John Warner (born 1970) is an

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writer, editor, and teacher of writing. He is the author of seven books and the editor of ''

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''. He is a frequent contributor to The Morning News and has been anthologized in ''May Contain Nuts,'' ''Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction,'' and ''The Future Dictionary of America.'' He frequently collaborates with writer Kevin Guilfoile. Warner's most

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was ''The Funny Man''. The book has been reviewed by

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and Kirkus Reviews. His most recent work is the short story collection ''A Tough Day for the Army'' edited by Michael Griffith and published by the

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series, Yellow Shoe Fiction. He is the "Chief Creative Czar" of TOW Books, a publishing imprint dedicated to humorous books distributed by F+W Publications Inc. Warner was born in

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. His great uncle is the American writer

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. He previously taught at

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in Clemson, SC. His focus was creative writing, and he was the director of a Humor Creative Inquiry. In this inquiry, he was working to teach students what humor is and how to create it. This three course series resulted in a student publication in 2008. Currently, Warner teaches creative writing at

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Works

As Author * ''Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education'' (2020) () * ''The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing'' (2019) () * ''Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities'' (2018) () * ''The Funny Man'' (2011) () * ''So You Want to Be President?'' (2008) () * ''Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice from a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant'' (2005) () * ''My First Presidentiary'' (2001) (with Kevin Guilfoile) () As Editor or Co-Editor * ''Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists'' (2006) () * ''Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category'' (2005) ()

References

External links

Just Visiting (Warner's blog at ''Inside Higher Ed'')

''The Writer's Practice'' on Bookshop.org

''Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities'' on Bookshop.org

''The Funny Man''

''The Funny Man'' on Amazon

''McSweeney's Internet Tendency''

Fondling Your Muse

Archive of online works

TOW Books homepage

Interviews

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