Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1951, Nov. 2 | Born, Glen Cove, N.Y. |
| 1973 | B.A., Brown University |
| 1974 | M.A., Harvard University |
| 1978 | Ph.D., Harvard University |
| 1978-1979 | Visiting assistant professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex., |
| 1979-1989 | Professor, English, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 1983 | Published Edmund Blunden. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co. |
| 1984 | Published A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries. New York: Ticknor & Fields |
| 1987 | Received Rockefeller Fellowship |
| 1988 | Published Arts and Sciences. New York: Ticknor & Fields |
| 1989 | Began relationship with William Bodenschatz Published Stolen Words: Forays Into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism. New York: Ticknor & Fields |
| 1989-1991 | Lecturer, English, Vassar College |
| 1991 | Published Aurora 7. New York: Ticknor & Fields |
| 1991-1995 | Literary editor, Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ) |
| 1993 | Published Rockets and Rodeos and Other American Spectacles. New York: Ticknor & Fields |
| 1994 | Published Henry and Clara. New York: Ticknor & Fields |
| 1994 | Received Ingram Merrill Foundation Award |
| 1997 | Published Dewey Defeats Truman. New York: Pantheon |
| 2000 | Received Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 2000 | Published Two Moons. New York: Pantheon |
| 2001 | Published In Fact: Essays on Writers and Writing. New York: Pantheon |
| 2002-2005 | Member, National Council on the Humanities |
| 2002 | Published Mrs. Paine's Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy. New York: Pantheon |
| 2004 | Published Bandbox. New York: Pantheon |
| 2005-2006 | Director, then deputy chair, National Endowment for the Humanities |
| 2007 | Published Fellow Travelers. New York: Pantheon |
| 2009 | Published Yours Ever: People and Their Letters. New York: Pantheon |
| 2010-2023 | Director of Creative Writing, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 2011 | Received Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 2012 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Published Watergate: A Novel. New York: Pantheon |
| 2015 | Published Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years. New York: Pantheon |
| 2019 | Published Landfall. New York: Pantheon |
| 2023 | Published Up With the Sun. New York: Alfred A. Knopf |