Dr. Michael Pearson, Professor, Creative Writing

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University M.A. University of San Francisco B.A. Fordham University 5018 Batten Arts & Letters 757-683-6814 mpearson <AT> odu.edu

Teaching

• Creative Writing (Non-Fiction)
• American Literature
• Travel Writing

Research

• American literature
• Literary non-fiction
• memoirs

Selected Publications

Shohola Falls -- a novel (2003)

Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx (1999)

John McPhee (1997)

A Place That's Known: Essays (1994)

Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America (1991, 2000) a New York Times Notable Book for 1992.