Barbara M. Perkins

Born: 07/09/1933   St. Benedict , PA
Parents: George R. Miller, Gladys A. Patterson
Spouse: George B. Perkins
Children: Laura, Suzanne, Alison
Address(es):
Permanent :
1316 King George Blvd.
Ann Arbor , MI 48108
Contact Information:
Phone : 734 971-1893
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
HarperCollins reader's encyclopedia of American literature
- "Portions of this book appeared in a somewhat modified form in The reader's encyclopedia of American literature, published by T.Y. Crowell in 1962, and in Benét's reader's encyclopedia, third edition, published by Harper & Row in 1987"--T.p. verso.
Non Fiction Adult New York, N.Y. : Harper Resourc 2002
The American Tradition in Literature
- Publication years: 2002; 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003; 2007; 2009
Non Fiction Adult Boston : McGraw-Hil 2002
American Tradition in Literature (with George Perkins)
- 9th edition, McGraw Hill; Print on demand -Primis, 2000
Non Fiction Adult Boston : McGraw-Hill 1999
Harper Handbook to Literature (with Northrop Frye, Sheridan Baker, and George Perkins)
- 2nd edition
Non Fiction Adult Longman 1997
Woman's Work: An Anthology of American Literature (with Robyn Warhol and George Perkins) Non Fiction Adult New York : McGraw-Hill 1994
Kaleidoscope: Stories of the American Experience (with George Perkins) Non Fiction Adult New York : Oxford University Press 1993
Benet's Readers Encyclopedia of American Literature (with George Perkins and Phillip Leininger) Non Fiction Adult New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers 1991
Contemporary American Literature (with George Perkins) Non Fiction Adult New York : Random House 1987 -1988
Practical Imagination (with Northrop Frye, Sheridan Baker, and George Perkins)
- Revised Compact Edition
Non Fiction Adult Harper and Row 1987
"History of Harper's Monthly Magazine," in American Literary Magazines: the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Non Fiction Adult New York, London: Greenwood Press 1986
Diagnostic and Achievement Tests (with George Perkins and Frank McHugh) Non Fiction Adult New York: Harper & Row 1984
Contributor to Great Writers Student Library Non Fiction Adult New York: Macmillan 1980 -1983
Contributor to Great Writers of the English Language: Novelists Non Fiction Adult New York: Macmillan 1979
Contributor to Contemporary Novelists
- (Publication Years: 1972, 1986)
Non Fiction Adult New York: Macmillan 1972
Other writings:
- Articles in American Literature, Choice, The Journal of Narrative Technique
Non Fiction Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Society for the Study of narrative Literature established annual Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Award for the Best Book in Narrative Studies to honor "the many past and continuing contributions of Barbara and George Perkins to the development and success of the Society." 1994
Danforth Faculty Fellowship (for study at the University of Edinburgh and National Library of Scotland) 1966 -1967
University of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellowship 1963 -1964

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Who's Who in America

Memberships:

Name Date
Fulbright Association, Modern Language Association, Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
Secretary of HelpSource and Airport Advisory Committee, Ann Arbor

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia , PA 1972
Master of Arts (M.A.) Kent State University Kent , OH 1959
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) Baldwin-Wallace College Berea , OH 1956

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Free lance writer and editor 1998
Adjunct Professor University of Toledo Toledo , OH 1992 -1998
Lecturer University of Newcastle Australia 1989
Managing Editor Journal of Narrative Technique 1977 -1992
Director of Writing Improvement Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti , MI 1976 -1978
Assistant Professor Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck 1964 -1966
Teaching Fellow University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia , PA 1963 -1964
Instructor; Assistant Professor Baldwin-Wallace College Berea , OH 1958 -1963
Teacher Cleveland Public Schools Cleveland , OH 1956 -1958

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