Pauls Toutonghi

Pauls Toutonghi (born 1976)[1] is a first-generation American fiction and non-fiction writer. He was born in America to immigrant parents. Pauls' mother emigrated from Latvia, while his father emigrated from Egypt.

His first novel, Red Weather, was published by Random House/Shaye Areheart Books in 2006.[2] His second, Evel Knievel Days, was published by Random House/Crown in 2012.[3]

Red Weather was widely—and favorably—reviewed.[4] Toutonghi has published work in Sports Illustrated, The Burnside Review, Glimmer Train, The Boston Review, One Story Magazine, and The New Yorker.[5] His story, "Regeneration" won a Pushcart Prize in 2000.

Pauls received his MFA in poetry from Cornell University in 2003—followed by a PhD in English Literature in 2006. After his first novel was published, he moved from Brooklyn, New York to Portland, Oregon—where he now teaches as an Associate Professor of English at Lewis and Clark College.[6]

He is the father of twins. His sister, Annette Toutonghi,[7] is a professional actor. His dad, Joseph Toutonghi, died in December 2017.

References
  1. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/our-fathers-body: "Christmas 1989. I was thirteen years old ..."
  2. Langer, Adam (2012-01-04). "Stumbling Through an American Muslim Maze". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. Sandomir, Richard (2018-04-04). "Drue Heinz, Patron of Literature and Host of Authors, Dies at 103". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. "East Meets Midwest (Published 2006)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-09-28.
  5. Could Harvesting Fog Help Solve the World’s Water Crisis?
  6. Lewis & Clark College
  7. "On Being Invisible". 7 September 2011.
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