Andrei Codrescu 

Andrei Codrescu is a poet, novelist, essayist, screen writer, editor, and scholar. He has written and published poetry books, novels and essay collections. He is the winner of the prestigious Ovid literature prize (previous winners are Orhan Pamuk, Mario Vargas Llosa, Amos Oz, Milan Kundera). He is also the recipient of the Peabody Award for the film, "Road Scholar," the ACLU Freedom of Speech Award, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and was long listed for the National Book Award. He was a regular commentator on NPR (1983-2016), MacCurdy Distinguished Professor Emeritus (1984-2010), and editor of Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books & Ideas (corpse.org) (1983-2016). He has taught writing and literature at Johns Hopkins University and Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. For a list of publications and other creative work, see his site, www.codrescu.com.