Alan Cheuse
An Appetite As Great As Any Other
"The Voice of Books on National Public Radio"-that's how novelist, essayist and story writer Alan Cheuse has been described. For over twenty years, Cheuse has been "reading for America" every week on NPR, and writing a number of books of his own. He is the author of three novels, including The Grandmothers' Club and The Light Possessed, three collections of short stories, a memoir (Fall Out of Heaven), and his most recent book is a collection of essays titled Listening to the Page: Adventures in Reading and Writing. Cheuse has also written numerous travel pieces, occasional essays, and print reviews for such publications as The New York Times, Gourmet, the Lands' End catalog, The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post Book World, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Dallas Morning News.
Cheuse is a highly praised lecturer who has spoken at conferences on the arts, numerous book clubs around the country, writers conferences, Jewish community centers, Elderhostel seminars, Rotary clubs, on cruise ships, and at hundreds of universities. In addition to his regular appearances on National Public Radio's evening news-magazine "All Things Considered," Cheuse has appeared on the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and many other broadcasting venues. He has taught fiction and nonfiction writing-and literature at such distinguished institutions as the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia. Since 1987 he has been a member of the writing faculty at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
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