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Douglas George Fetherling was UNB’s twentieth writer-in-residence for the 2000-2001 academic year. He was born in West Virginia, US, on January 1, 1949, but left the US as a young teenager due to his claim of being "disillusioned all the more by the war going on at the time and especially by the abiding racism." He took up writing due to a speech impediment which | Douglas George Fetherling was UNB’s twentieth writer-in-residence for the 2000-2001 academic year. He was born in West Virginia, US, on January 1, 1949, but left the US as a young teenager due to his claim of being "disillusioned all the more by the war going on at the time and especially by the abiding racism." He talks freely about how he grew up "dirt poor" and was psychologically abused by his alchoholic mother (an issue he deals with in his book ''Travels by Night: a Memoir of the Sixties''). At 18 he fled to Toronto He took up writing due to a speech impediment which affected his life immensly; he said of his speech impediment, "it was seriously debilitating and life altering until I was about 35. I still stutter somewhat." He held a previous writer-in-residence position at Queen’s University in 1993, and was a contributing editor for a number of magazines, including ''Quill and Quire ''and ''Toronto Life. ''Fetherling held a reading in the Alumni Memorial Lounge on September 26. | ||
George Fetherling was preceded by [[Colleen_Wagner|Colleen Wagner]] and succeeded by [[John_Steffler|John Steffler]]. | George Fetherling was preceded by [[Colleen_Wagner|Colleen Wagner]] and succeeded by [[John_Steffler|John Steffler]]. | ||
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Douglas George Fetherling was UNB’s twentieth writer-in-residence for the 2000-2001 academic year. He was born in West Virginia, US, on January 1, 1949, but left the US as a young teenager due to his claim of being "disillusioned all the more by the war going on at the time and especially by the abiding racism." He talks freely about how he grew up "dirt poor" and was psychologically abused by his alchoholic mother (an issue he deals with in his book Travels by Night: a Memoir of the Sixties). At 18 he fled to Toronto He took up writing due to a speech impediment which affected his life immensly; he said of his speech impediment, "it was seriously debilitating and life altering until I was about 35. I still stutter somewhat." He held a previous writer-in-residence position at Queen’s University in 1993, and was a contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Quill and Quire and Toronto Life. Fetherling held a reading in the Alumni Memorial Lounge on September 26.
George Fetherling was preceded by Colleen Wagner and succeeded by John Steffler.
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2; George [Douglas] Fetherling