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Porter Shreve

Born: 09/13/1966   Washington
Parents: Porter G. and Susan Shreve
Spouse: Bich Minh Nguyen
Children: -
Address(es):
Permanent :
San Francisco , CA
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 336-370-1741
Email : [email protected]
Website : http://www.portershreve.com/
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The End of the Book : A Novel Fiction Adult Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University 2014
When the white house was ours
- Loosely based on Porter Shreve’s own childhood captivating story of a family’s struggle to stay together against great odds. 		Fiction Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. 2008
Drives like a dream Fiction Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2006
Woodward Avenue Fiction , Michigan Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2003
Image of Obituary Writer Obituary Writer Fiction , Suspense/Thriller Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2000
Tales out of school : contemporary writers on their student years
- Co-editor: Susan Richards Shreve. 		Non Fiction , Biography Adult Boston : Beacon Press 2000
Outside the law : narratives on justice in America
- Edited by Susan Richards Shreve and Porter Shreve. 		Non Fiction Adult Boston : Beacon Press 1997
How we want to live : narratives on progress
- Edited by Susan Richards Shreve and Porter Shreve ; introducation by James Reston, Jr. 		Non Fiction Adult Boston : Beacon Press

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: Yes

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1933 -1935

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Faculty and Director of Administration
- I co-founded and helped launch this year at the downtown campus (in the old Folger Coffee Company building at 101 Howard Street. Among other things I direct the Communication Consultancy and internship programs, which give students real world experience with companies and nonprofits, especially in the fields of technical, health, and strategic communication in the Bay Area and beyond. 		Master of Arts Program in Professional Communication, University of San Francisco San Francisco , CA 2015
Faculty, MFA in Writing Program University of San Francisco San Francisco , CA 2014
Director: Creative Writing Program Purdue University West Lafayette 2005 -2014
Visiting Assistant Professor
- Fall - in MFA Creative Writing Program 		University of North Carolina Greensboro 2001 -2004
Visiting Assistant Professor
- in MFA Creative Writing Program 		University of Oregon Eugene 2001 -2001
Lecturer
- English Department 		University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1998 -2000

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