Lewis Frumkes is an American educator,

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and writer. He was born in

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and attended a number of institutions such as

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, and

Pace University Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pace ...

. He earned his

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and master's degree in English and philosophy from

Lewis Frumkes currently sits on the editorial board of The Writer Magazine and holds memberships with the

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, the

National Association of Science Writers The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) was created in 1934 by a dozen science journalists and reporters in New York City.

, the Authors Guild, Harvard Club of New York, Mensa, the Authors League of America, and P.E.N.

Career

Lewis first worked on Wall Street as a runner and bodyguard, then became a free-lance writer in 1976, publishing articles for magazines and papers such as Harper's, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar. Starting in 1986 he joined the faculty at

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teaching honors critical thinking and was appointed President's Distinguished Visiting Lecturer. In 1988, Frumkes began teaching at

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. That same year, he began hosting the ''Lewis Burke Frumkes Show'' on

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. The show eventually moved to WPAT where it continues to air. In 2011 Frumkes transferred to Hunter College in New York City where he became Director of The Writing Center CE. In 2018 Hunter College renamed The Writing Center in his honor, “The Lewis Burke Frumkes Center For Writing And Culture."

Selected bibliography

* ''Wall Street Laid Bear'' (1970)
''How to Raise Your I.Q. by Eating Gifted Children''
(1983)

(1986)

(With Abbie Salny) (1986)

(1989) *2011 Favorite Words of Famous People

1993)

(1995)
''Advice for Young Writers''
(2015)

References

External links

Official Website
from the

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"A Volley of Words" by Lewis Burke Frumkes
from Harper's Magazine *''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2009. Reproduced in ''Biography Resource Center''. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioR {{DEFAULTSORT:Frumkes, Lewis Burke American humorists Pace University alumni Columbia University alumni New York University alumni Harvard University faculty Living people Mensans Year of birth missing (living people)