Bret Lott - Department of English - College of Charleston- Department of English - College of Charleston- Department of English - College of Charleston- Department of English - College of Charleston- Department of English - College of Charleston- Department of English

Bret Lott, Professor

Areas of interest		Contact Information
- writing fiction - writing nonfiction - contemporary American fiction - literary publishing		Office: 96 Wentworth St. #309 (843) 953-6494 lottb {at} cofc.edu
Profile Bret Lott is the author of eleven books; his twelfth,the novel Ancient Highway, will be published by Random House in July, 2008. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,in 1984, studying under Jay Neugeboren and James Baldwin. From 1986 to 2004 he was writer-in-residence and professor of English at The College of Charleston, leaving to take the position of editor and director of the journal The Southern Review at Louisiana State University. Three years later, he has returned to the job he most loves: teaching.
Bret Lottt's Random House website: http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=18096
Recent Publications, Presentations, and Conferences "The Southern Voice: Regionalism in American Literature." Lecture. Ambassador's Distinguished American Speakers Series. July 20, 2007, U. S. Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel. The Difference Between Women and Men (story collection, Random House, 2005) Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer's Life (Ballantine Books, 2005) A Song I Knew by Heart (novel, Random House, 2004; Ballantine Books, 2005) Not Safe, But Good: Stories Sharpened by Faith (editor, Thomas Nelson Books, 2007) Ancient Highway (novel, forthcoming, Random House, 2008)