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John Warner (born 1970) is an American writer, editor, and teacher of writing. [1] He is the editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency , a frequent contributor to The Morning News , [2] and has been anthologized in May Contain Nuts,Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction, and The Future Dictionary of America.[ citation needed ]
Warner previously taught at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. His focus was creative writing, and he was the director of a Humor Creative Inquiry. In this inquiry, he was working to teach students what humor is and how to create it. This three course series resulted in a student publication in 2008. Warner teaches creative writing at College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.[ citation needed ] He was the "Chief Creative Czar" of TOW Books, a publishing imprint dedicated to humorous books distributed by F+W Publications. [3] [4] The line was inspired by his book, Fondling Your Muse (2005), which parodies Writer's Digest . [4]
Warner frequently collaborates with writer Kevin Guilfoile. [5] Warner's most debut novel was The Funny Man. The book has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews . [6] [7] His short story collection Tough Day for the Army, edited by Michael Griffith, was published by the LSU Press series, Yellow Shoe Fiction, in 2014. [8]
Warner's great uncle is the American writer Allan Seager. [18]