Leah Blatt Glasser

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Leah Blatt Glasser
Occupation Professor
NationalityAmerican
Genre American literature
Notable worksIn a Closet Hidden: The Life and Work of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Leah Blatt Glasser is an American literary critic and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman scholar at Mount Holyoke College. [1] She was Dean of First-Year Studies and is currently a lecturer in English at Mount Holyoke College. Her former student (the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks) would later credit Glasser for her success. [2]

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Background

Glasser received her B.A. in 1972 and M.A. in 1973 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her Ph.D. from Brown University in 1982. She has taught at Mount Holyoke since year 1980 and is a contributing editor to the Heath Anthology of American Fiction.

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References

  1. "Citations search: "Leah Blatt Glasser" (Google Books)" . Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  2. "In the News: Traditions and communications". College Street Journal. May 24, 1996. Archived from the original on March 23, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2006.
  3. "Citations search: "In a Closet Hidden" (Google Books)" . Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  1. Official site
  2. Powell's book review
  3. Glasser Writes about Author's "Hidden" Life