Anne Matthews is a

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lecturer and author of articles and books with

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and

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themes. Her book, ''Where the Buffalo Roam: Restoring America's Great Plains'' was a 1993 Pulitzer Prize finalist in nonfiction. ''Deep Creek'', written with

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under the joint pen name "Dana Hand", was selected by ''

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'' as one of the best novels of 2010. Matthews is also the author of ''Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today'', and ''Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City''. Matthews served on the

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for the two-volume collection ''Reporting World War II,'' and she is a contributing editor for ''

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''. She has served on the faculties of

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, Columbia, and

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, and she was the first woman to direct th
Princeton Writing Program
Her various articles and reviews have appeared in ''

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'', '' Outside'', '' Orion'', '' Preservation'', and ''

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"Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today"
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Book World: Carolyn See Reviews "Deep Creek" by Dana Hand.
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