Hollie Adams
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Hollie Adams received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Calgary, where she specialized in creative writing, contemporary fiction, and narratology. She is the author of the short story collection Dear Humans (NeWest, 2026), the poetry collection Beckoning (Guernica Editions, 2026), the novel Things You’ve Inherited from Your Mother (NeWest, 2015), and the chapbook of prose poetry Deliver Me from Swedish Furniture (Zed, 2017), which was short-listed for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Her short fiction and poetry have been published in magazines and anthologies across Canada, including Geist, The New Quarterly, The Malahat Review, Room, Contemporary Verse 2, Best Canadian Poetry, and Best Canadian Essays.
Courses Taught
ENG 170: Foundations of Literary Analysis
ENG 205: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 236: Intro to Canadian Literature
ENG 307: Writing Fiction
ENG 309: Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENG 336: Canadian Literature
ENG 407: Advanced Fiction Writing
ENG 507: Graduate Fiction Workshop
ENG 529: Topics in Language, Literature, and Writing (Topic: After Postmodernism)
ENG 536: Studies in Canadian Literature
Education
M.A., University of Windsor (2010)
