Jane (Hollinger) Mikoni
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer/Teacher, Ph.D., English Composition (Narrative Theory & Research) |
| Location | Hershey (yes, it does smell like chocolate here), Pennsylvania, United States |
| Introduction | I’m a writer and teacher of college English Composition. Before entering academia, I worked as a journalist (in both print and broadcast), then as a free-lance writer, poet and short-story writer. Most of my professional writing was done before I earned an English degree, which made me think there is something natural and intrinsic about writing. When I studied English Composition in the doctoral program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, I researched the craft of writing, finishing my Ph.D. (with a specialty in Narrative Theory and Research–basically the theory of writing life stories), I wrote a dissertation based on a case study of six professional writers. If I’m not writing a poem or short story, I’m reading and writing about the craft of writing, or composition theory. One of my favorite writers, Milan Kundera, claims that we are, all of us, writers. Kundera is one of many theorists in the field who believes that we live the stories we tell about our lives. And, by writing these stories, we become aware of who we are in this world. |
| Interests | Good music, those who write and perform it, Writing narratives, short stories, journalism, reading poetry, good books |
| Favorite movies | The English Patient |
| Favorite music | Blues-rock (or Rock-blues) |
| Favorite books | The Things They Carried The English Patient The Hour I First Believed |