Huck Gutman

Huck Gutman
Born Stanley Gutman
c. 1944
Residence Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Alma mater University of Vermont
Duke University
Occupation Academic, political advisor and writer
Spouse(s) Bertha Gutman

Huck Gutman (born c. 1944) 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.

Early life

Huck Gutman was born Stanley Gutman circa 1944.[1]

Gutman 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 has a wife, Bertha, also known as Buff.[1] They have children.[1] They reside in Burlington, Vermont.[1]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
  2. 1 2 "Faculty - Huck Gutman". College of Arts and Sciences. The University of Vermont. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. 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. (registration required (help)).
  4. "Huck Gutman". Monthly Review. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  5. Kampeas, Ron (October 20, 2015). "The Jewish Bernie Sanders only Vermonters know". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  6. 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.


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