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Henry Hughes

Professor, Literature and Writing, English Studies Department

89494 | hughesh@wou.edu
BELL 316

Why I chose WOU

Great colleagues and students

At WOU since

09/16/2002

Hobbies

Angling, Boating, Hiking, Gardening

Fun fact

Hometown

Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY

Favorite book/movie

Ridiculous Question

Office Hours

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Classes Taught

Course	Title	Location	Days	Times
WR 399	TOPIC: NATURE WRITING WORKSHOP	BELL 332	--T----	1600-1950
WR 461	ADVANCED POETRY WORKSHOP	BELL 332	-M-W---	1600-1750

Teaching Focus

In addition to introductory classes in poetry and fiction, and surveys in American literature, my seminars include Literature of the American Civil War, American and British Nature Writing, Literature of Rivers, Literature of the Sea, Fishing Across Cultures, Modern and Contemporary Poetry, and Oregon Writers. I also offer focus studies on the writings of Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, Annie Proulx, and Alice Munro.

My writing workshops explore poetry, fiction, literary journalism, and creative nonfiction, with special interests in book reviewing, nature writing, and the memoir.

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