Jacob Rubin

Associate Professor Director of Creative Writing

Email

jarubin@smu.edu

Office Location

DH G16

Phone

214-768-2950

Website

Education

M.F.A., The University of Mississippi
Jacob Rubin’s novel The Poser was published by Viking in 2015. The Washington Post called it “masterful,” and Kevin Brockmeier in the New York Times Book Review praised the novel for being “smart and absorbing … probing, witty.” Rubin’s writing has appeared in New York, Slate, , n+1, and the anthology Best New American Voices, among other publications. He has also written for television and film.

Areas of Interest

  • Fiction
  • Creative nonfiction
  • Screenwriting
  • Writing for television

Publications

  • "," Los Angeles Review of Books
  • The Poser, by Viking (2015)
  • The New Yorker
  • a review of Kurt Vonnegut’s collected work for New York
  • A series of pieces for
  • an account of a visit to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

Press

  • on The Poser
  • of The Poser

Courses Taught

  • ENG 2390: Introduction to Creative Writing
  • ENG 3390: Advanced Creative Writing Workshop



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