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Larry Andrews

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Larry K. Andrews: I am a former sportswriter, English teacher, university linguistics professor and catch-and-release angler, I like a variety of music: country, gospel, classical, the 50's, 60's, and 70's and traditional jazz. I belong to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Missouri Tigers, and St. Louis Cardinals nations, and I enjoy dark, bold coffees and all types of ethnic foods.
I began my university career the same year I received my PhD and was tenured and promoted to full Professor in just six years.
I served in a number of administrative capacities for 10 years and eventually returned to the faculty in a convulsive fit of acute sanity. I have published numerous journal articles and four university-level textbooks. One textbook has been tra...more




If you want to be recognized as a "writer," there's no proscribed wardrobe, no preferred, or a sexy alias or pen name. Having published four textbooks and two novels, I have some advice for the aspiring writers.

First, the basics. You must, you absolutely must know when and why to use the following items the way successful (that means published)writers use them: it/it's, there/their/they're,... read more »
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Published on May 28, 2012 10:22
Average rating: 3.84 · 19 ratings · 5 reviews · 4 distinct works
Songs of Sadness, Songs of ...
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Language Exploration and Aw...
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Linguistics for L2 Teachers
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Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker
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The World According to Garp by John Irving
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Atonement by Ian McEwan
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East of Eden by John Steinbeck
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“Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...
Everything is war. Me say war.
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message 1: by Aloha

Aloha Hi Larry, thank you for the friending. I'm more of a visual artist than a writer, but I definitely am an avid reader.


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