Simmons, Thomas
SIMMONS, Thomas
SIMMONS, Thomas. American, b. 1956. Genres: Adult non-fiction, Literary criticism and history. Career: Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA, reporter and intern, summer, 1979; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, instructor in English, 1979-81, 1987-88; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor of writing, 1988-92; University of Iowa, Iowa City, associate professor of English and nonfiction writing, 1992-. Publications: The Unseen Shore: Memories of a Christian Science Childhood (nonfiction), 1991; A Season in the Air: One Man's Adventures in Flying (nonfiction), 1993; Erotic Reckonings: Mastery and Apprenticeship in the Work of Poets and Lovers (literary criticism and biography), 1994. Contributor of poetry to periodicals. Address: Dept. of English, 308 EPB, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A.