Vivian Wagner Ph.D.

Vivian Wagner is an associate professor of English at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. She received her Ph.D. in English, specializing in American literature and popular culture, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She's the author of a memoir, Fiddle: One Woman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music (Citadel-Kensington), and several poetry collections: Raising (Clare Songbirds Publishing), Curiosities (Unsolicited Press), and The Village (Aldrich Press-Kelsay Books). Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Narratively, O: The Oprah Magazine, and other publications. Visit her website at www.vivianwagner.net.