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Clarence Harlan Orsi serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Creative Writing Program at Bucknell University, teaching multigenre creative writing and advanced creative nonfiction courses. His work critically examines power dynamics and transgender narratives through fiction and nonfiction, including a novel on queer adoption and a hybrid memoir-journalism project about trans comedy.
Education:
- Ph.D. in English / Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- B.A. from Brown University
Orsi’s research spans transgender studies, creative nonfiction, and fiction, with specialized focus on comedy, whiteness in literature, creative writing pedagogy, and musical theater. His approach blends cultural analysis with personal narrative to interrogate identity and societal structures.
- Transgender narrative innovation
- Queer literary theory
- Comedic deconstruction of power
- Intersectional identity politics
His 15 most recent publications reveal a trajectory from literary criticism (2012-2016) toward increasingly personal and politically urgent transgender narratives (2017-2023), with humor emerging as a key analytical tool. Works span essays in Gulf Coast and Los Angeles Review of Books, short fiction in Kenyon Review, humor in The New Yorker, and theater criticism in The Hopkins Review.
Awards:
- Deutsch Foundation grant for literary work
- Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference tuition scholarship
With nine years of prior teaching at a rural Maryland community college, Orsi brings extensive pedagogical experience to Bucknell. His grants support creative development, while his publications demonstrate consistent engagement with evolving transgender discourse in contemporary literature. No formal advising roles are specified, but his courses imply direct mentorship of emerging writers.
