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I'm a professor of English specializing in creative writing and modern British literature. As a shameless eclectic, I've also taught science fiction, psychoanalysis, and other fields. I've published books on subjects ranging from poetry and translation to children's literature. I also direct the creative writing program and edit the flash fiction journal Vestal Review.

Spring 2024 office hours: MR 2:30-4:00 and by appointment

Specialization

I focus mainly on creative writing and modern British literature. I've published sixteen books, including fiction, poetry, criticism, and translation. Recent material includes Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook, the short story collection My Date with Neanderthal Woman, the translation Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom, the novel How to Cope with Suburban Stress, the poetry collection Kanji Poems, and the edited anthology Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading. Essays on Joyce, Woolf, Forster, Nabokov, Auden and others have appeared in places ranging from Twentieth Century Literature to The Columbia History of the British Novel. See www.davidgalef.com.

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Office Hours

Fall

Monday

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

and by appointment

Thursday

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

and by appointment

Spring

Monday

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

and by appointment

Thursday

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

and by appointment

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• http://davidgalef.com/
• Vestal Review

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