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Andrew Levy
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Andrew Levy

Andrew Levy is Edna Cooper Chair in English and Director of the Writer’s Studio at Butler University in Indianapolis. He is author of The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story, co-author of Creating Fiction: A Writer's Companion, and co-editor of Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology. His most recent book, The First Emancipator (Random House) was cited as a “Best of 2005” by the Chicago Tribune, Amazon, and Booklist, and received the Slatten Award from the Virginia Historical Society. His essays and reviews have appeared in Harper's, the American Scholar, Dissent, Best American Essays, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago, and elsewhere, and he... Read full bio

Biography
Andrew Levy is Edna Cooper Chair in English and Director of the Writer’s Studio at Butler University in Indianapolis. He is author of The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story, co-author of Creating Fiction: A Writer's Companion, and co-editor of Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology. His most recent book, The First Emancipator (Random House) was cited as a “Best of 2005” by the Chicago Tribune, Amazon, and Booklist, and received the Slatten Award from the Virginia Historical Society. His essays and reviews have appeared in Harper's, the American Scholar, Dissent, Best American Essays, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago, and elsewhere, and he has been a guest on numerous national radio programs and on C-Span. Levy currently lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Siobhan, and son, Aedan.