Interview: Peter Temes

by Chris Cumo Peter Temes received his B.A. in literature and philosophy at the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1988. After graduation he attended Columbia University, where he earned an MFA in creative writing in 1989, an M.A. in literature in 1990, an M.Phil. in 1992 and a Ph.D. in American literature in 1994. He taught writing about history at Harvard University as a preceptor, Harvard’s most junior full-time appointment. His income of $27,000 was insufficient to support a wife and three children, and he had to supplement his teaching at Harvard by being an adjunct at […]