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Tom Douglass teaches Contemporary Literature, History of Literature in English, and Literary Criticism. He serves as series editor for the University of Tennessee Press and is the author of A Room Forever: the Life and Work of Breece D'J Pancake. He presently is at work on a biography of the Appalachian writer Davis Grubb. He has recently edited and introduced Davis Grubb's Fools' Parade and Hubert Skidmore's classic proletarian novel Hawks Nest, both for the University of Tennessee Press. He also has served as the editor of the North Carolina Literary Review. He has written about Ken Kesey, Mary Lee Settle, Davis Grubb, Gurney Norman, Edgar Allan Poe, Walker Evans, Richard Ford, Seamus Heaney, Jill McCorkle, Jayne Anne Phillips, Denise Giardina, et al. His teaching interests include the Vietnam novel, the short story, creative non-fiction, film, and contemporary poetry.
Degrees
B.A. Davis and Elkins College
M.A. UNC-Chapel Hill
Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill
Areas of Interest
Contemporary American Literature
Appalachian Literature
Biography
The Vietnam Novel
Creative Nonfiction
Documentary Film
Critical Theory
Southern Literature
Courses Taught
7065: Foundations of Literary Criticism
6065: Foundations of Literary Criticism
5260: The Novel Since 1945
5230: Southern Regional Literature
4300: Recent British and American Writers
4000: Introduction to Literary Theory
3420: The Short Story
3020: History of American Literature to 1900
2200: Major American Writers
2000: Interpreting Literature
1200: Composition
1100: Composition
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