Janet W. Hardy
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Education
MFA Creative Nonfiction, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
Girlfag (book/thesis, written under the direction of Marilyn Abildskov and Russ Rymer): book-length combination of personal/lyric essay and historical exploration regarding gay-male-identified women
A.B. with Honors, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
English major. Creative Writing, Film Studies, 20th Century Literature; additional coursework in Psychology, Linguistics, Drawing/Painting
Teaching Experience
Lecturer. English 4: Composition, St. Mary’s College of California, Fall 2008
Lecturer. “Changing Images of Women’s Identity,” lower-division intersession Women’s Studies class, Saint Mary’s College of California, JanTerm 2008
Teaching Assistant/Intern. “That ’70s Film,” upper-division survey of films of the 1970s, taught by David DeRose, Ph.D., Fall 2007
Teaching Assistant. “Introduction to Screenwriting,” upper-division creative writing class, taught by David DeRose, Ph.D., Spring 2007
Instructor. “Radical Ecstasy,” weekend-long seminar on tantric theory and practice, various venues, 2006-2008
Instructor. “Ethical Sluthood,” seminar/practicum on ethical multipartner relationships, taught internationally at conferences and seminars, 1996-present
Selected Publications (complete publications list available on request)
“An Eater’s Guide to Food,” California Arts and Living, June 2009
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures, 2nd edition (with Dossie Easton), Ten Speed Press, 2009
“The Portal,” The Fence #9, Fall 2008
“Redefining Family: From Company to Into the Woods, Sondheim suggests a new model,” Sondheim Review, Winter 2007
Cinema Toast, weekly column, at tencartrain.com, 2007-2008
Radical Ecstasy (with Dossie Easton), Greenery Press, 2005
Sex Disasters… And How to Survive Them (with Charles Moser, Ph.D., M.D.), Greenery Press, 2002
Awards and Scholarships
Finalist, New Letters Awards for Writers, 2007, for “Ex”
Finalist, Event Creative Nonfiction Contest, 2007, for “Ex”
MFA Program Advisory Board Scholarship for Literary Excellence, St. Mary’s College of California, 2007-2008
Agnes Butler Scholarship, Saint Mary’s College of California, 2006-2007
Glimmer Train Short-Short Fiction Competition, Honorable Mention for “Mom Keeps On Getting Bigger,” 2007
Lambda Literary Award, semifinalist for Radical Ecstasy, 2005
Teaching Competencies and Interests
Creative Nonfiction
Writing the Personal Essay
The Personal Essay as Literature
Small Publishing and Self-Publishing
Build Your Own Book
Writing the How-To
Power and Gender: An Exploration in Writing and Reading
Ecstatic Experience in Literature and Film
The History of Musical TheaterBusiness Career Highlights
Founder and President, Greenery Press, Inc., Oakland, CA, 1992-present
— Founded and ran small publishing company specializing in how-to books about relationships and sexuality
— Oversaw growth of company from two books to 40+, and from revenues of $30,000 annually to $500,000+
— Maintained firsthand responsibility for editorial development, book design and production, marketing direction and administrative oversightEditor/Ghostwriter of books including:
— Lessons from Afghanistan, David Fleishhacker. DF Publications, 2001
— Health Care Without Shame: A Handbook for the Sexually Diverse and Their Caregivers, Charles Moser, Ph.D., M.D. Greenery Press, 2000Senior Copywriter, The Van Bronkhorst Group, Santa Clara, CA, 1990-1991
Responsible for creating and maintaining voice of all agency clients, for creating compelling and accurate marketing messages on deadline, and for working with designers to create attention-getting and appropriate visuals
Freelance Copywriter, Sacramento, CA, 1983-1990
Created and executed award-winning concepts and copy for clients including Intel, Hewlett-Packard, System Integrators, Sacramento Theater Company, Sutter Health Systems and more
Related Experience
Co-Founder, www.tencartrain.com, cooperative blog of weekly columns written by St. Mary’s MFA candidates and alumni, 2007
Keynote or Featured Speaker at Midwest Alternative PolyCon, 2005; Eris Society, 2005; Poly Living, 2005; XPlore04, Berlin, 2004
Consultant, feature film script, The Ethical Slut, 2007
Conferences Attended include BookExpo America, 1995-present; ManyCamps (first academic conference on camp as an artistic and sociological phenomenon), 2006; Modern Language Association, 2008; Assn. of Writers and Writing Programs, 2007-presentReferences
On request
photo courtesy Rachel Kramer-Bussell