DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld

PROFESSOR
English Studies School of Arts and Sciences
DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld 2023
978.665.3661 Office: Miller Hall 208
Office Hours
Fall 2026

Tuesday 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday 2 - 3:15 p.m.
You may also contact via email to set up an appointment.

Website

Biography

When not teaching, DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld plays music with friends as an amateur musician, plays puzzle games (especially word puzzles), spends time with family, or reads books she thinks are unteachable, but then she ends up teaching horror writing or dystopian lit.

Courses Taught

To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.

Writing I: Class Culture (ENGL 1100)
Writing II: Subcultures and Identity (ENGL 1200)
Introduction to Creative Writing (ENGL 2740)
Script Writing (ENGL 2760)
Fiction Writing (ENGL 3740)
Poetry Writing (ENGL 3750)
Writing Film Criticism (ENGL 3780)
Research for Creative Writers (ENGL 4600)
Genres/Forms/Themes: The Craft of Horror Writing (ENGL 4700)
Reading Poetry (ENGL 2450)
Intro to African American Studies (AAST 1000)
Graduate: Topics: Fiction Workshop (9054)

Background

Ph.D., University of Nebraska Lincoln (English/Professional Writing)
M.F.A., Southampton College (Creative Writing)
B.A., University of Wisconsin Platteville

Working class literature, African-American literature, women’s literature (especially women of color), creative writing pedagogy (especially for marginalized communities).

Books:

All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere: Stories. U of Nebraska Press, 2024.

New to Liberty. Novel from Unnamed Press, 2022.

Peculiar Heritage: Poetry. Mason Jar Press, 2021.

Rubbing Elbows, Finishing Line Press, 2017

The Best Small Fictions 2019 for “Ballad of Frankie Baker”

Sample Writings Online:
FICTION: “Black Girl’s Magic” in Cotton Xenomorph  
   
(https://www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2021/1/10/black-girls-magic?rq=…)
POETRY: “Inside Zelli’s at Night between the Wars,” “A Veritable Incident,” and “Tituba” in Contrary Magazine.           
   (http://contrarymagazine.com/2019/three-poems-7/)
 CREATIVE NON-FICTION: “Higher and Deeper” in wildness.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) 
Worcester Children’s Chorus 
Porcupine Literary (poetry editor)
Malarkey Books (editor)