Authors and Illustrators Database

Barbara M. Perkins

Born: 07/09/1933  St. Benedict
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

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Journalism Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 1984

Career:

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

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