About Me:Drew Lackovic holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University (2008), and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2002). He resides in the [not at all] bustling village of Erie, PA with his gorgeous daughter, fox of a wife, and two stupid cats--stupid because one thinks himself a mafia don, and the other, well, he's just really fat. Professionally, he recently traded in his title of Corporate WageSlave for Lecturer in English. Drew is very happy about this change. Drew is at work on his first book, a novel in stories entitled Not an Autobiography. Drew is tired of 3rd person objective self-speech.
Searching for Truth through the fallacy of memory.
I write fiction that is at once experimental in style and form yet conventional in its humanity. I write about the fallacy of memory, relationships, Corporate America's morally barren landscape and the hope of a better future. I am deeply interested in language, and have often been called a poet, though I rarely write poems, but I am keenly aware of the aural nature of my stories as well as their appearance on the page. Experimentally, I tend to gravitate towards metafictional elements mixed with footnotes, lists, and other visual rearrangements of words on the page. My end goal in writing is not to obfuscate but to illuminate different storytelling possibilities while retaining as wide an audience as possible.
Courses Taught
- ENGL 004 - Basic Writing
- ENGL 015 - Rhetoric and Composition
- ENGL 202D - Business Writing
Publications, Prizes
- "Alone at the Top" Published in the March 2009 Issue of The Wrong Tree Review.
- "Everything Ends" Published in Issue 1 of A cappella Zoo.
- "Ice Dune, 1983-2007" Published in the Summer 2008 issue of 94 Creations.
- "Deconstructiong Happily Ever After" Won 2008 Kentuckiana Metroversity Writing Competition, and will appear in Human Voices.
- "(Un/Re/I )Do" Nominated for a 2007 Pushcart Prize
- "Abject Objectivity Goes for a Walk" Published in the November 2007 issue of WordRiot.org
- "Runaway" 2007 Kentuckiana Metroversity Writing Contest -- 2nd Place
- "(Un/Re/I )Do" 2006 Alligator Juniper National Fiction Contest Winner. Story published in Summer 2007 Issue
- "Contents Within" Nominated for an AWP Intro Award
- "Reckoning the Claim" 2003 Spring Issue of The blue Review
- "From The Fine Art of Poaching by William Blakesley" 2002 Issue of The New Growth Arts Review
Upcoming Readings/Appearances
- March 26, 2009- Reading from "Deconstructing Happily Ever After" at the 2009 CEA/PCEA Conference in Pittsburgh, PA
Past Readings/Lectures
- February, 2009 Read from "Ice Dune 1983-2007" at the annual Behrend Reads event.
- May, 2008 Lecturing on Postmodernist Fiction and Fiction Writing at Lexington Catholic High School -- cancelled
- May 27, 2008 Giving my graduating lecture, "Structural Screwity: A Brief Guide to Reading and Writing Experimental Fiction" at Spalding University
- May 29, 2008 Giving my graduating reading at Spalding University
- April 12, 2008 Lecturing on Ben Marcus' The Age of Wire and Stringat the PCEA Conference in State College, PA
- April 12, 2008 Reading from "(Un/Re/I )Do" at the PCEA Conference in State College, PA
- November 2007, Fiction Reading at Spalding University
- November 2007, Lead group discussion on John Barth's "Lost in the Funhouse"
- May 2007, Fiction Reading at Spalding University
- February 2007, Lecture and Reading on Geoffrey Chaucer to Harbor Creek High School English students
- November, 2006 Fiction Reading at Spalding University
- January, 2002 Panelist on Edgar Allen Poe at the PCEA Conference in St. Davies, PA
- December, 1999 Fiction Reading at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College