Isa
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Post by Isa on Oct 9, 2007 14:33:44 GMT -5
Kristie mentioned that she's reading a novel written by one of her professors. I was just wondering if other people have been taught by professors who have published works of fiction?
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Michelle
First novel published
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Post by Michelle on Oct 10, 2007 8:15:12 GMT -5
Rumor has it that my transnational law professor wrote a science fiction book that he published himself (guess that means its not that good).
I think all my other professors have only written casebooks, treatises, and law review articles.
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Oct 10, 2007 8:31:30 GMT -5
As far as I know, only two of my professors have published works of fiction: Nigel Thomas and Neil Bissoondath.
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Post by Dominique on Oct 10, 2007 9:27:32 GMT -5
Mine have only written textbooks and articles. I think my creative writing teachers have been published, one has a collection of poetry and the other has been published in magazines. I can't remember the one with the book's name though...
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Oct 10, 2007 11:56:01 GMT -5
Some of my professors published textbooks, but none a work fiction  it would be so cool! |
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lindsay
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
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Post by lindsay on Oct 10, 2007 13:50:57 GMT -5
Same here, a bunch of textbooks (which seems a bit underhanded to me- to assign a book on which the prof gets royalties!).
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bookworm
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"Everything you can imagine is real" - Pablo Picasso
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Post by bookworm on Oct 10, 2007 14:05:50 GMT -5
Same here, all my professors have published scientific papers and articles, some have written textbooks...
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 10, 2007 20:56:25 GMT -5
Yeah, my Lit teacher Theresa Williams has published a book, but is more proud of her short stories that have been published in various magazines. She won some award for a story from some Ohio thing and got $10,000 for it. I have only checked the book out, haven't started reading it yet, but I intend to soon.
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lostgirl
First short story featured in regional newspaper
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Post by lostgirl on Oct 11, 2007 1:19:24 GMT -5
Several actually:
Peter Sourian- (fiction: Miri, The Best and Worst of Times, The Gate, At the French Embassy in Sofia) Taught me Cultural Reportage and Creative Writing
Bradford Morrow (fiction: Come Sunday A Bestiary The Almanac Branch. Trinity Fields, Giovanni's Gift, Ariel’s Crossing poetry: After a Charme,The Preferences, Danae's Progress, Posthumes, Passing From the Provinces, ) Taught me Innovative Contemporary Fiction
Fiona Wilson (poet) Taught me Women in Fiction
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Post by Carma on Oct 11, 2007 11:58:32 GMT -5
Mine write books about journalism..  no fiction.. but I had a teacher in high school, and he has published a couple of children books.. he was really funny, I don't know if his books are also funny.. |
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Post by Hazy on Oct 12, 2007 8:43:46 GMT -5
he was really funny, I don't know if his books are also funny.. For whatever reason, this made me laugh so hard. |
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Post by Carma on Oct 12, 2007 10:14:39 GMT -5
well, I'm happy I made you laugh.. for whatever reason.. |
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sagedautumn
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by sagedautumn on Oct 22, 2007 8:20:36 GMT -5
I am a science major so none of my professors are writing novels per se. My biology teacher revealed to us the other day that he is an accomplished writer and has written two books on citrus fruit... By the way he is obsessed with plants, soil, and avocados. Ask him a question about any of these topics and he will talk for hours about them.
NO JOKE!!!!
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rosemint
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Post by rosemint on Oct 31, 2007 19:09:31 GMT -5
I am a science major so none of my professors are writing novels per se. My biology teacher revealed to us the other day that he is an accomplished writer and has written two books on citrus fruit... By the way he is obsessed with plants, soil, and avocados. Ask him a question about any of these topics and he will talk for hours about them. NO JOKE!!!! We always had that with the geografics teacher who could go one and one about her holidays in other country's. If we didn't want to have a 'normal' class, we would start about some country that she's been to.  |
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sagedautumn
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Post by sagedautumn on Nov 1, 2007 7:13:03 GMT -5
Yea, we had presentations in class and one kid was talking about Genetic fingerprinting and how it helped to solve many cases like the O.J Simpson case and the Prof goes" SOOOOOO.... How can this be used for plants??" We were all like ummm...okay genetic fingerprinting and Plants don't exactly go hand in hand. Then he kept interrupting our presentations and talking about plants even though the topics had nothing to do with them. It is SO surreal!
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no fiction.. 
