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Michael J. Sheehan

Born: 02/13/1939  Chicago, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Mortimer Sheehan, Nora Sheehan
Spouse: Dona Sheehan
Children: Michael Sheehan, Jr.
Address(es):
Permanent:
3736 Bay Bluffs Drive
Cedar, MI 49621
USA
Contact Information:
Phone: 231-228-5126
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://seniors.tcnet.org
Website: www.verbmall.blogspot.com
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of More Words to the Wise: A Lighthearted Look at the English Language More Words to the Wise: A Lighthearted Look at the English Language
- More questions from the radio show. 		Non Fiction Arbutus Press 2008
Image of On the Lamb in a Doggy Dog World On the Lamb in a Doggy Dog World
- A 2nd compilation of questions and answers from the author's weekly call-in radio show about language, heard on WTCM AM580, Traverse City, MI. 		Non Fiction Arbutus Press 2006
Image of Words to the Wise: A Lighthearted Look at the English Language Words to the Wise: A Lighthearted Look at the English Language
- A compilation of questions and answers from the author's weekly call-in radio show about language, heard on WTCM AM 580, Traverse City, MI 		Non Fiction Arbutus Press 2004
Words! A Vocabulary Power Workbook Non Fiction Harcourt Brace 1996
The Cry of the Jackal Fiction Avalon Books 1991
Handbook for Basic Writers
- Co-authored with Nancy Sheehan 		Non Fiction Prentice-Hall 1991
Workbook for Basic Writers
- Co-authored with Nancy Sheehan 		Non Fiction Prentice-Hall 1991
In the Shadow of the Bear Fiction Avalon Books 1990
The Word Parts Dictionary: Standard and Reverse Listings of Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots and Combining Forms Non Fiction McFarland & Co.
What is the aim or goal of your writing: The goal varies with the type of writing. In my novels, entertainment is primary; I'm trying to give the reader a gripping and moving story. In my composition textbooks, the aim was to provide a simplified but scrupulously accurate step-by-step guide to underprepared first-year college students. The vocabulary text and the dictionary were meant to provide a crash course in Latin and Greek word parts, the underpinnings of our word hoard. I strongly subscribe to Wittgenstein's observation that the limits of our language define the limits of our world.

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: Yes

Skills:
Author

Memberships:

Name Date
Advisory Board of the Bay Area Senior Advocates
- Member
Board of Advisors for Area Agency on Aging, Region 10
- Member
Dictionary Society of North America
- Member
Society of Midland Authors
Michigan State Advisory Council on Aging
- Member

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) De Paul University Chicago, IL 1967
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Villanova University Philadelphia, PA 1961

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Teacher of English Olive-Harvey College, City Colleges of Chicago Chicago, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1968-1994

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search/X?SEARCH=michael+j.+sheehan&searchscope=15&l=&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=D

Other Comments:

Michael Sheehan retired from the City Colleges of Chicago in 1994 after teaching in the English Department at Olive-Harvey College for 26 years. He lives in Leelanau County, Michigan with his artist wife Dona. In his spare time he is a writer, and he does a weekly guest stint on Tuesday mornings from 9:00-10:00 on AM 580, WTCM. The show is called Words to the Wise, and it covers the joys and vicissitudes of the English language.

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