Michael Lowenthal

Michael Lowenthal (May 9, 1969) is an American fiction writer, author of three novels, most recently, Charity Girl (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). Currently an instructor of creative writing at Lesley University^[1] and Boston College, he has been the recipient of fellowships from the Bread Loaf and Wesleyan writers' conferences, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, and the Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers. His short stories have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Kenyon Review, Tin House, and Esquire.^[2][3][4]

Lowenthal grew up near Washington, D.C.^[5] and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1990 as a class valedictorian. During his speech, he revealed that he was Dartmouth's first openly gay valedictorian. The Dartmouth Review said that he singlehandedly ruined the graduation ceremony;^[6] however, The New York Times reported that this statement earned him a standing ovation.^[7]

Published works

Novels

• Charity Girl (Houghton Mifflin, 2007)
• Avoidance (Graywolf Press, 2002)
• The Same Embrace (Dutton, 1998)

References

1. ^ Lesley University > Creative Writing Faculty
2. ^ The Kenyon Review > Spring 1998, Volume XX Number 2 > Contents
3. ^ Tin House > Issue 7, Summer 2001, Vol. 2 No. 4
4. ^ Esquire > February 20, 2007 > The War on Terror by Michael Lowenthal
5. ^ Houghton Mifflin > Author Page: Michael Lowenthal
6. ^ "Happy Days". The Dartmouth Review. 1997-10-15. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080630093653/http://dartreview.com/archives/1997/10/15/week_in_review.php. 
7. ^ "Valedictorian at Dartmouth Cites College's New Diversity". The New York Times. 1990-06-11. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEEDE173DF932A25755C0A966958260.  (registration required).

External links

• Author Website
• Review: The New York Times Sunday Book Review > February 4, 2007 > A Review by Elizabeth Gaffney of Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal
• Review: The Boston Globe > January 29, 2007 > A Review By David Mehegan of Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal
• Review: Bookslut > June 2007 > Review by Joanne MacNeil of Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal
• Audio Interview: Victoria Lautman Productions > Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman > Interview with Michael Lowenthal

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