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American writer

Verlyn Klinkenborg (born 1952 in Meeker, Colorado) is an American non-fiction author, academic, and former newspaper editor, known for his writings on rural America.^[1]

Early life and education

Klinkenborg was born in Meeker, Colorado and raised on a farm in Iowa.^[2] He attended elementary school in Clarion, Iowa until the 6th grade before his family relocated to Osage, Iowa.^[3] His family then moved to Sacramento, California.

Verlyn klinkenborg biography of barack

Klinkenborg attended the University of California, Berkeley before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Pomona College. He then earned a Ph.D from Princeton University, also in English literature.^[4]

Career

Klinkenborg taught literature and creative writing at Fordham University while living in The Bronx in the early to mid-1980s.

He later taught at St. Olaf College, Bennington College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bard College, and Harvard University.