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Carkeet, David
NationalityAmerican
BiographyFor 30 years Carkeet taught linguistics and writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He also directed the MFA program there and edited its literary journal, Natural Bridge. David Carkeet is the author of six books including "The Greatest Slump of all Time", 1984, six Mark Twain short play adaptations, and two novels for young adults. His comic memoir, "Campus Sexpot", won the Creative Nonfiction Award given by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. His essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, The Village Voice, Salon, Poets and Writers, The Oxford American and The Guardian (UK).--davidcarkeet.com. 
