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Dinah LenneyLecturerContact Information E-mail: dinahmil@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3250 Office: WPH 404 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Biographical Sketch
Dinah Lenney is the author of Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir, published by the University of Nebraska in Tobias Wolff’s American Lives Series. She co-authored Acting for Young Actors and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Agni, Water~Stone, and elsewhere. Dinah holds a BA from Yale, an MFA from Bennington, and a certificate from the Neighborhood Playhouse School where she studied with Sandy Meisner. She teaches nonfiction for the Rainier Writing Workshop, as well as in the Bennington Writing Seminars. A working actor, she recurred on NBC's critically acclaimed ER for 15 years, and has guest-starred in television series too numerous to mention. Dinah lives in Echo Park – just over the hill from Dodger Stadium -- with her husband and two children.
Education
- B.A. American Studies, Yale University, 5/1978
- M.F.A. Literature and Creative Nonfiction, Bennington Writing Seminars, 6/2003
Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
- personal essay, Water~Stone Review, "In the Frame", 2009-2010
- personal essay, "What Will the Soul Do For Solace Then? AGNI JOURNAL, 69, 2008-2009
- craft essay , "From Confession to Craft" Brevity Magazine, 2008-2009
- profile, Amy Gerstler for the Los Angeles Times, 2008-2009
- personal essay, "How I Inhabit the Earth" Off the Shelf for the Los Angeles Times, 2008-2009
- book reviews, Kate Redfield Jamison,Joe Queenan, Christina Schwarz, 2008-2009
- opinion/personal essay, "The Graduate, Hovering" "The End of Nurse Shirley" Los Angeles Times, 2008-2009
Service to the University
Media, Alumni, and Community Relations
- Emerging Voices Mentor for PEN USA, 2008-2009
- Guest Speaker, Brandeis Alumni Association, 03/2008
- Guest Speaker, American Businesswomen's Association, 02/2008
Service to the Profession
Professional Memberships
- PEN USA, 2008-2009