Anthony Varallo

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Anthony Varallo (born June 12, 1970) is an author and professor of English at the College of Charleston. [1]

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Anthony Varallo was born and raised in Yorklyn, Delaware. He attended the University of Delaware where he received a bachelor's degree in both English and History in 1992. In 1997 he graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop with an MFA. He met his wife, writer Malinda McCollum, in the program. He later went on to pursue his PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Missouri in 2005. He serves as the fiction editor of Crazyhorse at the College of Charleston. He now lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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References

  1. "Faculty and Staff". College of Charleston. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. Varallo, Anthony (2013). Think of Me and I'll Know. Northwestern University Press. ISBN   978-0-8101-5240-3.
  3. Varallo, Anthony (2008). Out Loud. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN   978-0822962878.
  4. Varallo, Anthony (2005). This Day in History . University of Iowa Press. ISBN   9780877459514.