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Bob Chibka

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Bob Chibka was raised in Portland, Maine.  After studies at Yale, the University of Iowa, and Cornell, he taught literature (with a specialization in 18th-Century British novels) and fiction-writing at Boston College for three decades before retiring in 2015.  He loves being pushed around by sentences and returning the favor.  Publications include lit-critical articles on works by Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Aphra Behn, Sam Johnson, Jorge Luis Borges, Nathaniel Hawthorne; one lonely novel, A Slight Lapse; and shorter fiction (in Glimmer Train, Yale Review, Consequence, Post Road).  He's eager to round the elbow from his Brewster home and mingle with other intellectually curious Cape Codders.

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PO Box 711 South Wellfleet, MA 02663-0711


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The Open University of Wellfleet, MA a 501 c3,  aims to sustain and enrich intellectual life on the Outer Cape during the shoulder seasons. We offer courses to the public, for a modest fee, that celebrate the area's rich history and culture and draw on the talents and expertise of our residents. Our educational forum stresses collaborative learning, with lectures by instructors, directed discussions, readings and participant contributions. Our classes welcome participants from all over Cape Cod to some of Wellfleet's most charming and accessible locations.
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