SP 2016 10.8 License to Write (Cory Day's Task)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Bea wrote: "James Lee Burke: GR notes that he has worked as a social worker as well as a teacher."

You're good for him, Bea.

[Connie]

Could I have Amy Stewart approved please? She taught in the MFA program at Portland State University.

http://www.amystewart.com/about/
See section under honors and awards.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Connie wrote: "Could I have Amy Stewart approved please? She taught in the MFA program at Portland State University.

http://www.amystewart.com/about/
See section under honors and awards."

Happy to add her!

[Denise]

Richard Yates

He taught writing at seven universities:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richa...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

D wrote: "Richard Yates

He taught writing at seven universities:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richa..."

Yes, good find!

[Karen Michele]

Do you want us to have authors approved here if it's in the Goodreads description, or should we just claim it?

If so, I'd like to have Gregory Maguire approved for teaching:

He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Karen Michele wrote: "Do you want us to have authors approved here if it's in the Goodreads description, or should we just claim it?

If so, I'd like to have Gregory Maguire approved for teaching:

He was ..."

It isn't necessary, but it does make things easier.

You're good on Maguire.

[Denise]

Larry McMurtry has taught at several universities:

http://www.notablebiographies.com/new...

Under heading "career"

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

D wrote: "Larry McMurtry has taught at several universities:

http://www.notablebiographies.com/new...

Under heading "career""

You're good with Larry!

[Denise]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "D wrote: "Larry McMurtry has taught at several universities:

http://www.notablebiographies.com/new...

Under heading "career""

You're good with Larry!"

Great! I'm reading his memoir Books, and it's good so far. Also it combos with "books about books" task.

[Rachel]

Question:

H G Wells is listed as having been a teacher.
However he never earner a degree in teaching and this may have been pre-certification. Would it be okay to use him?

Here's the Wiki link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._W...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rachelccameron wrote: "Question:

H G Wells is listed as having been a teacher.
However he never earner a degree in teaching and this may have been pre-certification. Would it be okay to use him?

Here'..."

Yes, he works!

[Denise]

I have two biographies going and both authors also teach:

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah Bakewell

(This one is so good that l've put everything else aside for now. She is on the Graham Greene task list too.)

Reference: http://sarahbakewell.com/about/ - next to the last paragraph



Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Short, Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces by Cory MacLauchlin

(Interesting since I love A Confederacy of Dunces, but really detailed.)

Reference: http://corymaclauchlin.com/about/ - fourth paragraph

Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

D wrote: "I have two biographies going and both authors also teach:

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah Bakewell

(Thi..."

You're good for both of these - and thanks for telling us about the titles that prompt the inquiry!

[Denise]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "...You're good for both of these - and thanks for telling us about the titles that prompt the inquiry!"

Thanks! I sort of miss writing reviews, even though I'm not good at it. Anyway, I'm enjoying taking a break from novels this challenge and reading a lot of short stories and biographies.

[Kazen]

Would this line from her Goodreads profile be enough to qualify Patricia Briggs?

"Patricia graduated from Montana State University with degrees in history and German and she worked for a while as a substitute teacher. "

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Kazen wrote: "Would this line from her Goodreads profile be enough to qualify Patricia Briggs?

"Patricia graduated from Montana State University with degrees in history and German and she worked ..."

Yes. Sometimes substitutes are credentialed and sometimes not, but we'll give her the benefit of the doubt.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

The below link contains the authors approved to date for 10.8, 20.5 and 20.6.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Amanda]

First sentence under Career see Sarah Waters teaching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_W...

[Amanda]

Does teaching writing workshops count ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimama...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Amanda wrote: "Does teaching writing workshops count ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimama..."

I think not. But interesting.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Amanda wrote: "First sentence under Career see Sarah Waters teaching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_W..."

You're good on Sarah Waters!

[Connie]

Homer Hickam was an industrial engineer and an aerospace engineer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_H...

[Lagullande]

Han Kang

The last sentence of Han Kang's GR profile: "As of summer 2013, Han teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts while writing stories and novels."

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Connie wrote: "Homer Hickam was an industrial engineer and an aerospace engineer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_H..."

Yes, and his From Rocket Boys to October Sky was good!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Lagullande wrote: "Han Kang

The last sentence of Han Kang's GR profile: "As of summer 2013, Han teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts while writing stories and novels.""

Very good!

[Rebekah]

Alan Bradley https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rebekah wrote: "Alan Bradley https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_..."

That's probably not the kind of engineer they had in mind when they made the list, but we'll take it.

[Karen Michele]

Could I have Kim Thúy approved for this one? Her Goodreads description says she has a law degree and practiced as a lawyer for awhile.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Karen Michele wrote: "Could I have Kim Thúy approved for this one? Her Goodreads description says she has a law degree and practiced as a lawyer for awhile."

Yes - yet another author that has never crossed my radar!

[Deedee]

Would Kurt Vonnegut fit 10.8? His wikipedia Kurt Vonnegut article states: In addition to lecturing on creative writing at Harvard University, Vonnegut taught at the City University of New York, where he was dubbed a Distinguished Professor of English Prose. He was later elected vice president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and given honorary degrees by, among others, Indiana University and Bennington College. Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Deedee wrote: "Would Kurt Vonnegut fit 10.8? His wikipedia Kurt Vonnegut article states: In addition to lecturing on creative writing at Harvard University, Vonnegut taught at the City University..."

Yes, we have accepted that kind of teaching position for others, so for Vonnegut also.

[Amanda]

After checking the list ( and starting 1984) I see Orwell is missing from the spreadsheet ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Amanda wrote: "After checking the list ( and starting 1984) I see Orwell is missing from the spreadsheet ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_..."

That was such a big citation, even lazy old me could see it! He'll be in the next update!

EDIT: See also 20.5

[Amanda]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "That was such a big citation, even lazy old me could see it! He'll be in the next update!

EDIT: See also 20.5 "

I checked the spreadsheet and didn't see him, so was going through the article so that I could confirm .. perhaps the radio is too distracting ( my husband is being interviewed today), or perhaps my daughter and her friend playing Minecraft, as I am just not seeing it.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Maybe I should have said "see the 20.5 thread." (I was in the process of posting.)

[Deedee]

Javier Marías taught at Oxford for two years (see: The Guardian 10th paragraph in article) The hardcopy of the book I'm reading states the same thing about Oxford. Not sure why his goodreads bio leaves that out. So, that means 10.8 applies to Javier Marías, right? :)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Deedee wrote: "Javier Marías taught at Oxford for two years (see: The Guardian 10th paragraph in article) The hardcopy of the book I'm reading states the same thing about Oxford. Not sure why his g..."

Yes, it does. Oxford might be the best that it gets!

[Kätlin]

I'm reading Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey A. Lieberman. His GR page doesn't say anything about him really, but he's a psychiatrist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey...

Excellent and fascinating book, by the way, recommended for anyone with interest in psychiatry and mental illness, more specifically the history of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Kätlin wrote: "I'm reading Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey A. Lieberman. His GR page doesn't say anything about him really, but he's a psychiatrist.
https://en.w..."

Happy to add Dr. Lieberman!

[Denise]

Isaac Bashevis Singer taught at the University of Miami for ten years.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004...

First paragaph under heading "Otherworldly Genius":

"Lester Goran, a creative writing professor at the University of Miami and a distinguished fiction writer himself, met Singer in 1978, shortly before the Nobel Prize. He had been asked to introduce the great Yiddish author at a reading at the Coral Gables campus; that event led to Singer teaching at UM for 10 years, with Goran as his friend and translator."

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

D wrote: "Isaac Bashevis Singer taught at the University of Miami for ten years.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004......"

Yes - and thanks for the quote!

[Denise]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "D wrote: "Isaac Bashevis Singer taught at the University of Miami for ten years.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2004...-..."

Thank you. I love how this challenge is causing us to read more about the authors and the books that we read. I'm learning a lot!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

D wrote: "I love how this challenge is causing us to read more about the authors and the books that we read. I'm learning a lot! "

Yes, indeed! I always learn something from each of you every season, but this season is turning out to have a lot of bonuses!

[Bea]

Bill Crider reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cr...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Bea wrote: "Bill Crider reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cr..."

You've come to the rescue again!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I don't know that I'll get to him, but as he is in keeping with this season's theme, I've looked at where he might fit, in anticipation.

Jim Harrison

"After a short stint as assistant professor of English at Stony Brook University (1965–66), Harrison started working full-time as a writer. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Har...

[Lagullande]

Zadie Smith

From Wiki (6th paragraph under Career):

"After teaching fiction at Columbia University School of the Arts, she joined New York University as a tenured professor of fiction as of 1 September 2010."

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Lagullande wrote: "Zadie Smith

From Wiki (6th paragraph under Career):

"After teaching fiction at Columbia University School of the Arts, she joined New York University as a tenured professor of fict..."

She's now on the list!

[Rosemary]

L.M. Montgomery? First paragraph of the section here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Ma...