Eric Gansworth
Biography
Eric Gansworth
Eric Gansworth, a writer and visual artist, is an enrolled member of the Onondaga Nation. He has published 10 books, including the novels MENDING SKINS and EXTRA INDIANS, the young adult novel, IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE, and the collection of poems and paintings, A HALF-LIFE OF CARDO-PULMONARY FUNCTION. His first play, "Re-Creation Story," was selected for the Public Theater’s Second Annual Native Theater Festival. He is a Professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. As a visual artist, he has had solo exhibitions at the Castellani Museum, Colgate University and Bright Hill Center. Two separate career-spanning shows were mounted at Westfield State College and SUNY Oneonta. His work has been supported by PEN Oakland, the National Book Critics Circle, The Saltonstall Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, The New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Seaside Institute among other places.
His work has appeared in the journals The Kenyon Review, The Cream City Review, The Boston Review, Provincetown Arts, Shenandoah, and has been supported by the National Book Critics Circle, The Saltonstall Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Humanities and The Seaside Institute.
Eric Gansworth
