C. W. Cannon

C. W. Cannon attended Orleans Parish Public Schools (McDonogh 15, Gregory, Ben Franklin, and NOCCA), and went on to Northwestern University, majoring first in music composition, but finishing with a degree in German Language and Literature. After a few years’ residence in Europe (mainly in Berlin), he returned to the U.S. to earn a Masters and a Ph.D. in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of four novels and dozens of short stories and essays. His work has been anthologized in Louisiana in Words, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?, Writing at Year Zero: A Nolafugees Anthology, In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, and New Orleans by New Orleans. In 2010-2011, he was the Fullbright Lecturer in American Civilization at Université Chekh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal. The New Orleans Press Club recognized Dr. Cannon as the best local columnist of 2013 for his work in The Lens.

Classes Taught

• Critical Reading and Writing
• New Orleans Literature
• New Orleans as Myth and Performance
• First Year Seminar on John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces
• Interpretive Approaches: Foundations of Critical Theory