Education
- Ph.D., University of Chicago (English, 1976)
- M.A., University of Chicago (English, 1969)
- B.A., University of Chicago (Humanities, 1968)
Teaching and research interests
- Twentieth-Century Poetry
- Twentieth-Century Drama
- Film
- Literature and Art
Selected publications
- Stevie: A Biography of Stevie Smith, coauthors Jack Barbera and William McBrien (Heinemann, 1985)
- Me Again: Uncollected Writings of Stevie Smith, coeditors Jack Barbera and William McBrien (Virago, 1981)
- Stevie Smith: A Bibliography, cocompilers Jack Barbera, William McBrien, and Helen Bajan (Mansell/Meckler, 1987)
- Guest Editor of the Special Athol Fugard Issue of Twentieth Century Literature (Winter 1993)
- Articles on poetry, drama, film, and literature and art