Robert Wilder

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Robert Wilder is the author of two critically acclaimed essay collections, Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge and Daddy Needs A Drink, both published by Delacorte Press. His YA novel, Nickel, will be published September 2016 by Leaf Storm Press.

A teacher for more than twenty-five years, he has earned numerous awards and fellowships, including the inaugural Innovations in Reading Prize by the National Book Foundation. He has published essays in Newsweek, Details, Salon, Parenting, Creative Nonfiction, plus numerous anthologies and has been a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition. Wilder lives in Santa Fe, NM.

The Complexity of the Teenage Experience

“The Complexity of the Teenage Experience”

About a dozen years ago, I brought the writer Tom Perrotta to the school where I teach. Tom’s novel Little Children had just been published to much acclaim so, in addition to assigning the work to my eleventh graders, I offered to lead a book group with parents. Since I work at an independent school, I’m fortunate enough to have the freedom of teaching con Read more of this blog post »
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Published on September 26, 2016 09:35 Tags: books, fiction, novel, read, writer, ya, young-adult
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Daddy Needs a Drink: An Irr...

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Tales from the Teachers' Lo...

2.99 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Nickel

3.33 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions
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