About Philip Zwerling
Website: http://philipzwerling.com
Phil Zwerling, Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans, and his Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of three books (Nicaragua: A New Kind of Revolution, 1985, After School Theatre Programs for At Risk Teenagers, 2007, and The Theatre of Lee Blessing: A Critical Study of 44 Plays, 2016). His edited book, The CIA on Campus: Academic Freedom and the National Security State was published in 2012. His newest book, coauthored with Verne Lyon, is Eyes On Havana: The Memoir of an American Spy betrayed by the CIA available in 2018. Scenes from his plays are anthologized in One on One: The Best Women’s Monologues for the Twentieth First Century, One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the Twenty-First Century, and Duo: The Best Scenes for the Twenty First Century, all by Applause Books. He specializes in teaching playwriting, screenwriting, and dramatic literature at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2018 he retired to the Mendocino Coast of northern California.