Andrew Foster Altschul
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Andrew Foster Altschul is an American fiction writer and political commentator. He is the author of the novels Deus Ex Machina
and Lady Lazarus
, and his short fiction and essays have been published in Esquire, McSweeney's, Fence, and One Story. His short story "A New Kind of Gravity" was anthologized in both Best New American Voices 2006 and the O.Henry Prize Stories 2007. He is also a contributing author of Where to Invade Next (McSweeney's, 2008). His political commentary has appeared in the Huffington Post, and he was the co-organizer of the Progressive Reading Series, a series of literary readings in San Francisco that raised money for progressive political candidates from 2004-2008. He is the books editor of The Rumpus, an online magazine started by Stephen Elliott
in late 2008.
Altschul was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University
and then a Jones Lecturer in the Stanford Creative Writing Department. He is now an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University and the director of their Center for Literary Arts.
Deus ex machina
A deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.-Linguistic considerations:...
and Lady Lazarus
Lady Lazarus
"Lady Lazarus" is a poem written by Sylvia Plath, originally collected in the posthumously published volume Ariel, and is commonly used as an example of her writing style. Plath describes the speaker's oppression with the use of World War II Nazi Germany allusions and images. It is known as one of...
, and his short fiction and essays have been published in Esquire, McSweeney's, Fence, and One Story. His short story "A New Kind of Gravity" was anthologized in both Best New American Voices 2006 and the O.Henry Prize Stories 2007. He is also a contributing author of Where to Invade Next (McSweeney's, 2008). His political commentary has appeared in the Huffington Post, and he was the co-organizer of the Progressive Reading Series, a series of literary readings in San Francisco that raised money for progressive political candidates from 2004-2008. He is the books editor of The Rumpus, an online magazine started by Stephen Elliott
Stephen Elliott (author)
Stephen Elliott is an American author and activist living in San Francisco who has written and published seven books. He is also the founder of the political action committee LitPAC, which holds readings by authors to raise money for progressive candidates.-Background and education:Elliott grew...
in late 2008.
Altschul was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and then a Jones Lecturer in the Stanford Creative Writing Department. He is now an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University and the director of their Center for Literary Arts.