Our guest this week is Dr. Paul Collins, of Portland, OR a professor at Portland State University, a prolific author, and father of two boys including one with Autism.
Paul and his wife, Jennifer Elder, have married for 28 years and are the proud parents of two boys: Bramwell (21) and older brother Morgan (26) who is Autistic.
Paul is a professor of English in the college of Liberal Arts & Science at Portland State University. In addition to teaching English, Paul has been a prolific author including the book:
Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into the Lost History of Autism (Bloomsbury, 2004), which is a brilliant story including a fascinating look back on the history of Autism.
We’ll hear Paul's story on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast.
Show Notes -Phone – (503) 725-3504
Email – pcollins@pdx.edu
Website –
https://www.pdx.edu/profile/paul-collinsWikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Collins_(American_writer)Books –
- Blood & Ivy (W.W. Norton, 2018)
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living (New Harvest, 2014)
- Duel With the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery (Crown, 2013)
- The Murder of The Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars (Crown, 2011)
- The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World (Bloomsbury, 2009)
- The Trouble With Tom: The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine (Bloomsbury, 2005)
- Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into the Lost History of Autism (Bloomsbury, 2004)
- Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books (Bloomsbury, 2003)
- Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World (Picador, 2001)
- Community Writing: Researching Social Issues Through Composition (Erlbaum, 2001)
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