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Valerie J Miner
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miner002@umn.edu
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http://english.cla.umn.edu/faculty/MINER/Miner.htm
Educational Background & Specialties
Specialties
creative writing
cross-cultural literacy and social criticism
feminism
fiction
journalism
reportage
review
working-class literature
Courses Taught
EngL 8130/WoSt 8670 - Women and the Creative Imagination
EngW 3960 - Fiction Workshop for Majors
EngW 5110 - Advanced Cross-Genre Writing in London
EngW 5110 - Imagination and Invention in Fiction
EngW 8130 - Advanced Belles Lettres
EngW 8140 - Manuscript Preparation, Fiction and Nonfiction
Research & Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Arizona: 1990 - 1992
Publications
Range of Light
. Miner, Valerie, Zoland Press, 1998.
A Walking Fire
. Miner, Valerie, State University of New York Press, 1994.
Blood Sisters
. Miner, Valerie, Women's Press, St. Martin's, 1981, 1982.
The Low Road: A Memoir
. Miner, Valerie, Michigan State University Press, Fall 2001.
A Scottish Opera
. Miner, Valerie, Fall 1998.
Awards
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, 2000
McKnight Research Award
University College Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Minnesota, 1999