral DissertationFall 2011
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2011
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.732Directed ResearchSpring 2011
ENGL 5145.001Form and Theory: ProseSpring 2011
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsSpring 2011
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 3140.005Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisFall 2010
ENGL 5900.732Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
ENGL 5820.001Creative Writing: Prose FictionSpring 2010
ENGL 3140.001Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionSpring 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.732Master's ThesisSpring 2010
ENGL 4100.001Advanced Fiction WritingFall 2009 Syllabus
ENGL 3140.006Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2009 Syllabus

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Penkov, M.N. (2023). A River In The Labyrinth: A Novel. 336. Ciela Norma. https://ciela.bg/knigi/hudozhestvena-literatura/balgarska-hudozhestvena-literatura/reka-v-labirinta-predstoyashto/
  • Penkov, M.N. (2023). East of the West: A New Edition. 272. Ciela Norma. https://ciela.bg/knigi/hudozhestvena-literatura/balgarska-hudozhestvena-literatura/na-iztok-ot-zapada-novo-izdanie-predstoyashto/
  • Penkov, M. (2021). East of the West (Serbia, translation).
  • Penkov, M. (2020). Stork Mountain (Iran, Translation).
  • Penkov, M.N. (2018). East of the West (Iran, translation).
  • Penkov, M.N. (2018). East of the West (Japan, translation). Hakusui-Sha.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2018). Stork Mountain (Greece, translation). Antipodes.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2017). East of the West (Turkey, translation). Yüz Kitap.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2017). Ooievaarsberg (Stork Mountain, Netherlands, translation). De Bezige Bij.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). East of the West (Greece, translation). Antipodes.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Stork Mountain (UK version). Sceptre.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Stork Mountain (Bulgaria, my own Bulgarian translation). Ciela Norma.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Stork Mountain (US version). 448. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2014). East of the West (China, translation). Yilin Press.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2011). East of the West: A Country in Stories. Bond Street Books, Doubleday. http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn
  • Penkov, M.N. (2011). East of the West: A Country in Stories. Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton. http://www.hodder.co.uk/authors/author.aspx?AuthorID
  • Penkov, M.N. East of the West: Stories (France, French Translation). Éditions Héloïse d'Ormesson.
  • Penkov, M.N. East of the West: Stories (Germany, German Translation). Karl Blessing Verlag, Random House.
  • Penkov, M.N. East of the West: Stories (Holland Translation). Bezige Bij.
  • Penkov, M.N. East of the West: Stories (Norway Translation). Gyldendal.
  • Penkov, M.N., Mörk, Y. (2011). Öster om Väst East of the West: Stories (Sweden). Bonniers Group, 2244. http://www.bonnierforlagen.se/Katalog/2244/Vintern-2011-2012/Oster-om-Vast/
  • Penkov, M.N., Penkov, M. (2011). На Изток от Запада East of the West: Stories (Bulgaria). Ciela.
  • Penkov, M.N., Hodell, C. (2011). East of the West: A Country in Stories. 240. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. http://us.macmillan.com/eastofthewest/MiroslavPenkov
  • Book Chapter

  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Klisura (in Brick Magazine). Stork Mountain excerpt.
  • Personal Essay

  • Penkov, M. (2017). Why we should all claim this America as ours. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/27/miroslav-penkov-stork-mountain-why-we-should-all-claim-this-america-as-ours
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Literary Mixtape. https://www.theguardian.com/books/literary-mixtapes-by-electric-literature/2016/mar/16/literary-mixtape-miroslav-penkov-cranks-up-radiohead-and-queen-on-the-shores-of-the-black-sea
  • Penkov, M.N. (2013). "First Sentence". Granta Online. http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/First-Sentence-Miroslav-Penkov
  • Penkov, M.N. (2013). Best Untranslated Writers. Granta Online. http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Best-Untranslated-Writers-Petar-Delchev
  • Penkov, M.N. (2008). The Myth of the Muse. Blackbird.
  • Popular Press Article

  • Penkov, M.N., Furman, L. (2012). "East of the West". 2012 PEN/O Henry Prize Stories. Anchor Books.
  • Screenplay, Co-Script Writer

  • Penkov, M. (2019). A Picture With Yuki (Feature Film). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4291014/
  • Short Story

  • Penkov, M. (2020). Buying Lenin. 20. Sofia, Bulgaria, Ciela.
  • Penkov, M. (2019). Black Water, Plum Rain. The Southern Review. (Summer 2019)
  • Penkov, M. (2017). Makedonija. PEN American Center.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Blood Money (Finland, translation). 6 Granta Finland.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Blood Money (Israel, translation). 2 Granta Israel.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2016). Blood Money (Japan translation). 3 Granta Japan.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2015). Makedonia (Iran, translation). Dastan Magazine.
  • Penkov, M.N., Freeman, J. (2013). "Blood Money". Granta (124:Travel). http://www.granta.com/Archive/124
  • Penkov, M.N., Eggers, D. (2013). "East of the West". The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • Penkov, M.N., Vidich, P. (2011). "East of the West". Storyville. http://storyvilleapp.com/stories.php?sid
  • Penkov, M.N. (2011). "East of the West". Storyville. http://storyvilleapp.com/stories.php?sid
  • Penkov, M.N. (2011). "Öster om Väst" "East of the West" (Sweden). Mix Förlag. http://www.bonnierforlagen.se/Katalog/Mix/Exil/Oster-om-vast/
  • Penkov, M.N., Tinti, H. (2011). A Picture With Yuki. (148) One Story. http://www.one-story.com/index.php?page
  • Penkov, M.N. (2011). Buying Lenin. The Sunday Times.
  • Penkov, M.N., Blake, H.E. (2011). East of the West. Orion Magazine.
  • Penkov, M.N., Daley, D. (2011). Makedonija. Five Chapters. http://www.fivechapters.com/2011/makedonija/
  • Penkov, M.N., Hughes, B. (2011). The Letter. (13) A Public Space.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2008). Boxer. Underground Voices.
  • Penkov, M.N., Rusdhie, S., Pitlor, H. (2008). Buying Lenin. The Best American Short Stories 2008. The Best American Short Stories 2008.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2008). Tobacco Wedding. Blackbird.
  • Penkov, M.N., Lott, B. (2007). Buying Lenin. The Southern Review. LSU Press.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2007). Makedonija. Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley.
  • Penkov, M.N., Lott, B. (2005). Devshirmeh. The Southern Review. LSU Press.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2005). Icarus Reborn. The Ozark Review.
  • Penkov, M.N. (2005). The White Mariana. The Prairie Margins.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Penkov, M.N., "Rolex Arts Initiative - Collaboration Fund," sponsored by Rolex SA, International, $1 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Penkov, M.N. (Principal), "Mountain of Myrrh," sponsored by Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship (UNT), University of North Texas, Funded. (2011 - 2011).
  • Penkov, M.N. (Principal), "Mountain of Myrrh," sponsored by Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship (UNT), University of North Texas, Funded. (2010 - 2010).
  • Grant - Research

  • Penkov, M.N. (Principal), "Rolex post mentoring project," sponsored by Rolex SA, International, $1 Funded. (2016 - 2019).
  • Penkov, M.N. (Principal), "The Imaginary Tsar," sponsored by Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (UNT), International, Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Penkov, M.N. (Principal), "The Imaginary Tsar," sponsored by Research Initiation Grant (UNT), University of North Texas, Funded. (2012 - 2012).
  • Penkov, M.N. (Principal), "Mountain of Myrrh," sponsored by Research Initiation Grant (UNT), University of North Texas, Funded. (2010 - 2010).
  • Penkov, M. (Principal), "Rolex post mentoring project," sponsored by Rolex SA, International, Funded. (2016 - 2019).
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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