Leah Blatt Glasser
Encyclopedia
Leah Blatt Glasser is an American
literary critic and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
scholar at Mount Holyoke College
. She is currently Dean of First-Year Studies & Lecturer in English at Mount Holyoke College
. Her then - student (the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks
) would later credit Glasser with her success.
and her Ph.D from Brown University
in 1982. She has taught at Mount Holyoke since 1980 and is a contributing editor to the Heath Anthology of American Fiction.
United States
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literary critic and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a prominent 19th century American author.- Biography :She was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71...
scholar at Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
. She is currently Dean of First-Year Studies & Lecturer in English at Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
. Her then - student (the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks is an African American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Topdog/Underdog.-Early years:...
) would later credit Glasser with her success.
Background
Glasser received her B.A. in 1972 and M.A. in 1973 from State University of New York at Stony BrookState University of New York at Stony Brook
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, also known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about east of Manhattan....
and her Ph.D from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1982. She has taught at Mount Holyoke since 1980 and is a contributing editor to the Heath Anthology of American Fiction.
Publications
- A Landscape of One's Own: Nature-Writing and Women's Autobiography, (forthcoming)
- In a Closet Hidden: The Life and Work of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (University of Massachusetts Press, 1996).
- "She Is the One You Call Sister: Discovering Mary E. Wilkins Freeman," in Between Womened. Ascher, DeSalvo, and Ruddick (Routledge Press, 1994).
- Contributing Editor to The Heath Anthology of American Literature and Teaching Guidelines, Heath, 1997.