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Writers Who Teach: Ten Novel Professors (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post     First Posted: 07/11/10 01:04 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 06:00 PM ET

Want to learn creative writing from a famous novelist? How about poetry from a poet laureate? Here are ten famous contemporary writers who are also professors at top universities around the country.

Tobias Wolff - Stanford University
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Tobias Wolff has written a number of short stories and novels. He teaches English and creative writing at Stanford, and is most well-known for his memoir, This Boy’s Life, which was adapted into a film directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
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Want to learn creative writing from a famous novelist? How about poetry from a poet laureate? Here are ten famous contemporary writers who are also professors at top universities around the country. ...
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Dtilley
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10:20 AM on 07/22/2010
You forgot Edmund White at Princeton University.
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05:49 AM on 07/21/2010
They didn't mention William Kennedy who teaches at the University at Albany, SUNY.
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Grace Pedalino
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03:27 PM on 07/20/2010
Yes, how about Luis Alberto Urrea? Finalist for a Pulitzer, Edgar Award winner, American Book Award, New York Times notable book mention, Lannan Literary Award, Kiriyama Prize and others. Surely he is worth a mention in this article?
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03:19 PM on 07/20/2010
How about Luis Alberto Urrea ("The Devil's Highway," "The Hummingbird's Daughter," "Into the Beautiful North") teaching at University of Illinois-Chicago?
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Chuck Ott
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12:03 AM on 07/17/2010
Hey Huff Po, do you think you can do a Painters who teach? Or Sculptures who teach? Maybe even Photographers who teach?
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PostModernGuy
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03:22 PM on 07/18/2010
While we're at it: Composers who teach? Jazz Musicians who teach? Choreographers who teach?
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Melissa Barth
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05:23 PM on 07/16/2010
That's just great--2 women.
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hbbutler
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10:59 AM on 07/16/2010
How about Javier Avila, one of the most popular novelists and poets in Puerto Rico? He writes in both Spanish and English and teaches at Northampton Community College in Pennsylvania.
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Sunflo
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06:14 PM on 07/13/2010
I loved Smith's "White Teeth". I'd also add Wole Soyinka, one of my favourite authors, who's at the U of Nevada.
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06:23 PM on 07/13/2010
Hey Sunflo!!
I, too, am a huge fan of White Teeth.
Great minds, I tell ya...
Haven't heard of Wole Soyinka. Will look her/him up. Thanks for the lead.
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Sunflo
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06:36 PM on 07/13/2010
Hey getcaption! How's life without the football ;) Yes Soyinka's great, you should pick up some of his work one day.
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06:24 PM on 07/13/2010
Just looked him up. My, I am slightly ashamed of myself. Never knew the name though.
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09:39 AM on 07/13/2010
I took classes with William Gass, Howard Nameroff and Carlos Fuentes at Washington University in St. Louis.

Glorious teachers, all.

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05:08 AM on 07/13/2010
Another Writer & U.S. Poet Laureate: Dr. Maya Angelou - Wake Forest University
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cmarsh
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07:54 PM on 07/12/2010
I'm more curious about how many of these famous authors actually do the majority of teaching for their courses. I know that some celebrity profs rely on TAs to do the bulk of the teaching and they only show up once or twice during the semester.
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06:19 PM on 07/17/2010
My class with Michael Cunningham, along with all the other courses he taught at Yale, was a 15-person seminar. No TA.
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07:48 PM on 07/12/2010
I'm surprised that Salmon Rushdie is even still ALIVE, much less teaching-- what with the ongoing fatwa on his head....
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Grace Pedalino
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03:54 PM on 07/20/2010
The fatwa was lifted in 1998.
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04:10 PM on 07/12/2010
Nikki Giovanni, Virginia Tech
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12:47 PM on 07/12/2010
Samuel R. Delany. Bestselling author and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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12:42 PM on 07/12/2010
Well, I haven't seen him mentioned in the comments yet, so I'll put in a plug for Joe Haldeman. He was a student at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, then also taught at U of I for a while. Currently he teaches at MIT.

If you're not into science fiction, you probably wouldn't recognize the name. But he's highly respected in the field, having won several Hugo and Nebula awards.

--jrd
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