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    Max Apple

    Max Apple was born to a Jewish family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received his BA (1963) and PhD (1970) from the University of Michigan. He taught creative writing at Rice University in Houston, Texas, for 29 years, where he held the Fox Chair in English. After retiring from Rice University, Apple moved to Philadelphia, where he presently teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. Along with his published novels and short story collections, he has written the screenplays for The Air Up There, starring Kevin Bacon, and Roommates (based on his 1994 biography Roommates: My Grandfather's Story).

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