Michael Lowenthal
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Michael Lowenthal (May 9, 1969) is an American fiction writer. He is the author of the novels Charity Girl (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), Avoidance (Graywolf Press, 2002) and The Same Embrace (Dutton, 1998; paperback by Plume, 1999).
Currently an instructor of creative writing at Lesley University and Boston College, he has been the recipient of fellowships from the Bread Loaf and Wesleyan writers' conferences, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, and the Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers.
Lowenthal graduated from Dartmouth College in 1990 as a class valedictorian. During his speech, he revealed that he was Dartmouth College's first openly gay valedictorian. The Dartmouth Review said that he singlehandedly ruined the graduation ceremony;[1] however, the New York Times reported that this statement earned him a standing ovation.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Happy Days. The Dartmouth Review (1997-10-15).
- ^ Valedictorian at Dartmouth Cites College's New Diversity. The New York Times (1990-06-11). (registration required).
