Alyssa Quinn (she/they) is the author of the novels Habilis (Dzanc Books, 2022) and Notes from the Island (forthcoming from Yawning Fox Press in 2027). They hold an MFA from Western Washington University, a PhD from the University of Utah, and are currently an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Kenyon College.
Selected Publications
Novels
Habilis. Dzanc Books. Sept. 2022.
Notes from the Island. Yawning Fox Press. Forthcoming in 2027.
Chapbooks
Dante’s Cartography. The Cupboard Pamphlet. Oct. 2019.
Periodicals
“Vesta.” West Branch. Jan. 2026.
“The End of Ends.” Southern Humanities Review. Jun. 2025.
“The Geologist’s Hammer.” Beloit Fiction Journal. May 2024.
“La Rosée du Temps.” Denver Quarterly. Dec. 2023.
“Character Sketch for the Oil CEO.” Mid-American Review. Sept. 2023.
“The Guide.” Subnivean. May 2023.
“Last Days of the Bonneville Water Sprite.” Propagule. Jul. 2022.
“The Climate Suicides.” Copper Nickel. Mar. 2022.
“The Thing.” Third Coast. Jul. 2021.
“If Birds Left Tracks in the Sky.” The New Thing. Jul. 2021.
“Life History of a Plastic Bag.” Passages North. Feb. 2021.
“13.1.” Cream City Review. Feb. 2021.
“Cityscape.” Ninth Letter. Jan. 2021.
“What an Abyss Will Open.” The Rupture. Dec. 2020.
“Sidewalk to the Moon.” Indiana Review. Feb. 2020.
“Duckrabbit.” Hobart. Jan. 2020.
“Transcendence: A Schematic.” Meridian. Jun. 2019.
“The Heart: A Thought Experiment.” Juked. Jun. 2019.
“Creation Myth.” The Pinch. Mar. 2019.
“No More Dead Women.” Psychopomp Magazine. Nov. 2018.
“A Theory of Chaos and Conception.” Ninth Letter. Dec. 2017.
Contact
Email: alyssamichellequinn@gmail.com