Robert Root

Professor emeritus at Central Michigan University, Robert Root teaches for the creative writing MFA program at Ashland University. His writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, named as Notable Essays in volumes of the annual Best American Essays series, and recognized with the Kay Levin Award for Short Nonfiction from the Council for Wisconsin Writers, the Donald Murray Award for the Best Essay on Writing and Teaching, and the National Park Service Cooperating Association’s Excellence in Interpretive Media Award. He lives in Wisconsin.

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