Background
Ph.D., University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, curriculum and instruction, 1977
M.A.T., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, English education,
1972
B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, English education,
1966
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On
teaching
My definition of teaching
is this: “Teaching is the act of inducing students to
behave in ways assumed to lead to learning.” I believe
students in our MFA program should think about and play with this
definition as many of them will become teachers, teaching students
with varying levels of motivation and curiosity. As to writing,
the main task here, I think our program can allow students to save
time—by that I mean learn their craft more quickly than they
could have without the program. We have a very strong faculty. I
believe talking about writing with faculty and with other motivated
students can allow students to become confident in their beliefs
about why and how they must write. I enjoy workshopping, and
encourage students to accept no advice that doesn’t make sense
to them, to try to observe their world is if never seen, to cause
the reader to SEE, and to avoid adverbs when possible.
Video file: Script
writing and performance
Video file: BFA
fiction workshop
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Publications
Solo: My Adventures in the Air
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Lunch at the Piccadilly:
A Novel
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Where Trouble Sleeps
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In Memory of Junior
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Redeye: A Western
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Killer Diller
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The Floatplane Notebooks
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Walking Across Egypt
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Raney
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Clyde
Edgerton, professor