Lynn Z. Bloom: Without a Map—The Rough Road to Beauty
Lynn Z. Bloom, University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita, held the Aetna Chair of Writing from 1988 to 2015. She learned the essentials of writing from Dr. Seuss, fun; Dr. Strunk and E.B. White, elegant simplicity; and Benjamin Spock, precision. As Spock told her in an interview for Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical (1972), “if you don’t write clearly, someone could die.” Recent books include Seven Deadly Virtues and Other Lively Essays, and Writers Without Borders. Her 175- plus essays address topics including “The Essay Canon,” auto/biography, feminist issues, pedagogy, rhetoric, food and travel writing, disability studies, and human rights. “(Im)Patient” was a Notable American Essay of 2005.
