Professor Anton Jones teaches English Composition, Writing About Literature, Intro to Creative Writing, Writing Fiction, Writing Nonfiction, and the Senior Project in Creative Writing. He believes that storytellers are the doctors of society and that good ones are in short supply. Whatever story you have to tell, Professor Jones will instruct you on how to tell it with urgency and precision. When Professor Jones is not teaching or writing, he is locked in medieval combat while training for the great sport of buhurt.


Degrees

  • B.A., Religion and Creative Writing - Coe College; Cedar Rapids, IA 
  • M.F.A., Creative Writing (Poetry) - Portland State University; Portland, OR

Awards

  • Preliminary Judge for the 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award

Areas of Research

  • English
  • Poetry 
  • Creative Writing

Publications:

  • This is Not a Death Sentence: A Lyric Memoir, The Empowered Press, 2024

  • "March of the Blood-Red King", [fantasy novel], Page + Plot Press, forthcoming in winter 2025 or early 2026