Manuel Munoz
- Professor, English
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-5539
- Modern Languages, Rm. 445
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- munozm@arizona.edu
Degrees
- M.F.A. Creative Writing
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
- "Shored"
- B.A. English and American Literature and Language
- Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Work Experience
- Department of English, University of Arizona, Creative Writing Program (2013 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Department of English, Creative Writing Program (2008 - 2013)
Awards
- MacArthur Fellowship
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Spring 2024
- MacArthur Foundation, Fall 2023
- Best American Short Stories citation
- Best American Short Stories/Mariner Books, Fall 2023
- The Best American series, published by Houghton Mifflin, Fall 2019
- Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist
- Aspen Words/The Aspen Institute, Spring 2023 (Award Finalist)
- Joyce Carol Oates Prize
- New Literary Project and UC Berkeley Department of English, Spring 2023
- The New Literary Project/UC Berkeley, Fall 2022 (Award Nominee)
- The Story Prize
- The Story Prize,, Spring 2023 (Award Finalist)
- Aspen Words Literary Prize
- Aspen Words/The Aspen Instititue, Fall 2022 (Award Nominee)
- Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing
- Cornell University, Fall 2022
- O. Henry Award
- The O. Henry Prize Stories, Fall 2017
- The O. Henry Prize Stories, Fall 2015
- PEN/O. Henry Award
- PEN/O. Henry, Fall 2009
- New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Fiction
- New York Foundation for the Arts, Fall 2008
- Whiting Writers' Award
- Whiting Foundation, Fall 2008
Licensure & Certification
- Teacher certification, English, grades 9-12, Certificate #319717, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Undergraduate Teacher Education Program (1994)
Interests
Teaching
Fiction
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2025) -
Inter Fiction Writing
ENGL 304 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Spring 2025) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Spring 2025) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2025) -
Thesis
ENGL 910 (Spring 2025) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2024) -
Intro Writing Of Fiction
ENGL 210 (Fall 2024) -
Writing Project Fiction
ENGL 604 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2024) -
Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2023) -
Creative Writing: Craft
ENGL 215 (Fall 2023) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
ENGL 499 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Creative Writing: Craft
ENGL 215 (Spring 2023) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2023) -
Writing Project Fiction
ENGL 604 (Spring 2023) -
Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2022) -
Thesis
ENGL 910 (Spring 2022) -
Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2021) -
Inter Fiction Writing
ENGL 304 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2021) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2021) -
Professional Studies
ENGL 595A (Spring 2021) -
Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2020) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2020) -
Professional Studies
ENGL 595A (Fall 2020) -
Thesis
ENGL 910 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Elmnts of Craft/Creative Write
ENGL 215 (Spring 2020) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Spring 2020) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2020) -
Professional Studies
ENGL 595A (Spring 2020) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2019) -
Modern Literature
ENGL 596H (Fall 2019) -
Professional Studies
ENGL 595A (Fall 2019) -
Thesis
ENGL 910 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Spring 2019) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2019) -
Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2018) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Fall 2018) -
Writing Project Fiction
ENGL 604 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Spring 2018) -
Elmnts of Craft/Creative Write
ENGL 215 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2018) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2018) -
Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Fall 2017) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2017) -
Inter Fiction Writing
ENGL 304 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 404 (Spring 2017) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Spring 2017) -
Writing Project Fiction
ENGL 604 (Spring 2017) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2016) -
Inter Fiction Writing
ENGL 304 (Fall 2016) -
Master's Report
ENGL 909 (Fall 2016) -
Modern Literature
ENGL 596H (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Elmnts of Craft/Creative Write
ENGL 215 (Spring 2016) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2016) -
Inter Fiction Writing
ENGL 304 (Spring 2016) -
Senior Capstone
ENGL 498 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Munoz, M. (2022). The Consequences. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf Press.More infoShort-story collection
- Munoz, M. (2014). Ce que tu vois dans le noir. Paris, France: Editions Joelle Losfeld, a division of Gallimard.More infoFrench translation of "What You See in Dark"
Chapters
- Munoz, M. (2017). Fieldwork. In Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation(pp 59-68). New York: Penguin Books.More infoReprint of essay on Gwendolyn Brooks's "Maud Martha," originally commissioned by the Library of America in 2011
- Munoz, M. (2017). Nobody Knows My Name. In Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks(pp 268-271). Chicago, IL: Curbside Splendor.More infoReprint of essay on Gwendolyn Brooks's "Maud Martha," originally commissioned by the Library of America in 2011
Journals/Publications
- Munoz, M. (2022). "A Glint" [published as "Manuel Munoz on Trying and Failing to Tell the Story of His Biological Father"]. LitHub.
- Munoz, M. (2023). "Compromisos". Best American Short Stories 2023, 196-207.
- Munoz, M. (2022). "Compromisos". Electric Literature.
- Munoz, M. (2022). "That Pink House at the End of the Street on the Other Side of Town". Virginia Quarterly Review, 98(2), 2-3, 92-98.
- Munoz, M. (2022). "What Kind of Fool Am I?". American Short Fiction, 25(76).
- Munoz, M. (2019). Anyone Can Do It. The Best American Short Stories 2019, 182-196.More infoReprint of a 2018 publication in "ZYZYYVA" of "Anyone Can Do It," in the Best American Short Stories series, which honors the 20 best short stories published in US and Canadian literary journals and magazines
- Munoz, M. (2019). Susto. Freeman's, 129-143.
- Munoz, M. (2018). Anyone Can Do It. ZYZZYVA, 113, 129-146.
- Munoz, M. (2017). "The Consequences. Southwest Review, 102(1), 44-57.
- Munoz, M. (2017). "The Reason Is Because". The O. Henry Prize Stories, 248-263.More infoReprint of O. Henry Prize-winning story originally published in American Short Fiction
- Munoz, M. (2016). "La Pura Verdad". Territory.
- Munoz, M. (2016). "The Reason Is Because". American Short Fiction, 19(61), 43-57.
- Munoz, M. (2015). "Presumido". Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature, 57-72.
- Munoz, M. (2015). "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA". The O. Henry Prize Stories, 64-79.More infoReprint of O. Henry Prize-winning story originally published in Glimmer Train
- Munoz, M. (2009).
Sweet Talk
. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, 42(1), 79-82. doi:10.1080/08905760902816212
