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Colin Burch

Senior Lecturer

Contact Colin Burch
843-349-6617 cburch1@coastal.edu

Brittian Hall 322

Spring 2024 Office Hours
Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 11:00am - 12:00pm
*Please email for an appointment. 

What's another word for thesaurus?" -- Steven Wright

Biography

Colin Burch is a former journalist. As a newspaper reporter and section editor, he wrote features, columns, book essays, and travel articles for The (Myrtle Beach) Sun NewsThe Charlotte Observer, and other newspapers. His creative writing has appeared in Iodine Poetry JournalIronology 2015, and The Petigru Review.

Education

B.A., in English from NC State University in Raleigh, 1995

M.F.A., in Creative Writing from Queens University in Charlotte, 2008. 

Interesting Facts

Editor of WaccamawJournal.com, Co-advisor for Tempo Magazine

Teaching Areas

Creative writing, literary journal production, first-year composition

Research Areas

Creative nonfiction, literary journals