Denis Boyles is a writer, editor, former university lecturer and the author/editor of several books of poetry, travel/history, criticism, humor, practical advice and essays, including Design Poetics, The Modern Man's Guide to Life, African Lives, Man Eaters Motel, A Man's Life: The Complete Instructions, The Pocket Professor series and Vile France. For the past few years he has been writing commentary on the European press in a column for National Review Online, and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs. His most recent book is Superior, Nebraska, a book about Midwestern political and social values published by Doubleday. Boyles is currently at work on a book about early 20th century publishing in the U.S. and Britain for Knopf. He resides in France, where he teaches at The Brouzils Seminars, a graduate and undergraduate writing and creative arts program affiliated with Fort Hays State University in Kansas. He is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Buckingham and co-editor of The Fortnightly Review. [More at Wikipedia]