Huck Gutman | |
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Born | Stanley Gutman December 24, 1943 |
Alma mater | University of Vermont Duke University |
Occupation(s) | Academic, political advisor and writer |
Spouse | Bertha Gutman |
Stanley "Huck" Gutman (born December 24, 1943) is an American academic and political advisor. He is a professor of English at the University of Vermont and a former chief of staff to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. He is the co-author of Sanders's political memoir, Outsider in the White House .
Stanley Gutman was born on December 24, 1943. [1] He graduated from the University of Vermont. While he was in college, he got the nickname "Huck" from Huckleberry Finn for walking barefoot around the campus. [1] He received a PhD from Duke University. [2]
Gutman is a professor of English at the University of Vermont. He is an expert on "20th-century American, 19th-century U.S. Poetry, Modern Poetry." [2] He is the co-editor of a book about Michel Foucault as well as a collection of essays about the global critical reception of American literature. [3] He has also written articles for the Monthly Review , two of which he co-authored with Harry Magdoff. [4] He has written about Yehuda Amichai, an Israeli poet. [5]
Gutman was chief of staff to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the United States Senate until 2012. [1] [6] He co-authored Outsider in the House, Sanders's political memoir, [1] which was republished as Outsider in the White House in 2015.[ citation needed ]
Gutman lives with his wife, Bertha and their children in Burlington, Vermont. [1]
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