Kasia Boddy

British professor and author

Kasia Boddy
Occupation	Academic
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge
Subject	American Literature

Kasia Boddy is a Professor of American Literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Fitzwilliam College.^[1] She was born in Aberdeen in 1966 and grew up in Glasgow, where she attended Hyndland Secondary School. She did an MA in English and Philosophy at Edinburgh and a PhD on American short fiction at Cambridge. She has also taught at the universities of York, Dundee and University College London.^[2]

Books

Boddy is the author of:

Blooming Flowers: A Seasonal History of Plants and People, Yale University Press, 2020^[3]
Geranium. Reaktion Books, 2012.^[4]
The American Short Story Since 1950, Edinburgh University Press, 2010^[5]
Boxing: A Cultural History, Reaktion Books, 2008.^[6]

Her edited volumes include:

The New Penguin Book of American Short Stories, from Washington Irving to Lydia Davis, Penguin, 2011
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Love Quarrels from Anton Chekhov to ZZ Packer, with Ali Smith and Sarah Wood, Penguin, 2009^[7]
Brilliant Careers: The Virago Book of Twentieth-century Fiction, with Ali Smith and Sarah Wood, Virago Press, 2000^[8]

References

^ "Faculty of English". www.english.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ "Dr Kasia Boddy | Fitzwilliam College Cambridge". www.fitz.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ Reviews of Blooming Flowers: Richard Eyre, The Times, [1]; Peter Parker, The Spectator, [2]; Publishers Weekly, [3]
^ Reviews of Geranium: Maggie Brady, Australian Garden History, JSTOR 24915707; Helen Brown, The Telegraph, [4]; Jan Gardner, The Boston Globe, [5]; William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, [6]; Publishers Weekly, [7]
^ Reviews of The American Short Story since 1950: Jean-Yves Pellegrin, Journal of the Short Story in English, [8]; Chris Witter, Journal of American Studies, doi:10.1017/S0021875810002288
^ Reviews of Boxing: John Dugdale, The Guardian, [9]; Michael Ezra, American Studies, JSTOR 41057172; Jonathan Rendall, New Statesman, [10]; Reg Gadney, Literary Review, [11]; Christopher Hirst, The Independent, [12]; Jeffrey Sammons, Cultural Sociology, doi:10.1177/1749975509344943; Matthew Taylor, The International Journal of the History of Sport, doi:10.1080/09523367.2012.673773; Peter Temple, Sydney Morning Herald, [13]
^ Review of Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Hephzibah Anderson, The Observer, [14]
^ Review of Brilliant Careers: Brenda Maddox, The Guardian