About
Laura K. Davis is a writer and a professor who works in the areas of Canadian Literature and Writing Studies.She is engaged in writing creative non-fiction and has published books, articles, and reviews on Canadian writers such as Margaret Laurence and Joy Kogawa, and on educational topics such as how to teach writing. She is a full time faculty member in the program of English at Red Deer Polytechnic, Alberta, Canada, where she has been teaching since 2008. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, an M.A. from the University of Victoria, and a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. As well as teaching, researching, and writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, and teaching and practicing yoga.
In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places.
Alice Munro, Too Much Happiness
My Work
I'm currently writing a memoir in essays that follows the fortunes and misfortunes of my ancestors, reflecting on the intergenerational stories that give our lives meaning.
I'm also in the process of writing an academic monograph. Time in Selected Stories of Alice Munro analyses various short stories by the Canadian writer and Nobel prize winner, examining how the vicissitudes of time inflect narration and gender identities.
My academic work resides at the intersections of history, culture, and literature, and my approach to the study of literature emphasizes the material and intellectual contexts in which texts are produced. l aim to inspire in my students an appreciation for literature and expression, an understanding, through literature, of the complexities of their own lives and societies.
I'm also in the process of writing an academic monograph. Time in Selected Stories of Alice Munro analyses various short stories by the Canadian writer and Nobel prize winner, examining how the vicissitudes of time inflect narration and gender identities.
My academic work resides at the intersections of history, culture, and literature, and my approach to the study of literature emphasizes the material and intellectual contexts in which texts are produced. l aim to inspire in my students an appreciation for literature and expression, an understanding, through literature, of the complexities of their own lives and societies.