Christopher howell
  Jonathan Johnson
  John Keeble
  Natalie kusz
  samuel ligon
  gregory spatz
  Rachel toor
  Nance Van Winckel
   
 
     


Biography

Teaching Philosophy
Statement about the Program

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racheltoor.com


 
Rachel Toor's ambition, on graduating from Yale University, was to work on a dude ranch in Wyoming (never having been to a dude ranch—or to Wyoming). Moving to Missoula, Montana for an MFA in creative writing is the closest she's come. After a dozen years as an editor of scholarly books, at Oxford and Duke University Presses, she slid down the ladder of social mobility and did a stint in college admissions, quitting to write Admissions Confidential: An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process (St. Martin's, 2001). Her memoir, The Pig and I (Hudson Street/Penguin, 2005), will be available in a new paperback edition in Spring 2008. Her newest book, Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running (University of Nebraska Press 2008), describes how she went from an Oreo-eating, novel-reading couch potato to a runner of ultramarathons. Rachel is currently a senior writer for Running Times, and has a monthly column in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Her work has appeared in The LA Times, Glamour, Reader's Digest, Marathon & Beyond and a variety of other more academically-oriented publications.


Titles from Rachel Toor:

.. ..Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running