Porter, Roger J. 1936–
Porter, Roger J. 1936–
PERSONAL: Born May 24, 1936, in Newark, NJ; son of Joseph (a lawyer) and Anita (a homemaker; maiden name, Silverman; later surname, Caplan) Porter; married Nancy M. Porter, 1961 (divorced, 1970); companion of Jennifer Ash. Education: Amherst College, B.A., 1958; Yale University, M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1967. Religion: Jewish.
ADDRESSES: Home—7200 Southwest Laview Dr., Portland, OR 97219. Office—Department of English, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Reed College, Portland, OR, professor of English, 1961–. Artists Repertory Theater, member of board of directors, 1993–.
MEMBER: Modern Language Association of America.
AWARDS, HONORS: Fulbright professor in Greece, 1979–80; and Hong Kong, 1992–93.
WRITINGS:
The Voice Within (literary criticism), Knopf (New York, NY), 1973.
The Food Lovers' Companion to Portland, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 1996.
Self-Same Songs: Autobiographical Performances and Reflections (literary criticism), University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2002.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Another book on autobiography.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Biography, spring, 2003, Regenia Gagnier, review of Self-Same Songs: Autobiographical Performances and Reflections, p. 312.