ssengupta
ssengupta
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May 4, 2006
Columbia University in the City of New York - New York, NY, US (1973 - 1979)
Contemporary fiction; postcolonial literature, literary theory, social critical theory.
Biography
I hold the rank of Professor of English in Boricua College, a private liberal arts college in New York City. At present I am VP and Chief Academic Officer of the College. I have a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University (1979). Currently, I am trying to write a book on Theory of the Immigrant Novel.
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