Career
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Carver Elementary School, Montgomery, AL, teacher, 1973-74; Auburn University, Montgomery, AL, adjunct instructor in composition, 1978-81; Baylor University, Waco, TX, lecturer in composition, 1984-85; Coal Royalty Professor of English, University of Alabama, fall, 1996; Johns Hopkins University, visiting professor of creative writing, spring, 1999; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, associate professor of English, beginning 1985; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English.
