Area of Specialization

Creative Writing, Latin American literature, Spanish literature, literature of the American South, English Renaissance drama

Education

B.A./English, Pomona College (1973)
Study at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
M.A./Spanish, University of California, San Diego (1980)
Ph.D./Comparative Literature, University of California, San Diego(1982)

Books

Novels:
Meantime
Mrs. Randall
The Book of Marvels
The Professor of Aesthetics
Letting Loose

Scholarly
The Last Happy Men: The Generation of 1922, Fiction, and the Argentine Reality

Translation
The Censors: A Bilingual Selection of Stories by Luisa Valenzuela
Open Door: Stories by Luisa Valenzuela

Technical
The Art of Compelling Fiction
The Creative Writer's Style Guide

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