Faulkner has taught creative writing at Duke University since 2002. Before that she taught poetry and poetics at the University of Texas-Austin, creative nonfiction and American literature at Sacred Heart University, creative nonfiction and African American literature at the University of Connecticut, and American literature at Yale University. She is the author of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love The House, The Man, The Child, and the writer of an upcoming play, All of Them Riding on Horses. She has been a consulting poetry editor at the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Harvard Divinity School since 2007.
Fellowships and Awards
Fellowship, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, a one-year fellowship for writers and scholars, Charlottesville, Virginia. Fall 2013-Summer 2014.
Whip Mix Writing Fellowship, a one-week creative writing fellowship for the best new book project, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Louisville, Kentucky. July 2007.
Second Place Winner in ELLE Magazine’s Readers’ Prize for the book, Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life, December 2003.
Pushcart Prize Nomination in Creative Nonfiction for the essay, "Get A Wife." Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers. November 2000.
Manuscript Finalist, "Feeding the House."
The Ledge Prize for Poetry. August 1999.
The Mary Anderson Fellowship, a two-week creative writing fellowship, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Louisville, Kentucky. May 1999.
The Bernice Slote Award for the best poems by a new writer, Prairie Schooner. Spring 1998.
Interview
It Can’t Happen Here and the 2020 U.S. Election: An Interview with Leslie Frost, Miranda, April 2021.
Book Reviews
“Perfect Madness,” The Raleigh News and Observer, March 2005.
"Sleepless Days," The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, Spring 2001.
"Yoga For Kids and Their Mothers," Beliefnet, June 2000.
Lectures and Papers
“Citizen Activism,” remarks given at “Reason, Reform and Redistricting” conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, January, 2019.
"At the Dominion Club," reading and discussion. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, Virginia, April, 2014.
"Junebug." Remarks given at a panel discussion about the contemporary South after a screening of the film Junebug, Kenan Institute of Ethics, Durham, North Carolina, February 2014.
“Grassroots Organizing in North Carolina,” remarks given at a panel discussion hosted by the Terry Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, North Carolina, May 2010.
“The Political Mother,” remarks given at a panel discussion hosted by the Duke Graduate and Professional Women’s Network, Durham, North Carolina, March 2008.
“Judging Mothers,” Duke Postpartum Support Group, Durham, North Carolina, December 2007.
“Personal and Political: The Mothering Memoir as Example,” keynote address at the Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Association for Research on Mothering, Toronto, Canada, October 2006.
“Gender and Wisdom: In Search of a Prophet Who is Actively Raising Young Children,” paper given at the Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Association for Research on Mothering, Toronto, Canada, October 2006.
“The Art and Challenges of Creative Nonfiction,” Creative Writing Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, April 2006.
“Caregiving and Work: A Feminist Perspective,” keynote conclusion for the Women’s Health Conference, Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, February 2006.
“Feminism and Judgmentalism,” PhillyMama literary group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 2005.
“Caregiving, Relationships, and Work: A Feminist Look at Juggling,” Women’s Studies Program, Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina, December 2004.
“The Challenges of Writing Creative Nonfiction,” Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina, December 2004.
“The Political Mother,” talk presented at the annual luncheon of the Association for Women Faculty and Professionals, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, December 2004.
“Judging Mothers: Judgmentalism Among Women and its Challenges to Feminist-Community Building,” paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Mothering, Toronto, Canada, October 2004.
“Motherhood and Isolation,” Duke Postpartum Support Group, Durham, North Carolina, September 2004 and April 2004.
“Creativity and the Truth: on Writing Creative Nonfiction,” workshop for The North Carolina Writers’ Network Spring Conference, Peace College, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2004.
“Feminism and Creative Nonfiction,” Women’s Studies Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, April 2004.
“The Craft of Creative Nonfiction,” English Department, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, April 2004.
“Caregiving and Work: A Feminist Perspective,” the New America Foundation, Washington, DC, April 2004.
“The Complex Marriage of Motherhood and Feminism,” Women’s Studies Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, March 2004.
“The Art of Creative Nonfiction,” Creative Writing Department, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, March 2004.
Media Appearances
Faulkner talks with With Good Reason host Sarah McConnell. May 30, 2014. (11:26-23:33)
http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2014/05/a-burnable-book/
The State of Things, WUNC-FM (NPR), December 2008.
The Today Show, NBC, April 2005.
A Balanced Breakfast, FM 107, North Carolina, January 2005.
Tina Jones Show, KMSR, Dallas, TX, April 2004.
Michael Dresser Show, KFAR, Fairbanks, AL, April 2004.
Eklektikos, KUT-FM, Austin, Texas, February 2004.
The State of Things, WUNC-FM (NPR), January 2004.
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, January 2004.
Branch’s Book Talk, WCHL-AM (NPR), January 2004.
Morning Edition, KVON, Berkeley, CA, January 2004.
Bay Area Today, KNTV-TV, January 2004.
Morning Show, KPFA-FM, San Francisco, CA, January 2004.
Family Talk with Dr. Mike Riera, nationally syndicated radio show, January 2004.
Readings
The Durham Hotel, “The Legacy of Mary Fitzhugh Tyler,” Durham, North Carolina, Fall 2019.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, "At the Dominion Club," Charlottesville, Virginia, Spring 2014.
The Resource Center for Women in Ministry in the South, Durham, North Carolina, Fall 2011, Spring 2010.
Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Spring 2006.
Duke University Blackburn Festival, April 2005.
Branch’s Bookshop, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 2005, January 2004.
Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC, December 2004.
Regulator Bookshop, Durham, North Carolina, December 2004, January 2004.
Barnes and Noble, Brooklyn, New York, November 2004.
Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 2004.
Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2004.
Victoria Public Library, Victoria, Virginia, April 2004.
Barnes and Noble, Alexandria, Virginia, April 2004.
Barnes and Noble, Rochester, New York, March 2004.
SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, New York, March 2004.
Community Bookstore, Brooklyn, New York, February 2004.
Barnes and Noble, New York, New York, February 2004.
Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ, February 2004.
BookPeople, Austin, Texas, February 2004.
Island Books, Middletown, Rhode Island, February 2004.
St. George’s School, Middletown, Rhode Island, February 2004.
Barnes and Noble, Richmond, Virginia, February 2004.
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 2004.
McIntyre’s Bookshop, Pittsboro, North Carolina, January 2004.
Book Passage, Corte Madera, California, January 2004.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, California, January 2004.
Cody’s, Berkeley, California, January 2004.
Performances
Talkback after the play, “EVE-olution,” Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, NY, November 2004.
"Real Sex Stories," a series of poems about motherhood and sexuality with accompanying slides:
--featured event at the Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Mothering, Toronto, Canada, March 2001.
--featured event at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center's Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2000.
--broadcast on public access TV across Texas on International Women's Day, March 2000 and re-broadcast every month through the end of 2004.
--performed at The Episcopal Seminary of The Southwest, Austin, Texas, April 2000.
--debuted at the Frontera Fest, an international theater festival, Austin, Texas, February 2000. The show was selected out of twenty pieces as "Best of the Week."
"Small Town Blues," a series of poems about growing up in a small Virginia mill town:
--performed at the Frontera Fest, Austin, Texas, February 1997. Selected as "Best of the Week."