User:Mike Steinberg

Michael Steinberg (writer, editor) is an American memoirist, essayist, editor, and teacher. Originally from Rockaway Beach, New York, Steinberg taught writing, literature and creative writing to graduate and undergraduates at Michigan State University for 35 years. In addition, he has been on the faculty of three low-residency MFA programs: Vermont College; Stonecoast/University of Southern Maine, and the Solstice/Pine Manor College program in Boston, where he is currently writer-in-residence. He has taught many workshops in the United States and abroad, including, London, England, Paris, France, Prague, Chez Republic, Geneva, Switzerland, Guatamala City, Guatamala, Homer, Alaska, among others.

As Writer and Editor Steinberg has written, co-written and/or edited five books and a stage play. In 2004, "ForeWord Magazine" chose his memoir, Still Pitching the Independent Press Memoir/Autobiography of the Year. He is the founding editor of the literary journal, Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction and co-editor (with Robert Root) of the anthology, The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, now in its sixth edition. His personal essays and memoirs have appeared in many literary journals and magazines. For an indepth interview published in the October 2010 AWP Writer's Chronicle, go to [www.mjsteinberg.net]

External links [www.mjsteinberg.net]