Writer, interviewer and editor, ABQ, NM


Bio

I earned an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, an MA from the Bread Loaf School of English, and a BA in American Studies from Middlebury College. I taught high school English for 30 years—in Brooklyn, San Francisco, St. Croix, and Albuquerque. Born in Rockaway, Queens and raised in Rochester, NY, I live in Albuquerque, NM.

(2021-2024)

Work

For the past three years, while earning an MFA in creative nonfiction from Antioch University Los Angeles, I’ve interviewed nine writers and edited interviews for Lunch Ticket. Below find links to my print interviews with Tom Schulman, Marcia Bradley, James Yeh, Jennifer Givhan, Roberto Lovato,  Ceilidh Michelle, and Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, and my audio interviews with Anne Liu Kellor and Toni Ann Johnson.

June 2024

June 2024

December 2023

June 2023

June 2022

June 2022

December 2021

November 2021

September 2023


Me in a nutshell

Kevin James Cummins
718 Adams St. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
kevincummins8 at gmail.com

505.205.5167

Education:

Master of Fine Arts - Creative Nonfiction 2023
Antioch University – Los Angeles

Master of Arts - English 1991
Middlebury College – Bread Loaf School of English

Bachelor of Arts – American Studies 1983
Middlebury College

Experience:

Interviewer & Interview Editor, June 2021 - Present
Antioch University Los Angeles, Culver City, California, United States & Remote

  • I interview writers and edit interviews for Lunch Ticket, the literary magazine of the MFA program in creative writing at Antioch University Los Angeles. My responsibilities include interviewing writers about their craft and guiding my fellow team members with feedback, tips, and edits.

Writer, June 2019 - Present
Self-employed - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

  • I write creative nonfiction and fiction and am at work on two book projects.

Teacher, 1984-2019
Independent high school and middle school English teacher
Albuquerque NM, Marin County CA, San Francisco CA, St. Croix US Virgin Islands, Lake Placid NY, Brooklyn NY, Hamden CT, Pawling NY

Selected Awards and Grants:

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching 2014
Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant 2002
Senior Class Award for Teaching 1994
NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers 1993  

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