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Lara Ehrlich is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Writer in Residence at Connecticut College, where she joined in 2024. She concurrently serves as assistant dean of fellowships advising, guiding students through nationally competitive award applications requiring institutional endorsement.
Her academic credentials include:
- B.A. from Boston University
- M.A. from University of Chicago
Ehrlich's creative scholarship centers on fiction and hybrid forms through feminist and gender studies lenses, with deep engagement in fairy tales, mythology, and transformation narratives. Her work interrogates myth, metamorphosis, performance, and female identity within contemporary literary frameworks, exploring narrative theory and voice across experimental genres.
Her publications demonstrate consistent thematic focus on identity transformation, with the forthcoming novel Bind Me Tighter Still (2025) and award-winning story collection Animal Wife establishing her contribution to literary fiction examining cultural archetypes.
Her distinguished recognition includes:
- Red Hen Press Fiction Award for Animal Wife
As an educator, Ehrlich teaches at University of Connecticut and Yale Young Writers Workshop while directing Connecticut College's writing curriculum. She founded Writer Mother Monster—a conversation series on writing and motherhood—and leads generative novel labs, short fiction workshops, and genre-bending courses through her educational initiatives.
She established Thought Fox Writers Den in Stonington, CT, operating as a multidisciplinary creative hub offering manuscript coaching, community programming, and specialized workshops that bridge academic writing with public literary engagement.
