Michael William Fleming

68 Brook Street, Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

(802) 451-9763 / wyomike@earthlink.net

 

SUMMARY

Creative editor, essayist, novelist, and poet with wide-ranging interests and extensive international experience; award-winning teacher of composition and literature.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Writer/Editor (Freelance)                                                           2003 - present

W. W. Norton & Company   Publisher of College Textbooks

  • Developmental editor: The Norton Introduction to Literature, 10E (2009) & 9E (2005); The Norton Mix, 1E (multi-genre anthology, 2009); The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 7E (2006); The Norton Introduction to Poetry, 9E (2005)

  • Copyeditor: Western Civilizations, by J. G. Coffin & R. C. Stacey, 17E (2010); The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Vol. A, 7E (2008); Biography and the Sociological Imagination, by M. Shanahan & R. Macmillan (2007); The Norton Field Guide to Writing, with Readings, by R. Bullock, ed., 1E (2007)

  • Writer: headnotes for Back to the Lake, by T. Cooley, ed. (college-level essay collection, 2008); interactive tutorial "Avoiding Plagiarism" on CD-ROM included with The Norton Introduction to Literature (2007)

  • Annotations writer/editor and text editor: The Norton Anthology of Drama, 1E (2009)

Island Press   Publisher of Books on the Environment & Responsible Development

  • Copyeditor: Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation, by D. A. DellaSala, ed. (2010); Principles of Brownfield Regeneration: Cleanup, Design, and Reuse of Derelict Land, by J. B. Hollander et al. (2010); Conservation by Proxy: Indicator, Umbrella, Keystone, Flagship, and Other Surrogate Species, by T. Caro (2010); Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, by P. H. Gleick (2009); Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow, by W. R. Freudenburg et al. (2009); Heatstroke: Saving Nature in an Age of Global Warming, by A. D. Barnosky (2009).

New World Library   Publisher of Books for World and Self Improvement

  • Developmental editor: Ancient Secrets for Facial Rejuvenation, by V. Mogilner (2006)

National Book Foundation   Sponsor of the National Book Awards

  • Editor and co-author: Author Residency Handbook (2006)

  • Editor: Writers in Indian Country (2006)

 

Senior Editor (In-House)                                                                   2000-2003

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY   Publisher of Textbooks

  • Planned, organized, and edited last edition of Adventures in American Literature.

  • Wrote and edited all pedagogical material for The Holt Reader (grade-11 anthology).

  • Managed the work of assistants and freelancers; conducted in-depth analysis of company editorial procedures.

 

Lecturer, Undergraduate Expository Writing Programs                        1991-99

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, NY

Colleges of Arts and Sciences

  • Taught a wide range of composition courses to over 600 students in 15 semesters.

  • Developed and taught new courses: "Science and Writing I & II," "The American Literature of Exploration and Travel," "American Grammar."

  • Assessed placement exams each semester, and twice served as Chief Reader.

  • Tutored undergraduate and graduate students in Writing Center.

 

Assistant Director, Secondary School Mathematics Program               1990-91

Education & Technology Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Not-for-Profit Publisher of Materials for Secondary Education

  • Developed, wrote, and edited materials for Sci-Math, a federally funded project for improving high-school mathematics instruction.

  • Wrote and edited a Sci-Math newsletter for widespread distribution.

  • Conducted teacher workshops throughout the United States.

 

Secondary School Mathematics Teacher                                                    1986

Vuvulane High School, Swaziland

  • For full academic year, prepared syllabi, conducted daily lessons with four classes, levels ranging from arithmetic to advanced algebra and trigonometry.

 

English Language Teacher & School Administrator                               1980-81

United Nations-Administered Refugee Camps, Thailand

  • Conducted classes in English for adults and high-school students.

  • Developed comprehensive English language program for beginning students.

  • Founded and administered Montessori pre-school.

  • Analyzed, developed, administered numerous International Rescue Committee education projects.

 

EDUCATION

Oxford University, New College, Oxford, England                              1982-84

M.A. Honors, English

  • Rhodes Scholar

  • Honors thesis on fourteenth-century mystic poet Richard Rolle of Hampole

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey                                        1976-80

A.B., English

  • Graduated Magna cum laude.

  • Studied writing under John McPhee, Stephen Koch.

  • Won awards for senior thesis, a study of Vladimir Nabokov, as well as for short fiction.

 

AWARDS

  • Distinguished Lecturer Award, University of San Francisco, 1998

  • Rhodes Scholarship, 1982

  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1980

  • National Merit Scholarship, 1976

  • Writing Fellowships: Ragdale Foundation, 1997, 1998; Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, 1998; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004; Ucross Foundation, 1999

 

WRITING

Fiction and Poetry

  • The Del Ray Method (novel in progress)

  • Many short stories and poems, numerous public readings

  • Twice had stories featured on public radio program, "Fiction in Shorts"

Nonfiction

  • My Commute: Living in the American West (book in progress)

  • Numerous essays about writing and the teaching of writing

  • Essays and speeches about death and dying

Editing (for private publication)

  • A Life in Business: The Memoirs of Irving Miller (2008)

  • A Story Like Mine: The World War II Recollections of Paul Fleming (1996)

  • Conducted hospice biography project, Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco (1993-96)

Web site

 

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