Huck Gutman
Stanley "Huck" Gutman (born December 24, 1943) is an American academic and political advisor. He is a professor of English at the University of Vermont and former chief of staff to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. He is the co-author of Sanders's political memoir, Outsider in the White House.
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| Born | Stanley Gutman December 24, 1943 |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont Duke University |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, political advisor and writer |
| Spouse | Bertha Gutman |
Early life
Stanley Gutman was born on December 24, 1943.[1] He graduated from the University of Vermont. While he was in college, he got the nickname "Huck" from Huckleberry Finn for walking barefoot around the campus.[1] He received a PhD from Duke University.[2]
Career
Gutman is a professor of English at the University of Vermont. He is an expert on "20th-century American, 19th-century U.S. Poetry, Modern Poetry."[2] He is the co-editor of a book about Michel Foucault as well as a collection of essays about the global critical reception of American literature.[3] He has also written articles for the Monthly Review, two of which he co-authored with Harry Magdoff.[4] He has written about Yehuda Amichai, an Israeli poet.[5]
Gutman was chief of staff to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the United States Senate until 2012.[1][6] He co-authored Outsider in the House, Sanders's political memoir,[1] which was republished as Outsider in the White House in 2015.
Personal life
Gutman lives with his wife, Bertha and their children in Burlington, Vermont.[1]
Works
- Foucault, Michel; Martin, Luther H.; Gutman, Huck; Hutton, Patrick H. (1988). Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9780870235924. OCLC 15550013.
- Gutman, Huck (1991). As Others Read Us: International Perspectives on American Literature. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9780870236297. OCLC 22347513.
- Gutman, Huck; Sanders, Bernie (2015). Outsider in the White House. Brooklyn, New York: Verso. ISBN 9781784784188. OCLC 918986570.
References
- Roig-Franzia, Manuel (January 19, 2010). "Huck Gutman brings a bit of poetry and verse to U.S. Senate colleagues". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- "Faculty - Huck Gutman". College of Arts and Sciences. The University of Vermont. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- Hodson, Joel (October 1991). "Reviewed Work: As Others Read Us: International Perspectives on American Literature by Huck Gutman". American Studies International. 29 (2): 103–104. JSTOR 41280309.
- "Huck Gutman". Monthly Review. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- Kampeas, Ron (October 20, 2015). "The Jewish Bernie Sanders only Vermonters know". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- Lewis, Paul (June 19, 2015). "Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight". The Guardian. Retrieved January 19, 2016.