Wilentz, Gay
WILENTZ, Gay
WILENTZ, Gay. American, b. 1950. Genres: Cultural/Ethnic topics, Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues. Career: Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA, publicity assistant, 1972-73; Volunteers in Service to America, Raleigh, NC, volunteer, 1975-76; U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, volunteer lecturer in English at Bo Teachers College (Bo, Sierra Leone, West Africa), 1977-79; Anson Technical College, Ansonville, NC, instructor in English, 1980-81; University of Texas at Austin, assistant instructor in English, 1982-83; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, associate professor of English, 1985-, and faculty adviser for the minority publication Expressions. Certified Laubach Literary Trainer; Frank Porter Graham Demonstration Farm and Educational Center, literacy supervisor and coordinator of Women in Development, 1979-81; New Faculty Seminar of Exemplary Teaching, seminar leader, 1991; North Carolina Women Writers Conference, cocoordinator of literary criticism sections, 1992; Agency for International Development, consultant in Lesotho. Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review, contributing editor, 1988-91, now criticism editor. Publications: Binding Cultures: Black Women Writers In Africa And The Diaspora, 1992; Healing Narratives, 2000. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of English, Bate 2105, East Carolina University, 1000 E 5th St., Greenville, NC 27858-4353, U.S.A. On- line address: [email protected]