Professor.
MA 1974, Stanford.
Office: 237D Allen Hall.
Phone: (225) 578-3164.

Teaching and Research Interests:

Fiction, Creative Writing.

Publications:

Books: The Moon Stops Here (1994); My Father's Geisha (1992).
Non-fiction in: Vogue, Glamour.
Reviews in: The New York Times Book Review.
Short Stories in, among others: Colorado Quarterly; Kansas Quarterly; Southern Review; Michigan Quarterly Review; Antioch Review; Southern Humanities Review; VQR; Western Humanities Review.

Professional Service, Honors, and Awards:

Awards and Honors: "Dependents" in New Stories From the South: The Best of 1987; cited in Best American Short Stories (1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1987); Pushcart Prize VI, "Outstanding Writers"; Louisiana State Arts Council Fellowship (1982); John Atherton Scholar, Bread Loaf (1979).