Co-Director, Fiction Program, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley Guitar teaching for children and, on a volunteer basis, for inmates at the Juvenile Hall Writer-in-Residence, Washington University, St. Louis (1998) Distinguished Visiting Writer, Wichita State University, Wichita KS (2000) Writer-in-Residence, St. Mary's College, Moraga CA (2002) Visiting Writer, Eastern Washington University, Spokane WA (2006) Visiting Writer, U.C. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA (1996) National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1998) Fellow, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough NH (1997) Frequent Reviewer for the New York Times Book Review (1991-1996) Marin Arts Council Subsidy (1991) Plenty of appearances and readings at libraries, book groups and writers' groups, bookstores for publicity, colleges Screenwriting for Milos Forman, Tri-Star Picures and Don Johnson; and for William Rose Productions Guest Speaker, Mendocino Writers Conference (1996) Instructor, Napa Writers Conference (1990) MFA, U.C. Irvine (1988) Tutor, Freshman English Composition, College of Marin (1980-1992) (VERY brief stint at the Strand Bookstore, at 12th and Broadway in NYC, in the seventies) BA,Classics, University of Illinois (1976) New Trier High School (1971)
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