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Fred White
Age:
66
Location:
San Mateo, CA
Relationship Status
Married
Interested In:
Poetry, Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwriting
About Me:
I'm a Professor of English at Santa Clara University, where I've been teaching since 1980.
What I Write:
Essays, short stories, poetry, plays; books and articles on writing nonfiction, including creative nonfiction; books on writing; scholarly books and articles on literary figures (esp. Emily Dickinson, John Muir)
Credits & Accomplishments:
Author, THE DAILY WRITER: 366 MEDITATIONS TO CULTIVATE A PRODUCTIVE AND MEANINGFUL WRITING LIFE (Writer's Digest Books, 2008; a Quality Paperback Book Club selection); THE DAILY READER: 366 SELECTIONS OF GREAT PROSE AND POETRY TO STIMULATE GREAT WRITING (Forthcoming,Writer's Digest Books,Fall 2009); LIFEWRITING (Quill Driver,2004);THE WELL-CRAFTED ARGUMENT,3rd Ed. (Cengage, 2008); ESSENTIAL MUIR(Heyday Books,2006); APPROACHING EMILY DICKINSON:
(Camden House, 2008)
Hobbies
Book collecting; I'm an inveterate bibliophile.
Music:
Classical, esp. Renaissance and Baroque; jazz
Favorite Movies:
Spellbound;
The Day the Earth Stood Still; Spartacus; West Side Story; 2001: A Space Odyssey; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite Television Shows:
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC);
Antiques Roadshow; Book TV (Weekends on C-SPAN)
Favorite Books & Authors:
Emerson, NATURE; ESSAYS
Thoreau, WALDEN Dickinson, COMPLETE POEMS Twain, HUCKLEBERRY FINN Fitzgerald, THE GREAT GATSBY Orwell, 1984 Bradbury, MARTIAN CHRONICLES John Updike, THE CENTAUR Edward Albee,WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (Play) Stephen King, THE SHINING Tom Wolfe, THE RIGHT STUFF Lewis Thomas,LIVES OF A CELL Margaret Atwood,THE HAND- MAID'S TALE Ken Follett,THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH Diane Schoemperlen,OUR LADY OF THE LOST AND FOUND
Heroes:
Albert Einstein;
Stephen Hawking; Diane Ackerman Neil de Grasse Tyson; Rachel Maddow
Education:
Graduate - Professional School
Schools:
University of Minnesota: B.A., M.A; University of Iowa: Ph.D.
Years Writing:
20+ Years
Website/Blog
Please read my Writer's Digest online interview, "Q & A with Fred White." Go to writersdigest.com and click on "Get Creative."
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Fred, thanks. And congratulations back to you--I'm looking at the "In Stock" for your book right now on Amazon! Cool.
Becky LevineI really feel like college writing classes are a good market for this class. I started on this soapbox when I was taking creative writing classes from Oakley Hall, way back when at UC Irvine--he taught all his classes critique style. Good to hear you think the topic is a good one. :)
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