John Mauk - Reading

John Mauk grew up on the Ohio flatland, a stone’s throw from both Michigan and Indiana. He
taught college writing courses for twenty-four years. During his academic career, he developed
several widely used textbooks, worked with teachers around the country, and was twice elected
professor of the year. He then pivoted to fiction—and still considers himself a student of the
craft. His stories have appeared in journals such as Salamander, Arts and Letters, The
Forge, New Millennium Writings, Main Street Rag, and The Dunes Review; his nonfiction
in Rumpus, Beatrice.com, Writer’s Digest, and various anthologies. He has two full-length story
collections, Field Notes for the Earthbound and Where All Things Flatten. He has judged for
national writing contests, consulted for publishers, and read for magazines. He currently
hosts “Prose from the Underground,” a free video series for active writers.