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And he was educated
at University

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of Alabama, Birmingham, Southern
College, Syracuse University,

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and the University of
Iowa's Writers' Workshop.

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He has taught at the
University of the Americas

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in Puebla, Mexico, where he was
Assistant Professor of English

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and Director of Theater
at the George Mason

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University of the
University of Virginia,

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where he was Director
of Writing Studies,

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and at Syracuse University.

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1961 to 1965, he served in
the US Air Force Intelligence

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as a Russian linguist.

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In 1970, he published his first
novel, A Drive With Ossie.

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And he's published short
fiction, criticism, and poetry

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in various magazines.

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It gives me a great
deal of pleasure

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to present Mr. Robert Houston.

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[APPLAUSE]

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