John Timpane
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Bio: John Timpane is Associate Editor of the Editorial Board of the Philadelphia Inquirer. He edits
“Currents”, the Inquirer’s Sunday ideas section; he also writes editorials and op-eds
and consults on the daily “Commentary Page”. Before coming to the Inquirer in 1997, he taught
English at colleges and universities for 17 years. He has published poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, and four
books: Writing Worth Reading (coauthored with Nancy H. Packer: NY: St. Martin, 1994), It Could Be Verse
(Berkeley: Ten Speed, 1995), Poetry for Dummies (coauthored with Maureen Watts: NY: Hungry Minds, 2000),
and Usonia, NY: Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright (coauthored with Roland Reiseley: NY: Princeton
Architectural Press, 2000). He is married to Maria-Christina Keller, copy executive of Scientific American;
they live in Lawrenceville with their children, Pilar and Conor.
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