Linda Hall
Associate Professor

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
M.F.A., Columbia University

Office: Palamountain 308
Phone:(518) 580-5182
Email: lhall@skidmore.edu

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Literary nonfiction (especially cultural criticism and the personal essay)
• Alice Munro
• Elizabeth Hardwick
• Thomas Hardy

Courses Taught:

• EN 378: Nonfiction Workshop
• EN 378: Cultural Criticism
  
• EN 364: Literary Journalism
• EN 280: Logic and Rhetoric
  
• EN 280: Science Writing
• EN 280: Political Writing
• EN 280: How to Write a Sentence
• EN 105: Writing on Demand
• EN 105H: Writing on Demand
• SSP: Writing America

Selected Publications:

Essays and reviews published in Guardian America, The American Prospect, The Hudson Review, New York, Salmagundi, Southwest Review, Vogue, Under the Sun.

Honors:

McGinnis-Ritchie Award for Nonfiction (2006)
Bechtel Prize finalist (2004)
Notable Essays of the Year, The Best American Essays ('03, '06, '08, '11)