Document Actions
Lauren Kessler
- Professor
- Director of the Literary Nonfiction Program
215D Allen Hall
1275 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
1275 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Email:
ljk@uoregon.edu
Phone:
(541) 346-3753
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Washington, 1980
- MS, University of Oregon, 1975
- B.S.J., Northwestern University, 1972
Biography:
Background
Kessler is the author of eleven books, including Pacific Northwest Book
Award winner Dancing with Rose, Oregon Book Award winner Stubborn
Twig, Clever Girl, The Happy Bottom Riding Club, and Full Court
Press - all literary nonfiction - as well as The Dissident Press, a
history of alternative journalism, and three textbooks.
Research
Kessler has wide-ranging historical, social and cultural interests. She considers herself part reporter, part cultural anthropologist and part historian. She is interested in American subcultures and in ill-behaved women who make history. Her literary nonfiction combines the power of fact with the drama of fiction.