Paul Many


Paul Many
Professor

Department of Communication
The University of Toledo - UH 4740-B
2801 W. Bancroft St. Toledo, OH 43606
Phone: (419) 530-4673
Fax: (419) 530-4771
Email: Paul.Many@utoledo.edu
Office Hours for current semester.

 

My general area of emphasis and expertise is writing. I teach many different writing courses here at the University including: news writing, editorial writing, editing, feature writing, magazine article writing, literary journalism, technical writing and creative writing. I've written and been published in all of these genres.

Education


  • MFA, Creative Writing: Bowling Green State University
  • Ph.D. Mass Communication: Ohio University
  • MA, Journalism, Ohio State University
  • BA, English, St. John's University

Selected Publications


For Adults and Academics of All Ages


The Wonderful World of College Brochures Academe Magazine, July - August 2003 Essay.
Finding the Words
The Blade, 9/22/01. Essay on 9/11 attack
Literary Journalism: Newspapers' Last, Best Hope, The Connecticut Review, Spring, 1996. Essay.
Rabbits, Live and Dressed, Various publications. Short story.

For Teens/Young Adults


"The Baldies are Coming" Short story in Big City Cool Persea Books, (NY, Dec., 2002) . Anthology is an American Library Association Young Adult "Quick Pick."

Walk Away Home Walker & Co. (NY, Oct., 2002) Novel. Kansas State Reading Circle, Masterlist; NY Public Library Book for the Teen Age; Missouri Reading Circle Selection.

My Life, Take Two Walker & Co. (NY, May, 2000) Novel. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Nominee, Junior Library Guild selection, NY Public Library Book for the Teen Age, Kansas State Reading Circle, Masterlist; Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Masterlist; Missouri Reading Circle Selection. Published in German as "Wie Im Falschen Film."

These Are the Rules Walker & Co., (NY, May, 1997) and (Knopf, 1998, paper) Novel. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Nominee, A Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year, New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, and Honor Book of the Society of School Librarians International. Published in Danish as "Spillets Regler" and Italian as "Queste Sono le Regole."

For Children


The Great Pancake Escape Walker & Co. April, 2002. Picture book. A Los Angeles Times Best Children's Book of 2002, a selection of the statewide South Carolina "Reading With Rachel" program.

Teaching



Syllabi and supplementary materials by course.

COMM 2400 Information Analysis and Synthesis
COMM 2150 Editing and Graphics
COMM 3150 Feature Writing
COMM 4910 Portfolio
ENGL 3010 Creative Writing

ENGL 3980 Writing for Young Adult Audiences

Other Links



Links of literary, journalistic and dubious value.

Humor in Young Adult Literature
Writing for Young Adult Audiences: Tips and Hints
How I Got My Books Published and Made $100!

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