Levitt, Paul M. 1935-

PERSONAL:

Born December 21, 1935, in Newark, NJ; son of Benjamin Abraham (in business) and Jeanette (a homemaker) Levitt; married Nancy I. Crankshaw (a homemaker), January 27, 1958; children: Scot M., Daniel G., Andrea J. Levitt Stein. Education: University of Colorado, B.A., 1957, M.A. (philosophy), 1959; attended University of Florence, 1957-58; attended Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1959-60; University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. (English), 1962, Ph.D., 1966.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Boulder, CO. Office—Department of English, University of Colorado, Box 226, Boulder, CO 80309. E-mail—paul.levitt@colorado.edu.

CAREER:

University of Colorado, Boulder, instructor, 1964-66, assistant professor, 1966-69, associate professor, 1969-74, professor of English, 1974—, department chair, 1973-79, director of Center for Applied Humanities, 1982-86, codirector of university writing program, 1985-2001. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, visiting associate professor, 1972.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, Exxon Foundation, and Ford Foundation.

WRITINGS:

A Structural Approach to the Analysis of Drama, Mouton (The Hague, Netherlands), 1971.

J.M. Synge: A Bibliography of Published Criticism, Irish University Press (Dublin, Ireland), 1974.

(With Elissa S. Guralnick) The Cancer Reference Book: Direct and Clear Answers to Everyone's Questions, Paddington Press (New York, NY), 1979, revised edition, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1983.

(With Elissa S. Guralnick) The ABC's of Farm Estate Planning, Doane Agricultural Service (St. Louis, MO), 1981, 2nd edition, Doane-Western (St. Louis), 1982.

(With Elissa S. Guralnick) You Can Make It Back: Coping with Serious Illness, Facts on File (New York, NY), 1985.

(With Elissa S. Guralnick and Douglas Burger) The Weighty Word Book (juvenile), Bookmakers Guild (Longmont, CO), 1986, revised edition, Court Wayne Press (Boulder, CO), 2000.

(With Elissa S. Guralnick) 39 Forever: Living Long and Well, Bookmakers Guild (Longmont, CO), 1986.

(With Elissa S. Guralnick) The Stolen Appaloosa and Other Indian Stories (juvenile), Bookmakers Guild (Longmont, CO), 1988.

Joe Frisco: Comic, Jazz Dancer, and Railbird, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 1999.

How Raven Found the Daylight (juvenile), University Press of Colorado (Boulder, CO), 2000.

Chin Music (novel), Roberts Rinehart Publishers (Lanham, MD), 2001.

Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 2002.

Dark Matters (novel), University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, NM), 2004.

Bogus U. (novel), Barbed Wire Publishing (Las Cruces, NM), 2006.

Raven Finds the Daylight (children's book), Barben Wire Publishing (Las Cruces, NM), 2007.

The Saint Makers (novel), CCC Poetry (Long Island, NY), 2007.

Come with Me to Bablyon, (novel), University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, NM), 2008.

Contributor to periodicals, including Colorado Quarterly, National Journal of Criminal Defense, Colby Quarterly, College English, Papers on Language and Literature, Explicator, Die Neuren Sprachen, Ohio Review, French Review, Frontiers, Network News and Views, Rolling Stock, Digestive Health and Nutrition, Vocabulary Review, and Physics Teacher.

PLAYS

The Norwich Incident, produced in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado Theater, 1971, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1980.

The Elementary Town, first produced in Amherst, MA, at University of Massachusetts Theater, 1972.

In the Aviary of My Heart, produced in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado Theater, 1974.

The Trial of Benedict Spinoza, Melville Scholar, performed as staged reading in Denver, CO, 1974.

In the Days of My Father, produced in Philadelphia, PA, at Temple University Theater, 1975, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1982.

A Life in the Day of Salvatore Ciascuno, performed as a staged reading in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado, 1975.

Prisoners: A Play about Elizabeth Fry, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1988, stage version produced in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado Theater, 1993.

Ollie's Odyssey, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1989.

The Witch of Beacon Hill: A Play about Harry Houdini and Margery the Medium, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1989.

The Rough Draft, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1989.

Le Brouillon, broadcast by Radio Eire, 1990.

The Mistress of Two Masters, produced in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado Theater, 1994.

Rehearsing Violetta, broadcast by BBC-Radio, 1995.

The Anatomy of Love, or The Love of Anatomy, produced in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado Theater, 1997.

Hocus Pocus, produced in Boulder, CO, at University of Colorado Theater, 1998.