field work_institutions known_for article_title name alma_mater
english , creative nonfiction , medical humanities university of rhode island experimental multi-genre , italian american themes , gender and sexuality , prose cultural criticism , creative nonfiction , lyric essay , mary cappello
 mary cappello state , m.a. -rrb- , dickinson college , b.a. university of new york , buffalo -lrb- ph.d.
mary cappello

mary cappello is a writer and professor of english and creative writing at the university of rhode island .
she is the author of four books of literary nonfiction , and her essays and experimental prose have been published in the georgia review , salmagundi and cabinet magazine .
her work has been featured in the new york times , salon , the huffington post , in guest author blogs for powell 's books , and on six separate occasions as notable essay of the year in best american essays .
a 2011 guggenheim fellow in creative arts/nonfiction , she recently received a 2015 berlin prize from the american academy in berlin , a fellowship awarded to scholars , writers , composers , and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields .
