I grew up in Pittsburgh, in Point Breeze, between John Edgar Wideman's Homewood and Michael Chabon's Squirrel Hill. It was the '60s, just late enough to miss Annie Dillard's "American childhood," though later (I think) I delivered their Post-Gazette. I also claim to have delivered David McCullough's morning paper, but that, like many of my memories, may be untrue.”
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Graduate Faculty Assignments 2019-2020
Below is a list of faculty who'll be teaching in the MFA program in the next two academic years, along with the graduate courses they'll be teaching each semester; all are subject to change. For the most current information, check on PeopleSoft or with Emily Woody in the English office: EMW110@pitt.edu
Fall 2020
ENGWRT2010 FICTION WORKSHOP -- Bill Lychack
ENGWRT2094 READINGS IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION -- Irina Reyn
ENGWRT2210 POETRY WORKSHOP --Diana Khoi Nguyen
ENGWRT2310 NON-FICTION WORKSHOP -- Jeanne Marie Laskas
ENGWRT2390 READINGS IN CONTEMPORARY NONFICTION -- Michael Meyer
Spring 2021 (Tentative)
ENGWRT2010. FICTION WORKSHOP -- Angie Cruz
ENGWRT2290 READINGS IN CONTEMPORARY POETRY -- Diana Khoi Nguyen
ENGWRT2310. NONFICTION WORKSHOP -- Maggie Jones
ENGWRT2405. PUBLISHING PRACTICUM -- Bill Lychack
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