Laurel Yourke

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Telephone: 608-265-3972

Teaching Interests

Creative writing
Literature

Programs through the Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts

Writers Institute
Fiction and Poetry Workshops
Write-by-the-Lake Retreat
School of the Arts at Rhinelander
Critique services

Background/Education

BA, State of New York (English Education)
MA, UW-Madison (English Education)
PhD, UW-Madison (Contemporary Literature)

Publications

"Take Your Characters to Dinner": Creating the Illusion of Reality in Fiction", (University Press, 2000) (More info at laurelyourke.com)

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