Doran Larson teaches courses in prison writing, the history of the novel, and other subjects. He has published articles on Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Henry James, and popular film. Since November of 2006, he has taught a creative writing course inside a maximum-security state prison. Larson's essays on prison writing and prison issues have been published in College Literature, Radical Teacher, English Language Notes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Atlantic Monthly (online). He is the editor of two volumes: The Beautiful Prison, a special issue of the legal journal, Studies in Law, Politics, and Society; and Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America. He has published two novels, a novella, over a dozen short stories, as well as travel writing, op-eds, and humor.
Doran Larson
Studios
Banks
Doran Larson worked in the Banks studio.
Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…