Education:

• Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany

• M.F.A., Brooklyn College

• B.F.A., College at Purchase (SUNY)

Contact information:
Office:  205 Karpen Hall
Office Phone:  (828)251-6590
lhorvitz@unca.edu

Recent teaching:

LANG 479: Senior Seminar in Creative Writing

LANG 473: Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Workshop

LANG 366 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop

LIT 373: Writers of the Beat Generation

LIT 379: Questions of Travel

LIT 349: Contemporary Literature

ARTS 310: Arts and Ideas

LIT 241: Introduction to Poetry

WMST 100: Intro to Women's Studies

Recent publications:

"A Certain Shade of Blue." The Broome Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature, Winter 2008.

“Exchange Theory and Rational Choice.” SUB-LIT, Winter 2008.

“Making Lists.” Dos Passos Review, Winter 2008.

“Unloading Bones.” The Southeast Review, Spring 2006.

“My Life as a Hippie Chick.” Hamilton Stone Review, Spring 2006.

“Chicken of Suburbia.” Headwaters, 2006.

“Shiksa in My Living Room.” Identity Envy: Wanting to be Who We’re Not, Harrington Press, 2006.

“The Girls of Usually” & “The Weight of Stuff.” Salt River Review, Winter 2006.

“Survival.” Metabolism, 2006.

“Death and Furniture.” The Mochila Review, Spring 2005

“New York: 1986-9.” Hotel Amerika, Spring 2005.

“The Aspirin Factory.” Headwaters, 2005.

“Slow Train to the Forbidden City.” A Place Called Home: An Anthology, 2005.

 “Naked Hippies and Bonfires.” Rite of Passage, Lonely Planet, 2003.

 “To the Core.” A Women’s Touch: An Anthology of Women’s Writing. Alyson Press, 2003.

“The Sublet.” Coe Review, 2003.

“Writhing Hieroglyphics.” Headwaters, 2002.

“My Imaginary Aunt Fanny.” Jabberwock Review, 2002.

“The Knot Lady.” Descant, 2002.

 “Argentina.” Kumquat Meringue, 2002.

“Mr. Wilcomersky’s Motorcycle” & “Art Colony Birthday Party.” Facets Magazine, 2002.

This is my tenth year at UNCA. Although relocating to Asheville should have been a shock to my system (after 12 years of living in Manhattan), I'm enjoying the calm pace and beautiful surroundings. I’ve been the recipient of writer-in-residency fellowships from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Cottages at Hedgebrook, Yaddo, Fundación Valparaiso, The Ragdale Foundation, and Blue Mountain Center. At UNCA, I’m the faculty advisor for the literary arts magazine, Headwaters. Also, I’m the founder and organizer of the F-Word Film Festival (A Celebration of Images By and About Women but For All Audiences). This year will mark its 9th anniversary.