Education
University of Utah; Trinity College.
University of Utah; Trinity College.
She is a professor of English at The University of Alabama. Rawlings is the author of two books Novelist Sigrid Nunez called the novel "a poignant, exquisitely focused book"
In addition, Rawlings has published short fiction, essays, and criticism in a variety of journals, including AGNI, The Atlantic, Cincinnati Review, Crab Orchard Review, Fourth Genre, Massachusetts Review, The Normal School, Passages North, The Southern Review, Sonora Review, and Tin House.
Born in Washington District of Columbia in 1967, Rawlings grew up in Bayville, New New York
She received a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College (1988), an Master of Fine Arts from Colorado State University (1996), and a Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Utah (2000). She has taught creative writing and literature at The University of Alabama since 2000, and lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.