Olivia E. Cronk
College of Arts and Sciences, English
Senior Instructor
Office:
LWH 2100
Phone:
(773) 442-5958
Email:
o-cronk@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Spring 2026: Mon: in-person by email appt: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; drop-in no appt 1-2:00 pm; Tues: 1-1:30 pm drop in, no appt. needed; Wed: Virtual/email appt. 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; Thurs 1-1:30 & 3:30-4: drop-in, no appt. (UPI hours Mon. 2-3:00 pm LWH 2047)
Country:
United States
Expertise
College writing, contemporary poetry, Creative Writing constraints, Hybrid-form writing
ENGL 101 Writing I
ENGL 102 Writing II
ENGL 201 The World of Poetry
ENGL 235 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 304A Literary Editing
ENGL 316 Forms of Poetry
ENGL 340A Elements of Style
ENGL 346 Critical Writing for Creative Writers
ENGL 374A Hybrid Form Writing
ENGL 384/385 Creative Writing: Poetry I & II
ENGL 389 Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 397 Summer Creative Writing Institute
ENGL 398A Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 416 Ekphrastic Practice
ENGL 446 Critical Writing, Creative Writers
ENGL 474A Hybrid-form Writing
HUM 192 Introduction to the Humanities
Expertise
College Writing, Creative Writing, Hybrid-form writing, constraint-based writing, collaborative writing, Contemporary Poetry
Research Interests
Contemporary Poetry, hybrid forms, radical pedagogies, ekphrasis
Education
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Selected Publications
Critical Writing
on Madison McCartha's Freakophone World
https://tskymag.com/2022/11/madison-mccartha-2/
"Vision as palimpsest: on Johannes Göransson’s translations of Ann Jäderlund"
http://criticalflame.org/
on Andra Rotaru's Lemur
https://www.therupturemag.com/
"I Cannot Resist the Terror"
https://tskymag.com/2019/09/
Poetry Collections
Womonster, 2020, Tarpaulin Sky
https://tarpaulinsky.com/
Louise and Louise and Louise, 2016, The Lettered Streets Press
https://lettered-streets-
Skin Horse, 2012, Action Books
https://actionbooks.org/