Author Biography
Garry Wallace has a Master of Arts in
Zoology from the University of Montana and a Master
in Fine Arts in Nonfiction Writing and Literature from
Bennington College. He has been a member of the Biology
Department at Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming, since
1987. After earning the M.F.A. in 2001, Introduction
to Composition became a regular part of his teaching
load. He says, “Teaching writing is a lot different
than teaching biology. Biology is more didactic and
requires a highly technical vocabulary. I see it as
a left-brain discipline. English, although didactic
in its own right, is less formal and requires more right-brain
ways of problem solving. After six years, I’m
beginning to get the hang of it.”
Personal Essay
and Science Publications:
- Meeting McCarthy
1992 The Southern Quarterly
- Three Old Sheds
1998 Owen Wister Review
- Making Hay
2000
- Teaching a Bird to Fly
2000 Hard Ground
- An Ultimate West
2000 Owen Wister Review
- Massage
2001 The Bennington Review
- Among Brothers
2001 Hard Ground
Confessions of a Crossbow Hunter
2001 Owen Wister Review
- Rain Forest Rain
2002 Dense Growth
- Kane Cemetery
2002 Owen Wister Review
- Both Sides of the Border
2002 Dry Ground
- Wild Asparagus
2002 Hard Ground
- This Ubiquitous Dust
2003 Owen Wister Review
- Online article in ReadTheWest
- The Scent of Russian Olive
2005 Owen Wister Review
- The Big Table Club
2006 Owen Wister Review
- Urea Hydrolysis in Black-tailed
Prairie Dogs
1982 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
- The Effects of Food and Water Deprivation
in Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
1992 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
Honors:
- Finalist in the William Faulkner
Creative Writing Competition (Essay Category) each
year from 1997 to 2006. In 1997 Garry Wallace took
Second Place, and in 1999 he tied for Second Place.
- Honorable Mention in New Millennium
Writings Awards VI and VII for Nonfiction.
- Honorable Mention for Creative
Nonfiction in the Wyoming Arts Literary Fellowship
Awards for the year 2005.
- Second Place in the 2004 Hard Ground
writing competition.
- Notable Essay of the Year for the
years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005 as cited in
The Best American Essays.
Garry Wallace's
Top 10 Favorite Books:
- Goodbye to a River
by John Graves
- Gathering Evidence
by Thomas Bernhard
- Crime and Punishment
by Dostoevsky
- The Crossing
by Cormac McCarthy
- Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by Carl G. Jung
- Confessions of a Philosopher
by Bryan Magee
- Lila
by Robert M. Pirsig
- Waiting for the Barbarians
by J.M. Coetzee
- Speak, Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov
- A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
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