William Fertman
1121 Ward Street
Berkeley CA
ooil@mac.com
(617) 816-6350



born

1977 - Boston, Massachusetts



education

2009 - Goddard College Program in Creative Writing

MFA, Creative Writing

2001 - Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

BA, Liberal Arts



professional experience

2008-present - contributing writer, culture magazine

2010-2012 - community director, culture magazine

2008-2010 - director of advertising and publicity, Boston Review.

2007 - English-language editor, FOCUS Xinzhike Magazine

2007 - English-language editor, Rayli Group (Fashion & Beauty, Her Style and Fashion Pioneer)

2006-2007 - English-language editor, China Daily translation service

2006 - online editor, hômonumos magazine



publications

2008-2011 - "Ruminations" column, culture magazine

A quarterly column devoted to unusual topics in the cheese world.

June 2011 - "Generation Rap," culture magazine

March 2011 - a review of Panopticon by David Bajo, Rain Taxi Review of Books, print edition

December 2010 - a review of C by Tom McCarthy, Rain Taxi Review of Books (online edition)

December 2010 - "Wood Works," culture magazine

September 2010 - "Microbe Managing," culture magazine

2006 - "Aleph-0 Metaphors," hômonumos magazine

2005 - various film reviews, Common Sense Media