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Brian Duren has a doctorate in French Literature from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. in French and a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the Universities of Texas, Tulsa, Iowa, and Minnesota, and at Gustavus Adolphus and Augsburg College. He has three sons and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. " ...more

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