Senior Instructor II
J.T.Bushnell@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-9047

Moreland Hall

Moreland Hall 242

2550 SW Jefferson Way

2550 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Credentials: 
MFA Fiction - University of Oregon, 2007
BA Journalism - Linfield College, 2002, Summa Cum Laude

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
School of Writing, Literature, and Film
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 

WR 214: Writing in Business

WR 222: English Composition II

WR 224: Intro to Creative Writing: Fiction

WR 230: Essentials of English Grammar

WR 324: Short Story Writing

WR 330: Understanding English Grammar

ENG 104: Intro to Literature: Fiction

ENG 319: Special Section: Bernard Malamud

Research/Career Interests: 

Publications

Novel

 

Craft and Critical Essays

  • “From Rules to Rebels: The Trend Against Craft.” The Writer’s Chronicle, April 2023.
  • “Don’t Call It Writer’s Block.” Catapult, Sept. 2021.
  • “The Thousand Pages: Tips for Transitioning to the Novel.” Poets & Writers magazine, May/June 2021.
  • “Fiction and Reality: An Open Letter.” Fiction Writers Review, April 2021.
  • “Why We Write: And Why We Stop.” Poets & Writers magazine, Sept./Oct. 2020.
  • “This Is Your Brain on Fear: Trauma and Storytelling.” Poets & Writers magazine, May/June 2016.
  • “Realism in Action: The Art of Invisibility in ‘Rules of the Game.’” Fiction Writers Review, May 2013.
  • “The Heart and the Eye: How Description Can Access Emotion.” Poets & Writers magazine, Jan/Feb. 2013. Reprinted in The Science of Story: The Brain Behind Creative Nonfiction from Bloomsbury Press, Sept. 2020
  • “Learning the Left Hand.” Fiction Writers Review, June 2012.
  • “The Jerks: Creating Sympathetic Characters.” Poets & Writers magazine, May/June 2012.
  • “The Positive Workshop.” The Writer magazine, May 2012.
  • “Rejection Love.” Fiction Writers Review, March 2012.
  • “The Unreliable Narrator: Finding a Voice that Truly Speaks.” Poets & Writers magazine, Sept./Oct. 2011.

 

Short Fiction

  • “Rendezvous.” Monkeybicycle, Oct. 2020.
  • “Miracles from Hell.” Passages North, winter 2020.
  • “Get Free.” Flyway, winter 2018.
  • “The Magic Tablet.” North Dakota Quarterly, summer/fall 2017.
  • “The Commute.” Monkeybicycle, Sept. 2016.
  • “The Real Version.” South Carolina Review, fall 2013.
  • “Everything Is Okay.” New Madrid, summer 2013.
  • “Other Girls.” Iron Horse Literary Review, fall 2011.
  • “What Adults Do.” Fogged Clarity, Jan. 2011.
  • “No Snakes, No Rabies.” Meridian, winter 2010.
  • “The Evacuation.” Greensboro Review, fall 2009.
  • “Bricks.” South Carolina Review, spring 2009.
  • “Listening.” Tusculum Review, spring 2008.
  • “Amanda Said I Should Go to Cuba.” Mississippi Review, summer 2006.

 

Creative Nonfiction

  • “Intervention.” Redivider. Fall 2011.
  • “Commencement.” Bluestem. Spring 2011.
  • “Bat Story.” Reed Magazine. Issue 64, 2011.
  • “Runner.” Natural Bridge. Spring 2010.
  • “Instincts.” Brevity. January 2010.
  • “Waiting to Hit.” Brevity. Fall 2008.