Acclaimed essayist to grace Writers Forum
Nothing escapes from the pen of Dinty W. Moore. Whether he is writing about new technology, fiction or even a personal reflection of his life, his vision always hits home and without reservation. The acclaimed essayist and fiction writer will be the second visiting writer to be featured in Brockport’s Writers Forum this school year. The lecture will be held at the New York Room, Cooper Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m. It is open to the public.
A native of Pennsylvania, Moore was educated at the University of Pittsburgh (BA) and Louisiana State University (MFA) and worked as a reporter for United Press International. He is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. He serves as coordinating editor for the anthology Best Creative Nonfiction and member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. He is currently a professor of English at Ohio University.
He is the author of nonfiction books The Emperor’s Virtual Clothes: The Naked Truth About the Internet Culture, The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style, The Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction, shorts story collection Toothpick Men and the recently released memoir Between Panic and Desire.
In The Emperor’s Virtual Clothes, he wrote, “In my quest to unearth some deeper truth about the new electronic culture, perhaps the only claim I heard more often than the one about how our interpersonal relationships will be forever transformed was the one about how the Internet will radically alter our form of government.” This visionary essay not only spurned new approaches in looking at technology, but also it is stylistically innovative.
The Brockport Writers Forum has hosted distinguished literary figures since 1967. It also sponsors workshops, symposia and festivals dedicated to the art of writing.
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