Education

Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford, Middlebury College, M.A. August 1999, English. Awards: Lawrence Holland Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence. Mills College, 1992 to 1994, studied creative writing and book arts. University of Chicago, M.A., 1990, Comparative Literature. Thesis on Edith Wharton. Awards: Jacob K. Javits federal grant for graduate study; University of Chicago scholarship. Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, B.A., 1987, magna cum laude, History and Literature (Modern France and England). Thesis on Barbey D'Aurevilly, nineteenth-century French writer. Awards: Thomas J. Watson/IBM Memorial Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa (Junior 12), Detur Prize, Agassiz Award for academic achievement, community scholarships.