| Startling Figures : Encounters with American Catholic Fiction O'Connell Michael : Michael O'Connell is an independent scholar living in Ann Arbor, MI. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago. His scholarship focuses primarily on the fields of contemporary American literature and religion and literature. He has worked as an editor, freelance writer, and associate professor at the university level. He is the editor of Conversations with George Saunders and is a contributor to David Foster Wallace and Religion: Essays on Faith and Fiction . Michael O'Connell is an independent scholar living in Ann Arbor, MI. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago. His scholarship focuses primarily on the fields of contemporary American literature and religion and literature. He has worked as an editor, freelance writer, and associate professor at the university level. He is the editor of Conversations with George Saunders and is a contributor to David Foster Wallace and Religion: Essays on Faith and Fiction . |