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Chad Faries
Chad Faries is just another Yooper with a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was managing editor of The Cream City Review.
About Chad
Chad Faries is just another Yooper with a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was managing editor of The Cream City Review. From 2001-2003 he was a Fulbright Fellow in Budapest, Hungary. He has published two collections of poetry, The Border Will Be Soon which won the Emergency Press Open Book Prize, and The Book of Knowledge (Vulgar Marsala Press).
His memoir, Drive Me Out of My Mind, which chronicles his first ten years in over twenty-four different houses across the country was published in 2011. He is working on a follow up, Burning Down the Houses.
Apart from writing, Faries has also told stories on The Unchained Tour, produced by Moth founder George Dawes Green. When not telling stories with words, he creates stories with repurposed wood and found objects.
His home, Diamond Oaks Treehouse and vintage camper project The Glam Camp—with their whimsical carpentry and design—have been featured in This Old House Magazine, Flea Market Décor, South Magazine, and Savannah Magazine.
Recently, Faries was the producer and co-subject of an award-winning documentary, Iron Family, a story of community, resilience, and Jazmine, his sister who lives with Down Syndrome.
When not teaching at Savannah State University or petting his cats in Thunderbolt, Georgia, Faries is likely lost somewhere in the world on a motorcycle, or running up a hill to practice breathing or practicing yoga handstands with his son, León Karlo del Rocío Faries Leal.
Full Academic Record
Curriculum Vitae
Education, books, teaching history, publications, awards, and service.
Press & News
MyUPNow / UP Mornings
Teaching
Chad has been teaching creative writing at Savannah State University for over two decades, where he is a tenured Full Professor. His courses span composition, literature, poetry, memoir, documentary writing, and community-based narrative. He has also led Study Abroad trips to Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, and Brazil.
Before Savannah, he taught in Milwaukee, and spent two years as a Fulbright Fellow in Budapest, Hungary — experiences that shaped his understanding of place, displacement, and the ethics of storytelling across cultures.
Wellness & Practice
When not writing or teaching, Chad is likely lost somewhere in the world on a motorcycle, running up a hill to practice breathing, or practicing yoga handstands with his son, León Karlo del Rocío Faries Leal.
He believes the body knows things the mind is still working out — and that movement, like writing, is a way of finding out what you think.
Get in Touch
For readings, interviews, collaborations, or just to say hello.