Kevin Stadt received his B.S. in philosophy from Illinois State University, his M.A. in teaching writing from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and his Ph.D. in American literature from Northern Illinois University. His fiction, poetry, and essays can be found at kevinstadt.com. 

Courses taught in the DIS

• Academic Writing I
• Academic Writing II
• Career Development II
• Contemporary Society and Philosophy

Academic Publications

“’Art becomes an attunement to the demonic’: Confronting the Hyperobject in McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men.” Studies in Modern Fiction, vol.22, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-19.

“Chuck Palahniuk’s Grotesque Violence: Self-Destruction andPostmodern Epistemology in Fight Club.” Studies in Modern Fiction,vol. 17, no. 2, 2010,pp. 263-291.

“Sheriff Bell’s Bad Faith: A Sartrean Perspective on Freedom and Anguish in McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men.” British and American Fiction,vol. 22, no. 2, 2015, pp. 159-177.

“Something New under the Unseen Sun: Escaping the Inescapable in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.” Journal of American Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, 2014, pp. 299-316.

“Truth, Power, and Blood: Grotesque Violence and Postmodern Historiography in Morrison’s Paradise.” Journal of American Studies,vol. 43, no. 1, 2011, pp. 5-32.

Selected Fiction

96^th of October, “Demon's Orbit”         

Kzine, “Stealing the City’s Dark Dream”

Phantaxis, “Us vs. Them”

Spring into SciFi: 2019 Edition, “Fear Regulation Chip”

Stupefying Stories, “Eddie’s Upgrade”    

Witches, Warriors, and Wyverns, “Scars and Solace”

Selected Poetry

Nixes Mate Review, “Grace against the Clock”

Rust + Moth, “Weeping in Tongues”

Stone Poetry Journal, “Root”

The Sunlight Press, “Red West Rising”

Trouvaille Review, “Hollow Headlights”

Words & Whispers, “Hounds Come Home”

Selected Creative Nonfiction

Barren Magazine, “Socks in a Tree”

The Bookends Review, “I Forgot My Eyes”

The Bookends Review Best of 2018 Anthology, “Frogs Saved My Life When I Was a Baby”

Crack the Spine, “Existential Arm Wrestling”

Stoneboat, “Bury Me”

The Underwater Railroad, “Two Farms”