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David Carkeet, October 15

Titanic Anachronisms, How to Blunder in Italian and Why I Can't Remember What "Valetudinarian" Means

David Carkeet is the author of six novels -- Double Negative, The Greatest Slump of All Time, I Been There Before, The Full Catastrophe, The Error of Our Ways, and From Away -- as well as essays and shorter works of fiction. More information about David and his books is available at his website, http://davidcarkeet.com.

David was born and raised in the Gold Rush town of Sonora, California. He attended college at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis, followed by graduate school at the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University. For many years, David taught linguistics and writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He also directed the MFA program there and edited its literary journal, Natural Bridge. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Middlesex, Vermont. They have three grown daughters, Anne, Laurie, and Molly.

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