Loren Schmidtberger is professor emeritus of English at Saint Peter’s University in New Jersey. His writing has appeared in journals such as American Literature, Cross Currents, Thought, The Mississippi Quarterly, and America.
Born in 1928, Dr. Schmidtberger was raised on a farm near Victoria, Kansas. He attended St. Fidelis Minor Seminary in Herman, Pennsylvania, before obtaining his BA from Fort Hays State University. Following service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he obtained his PhD from Fordham University. Dr. Schmidtberger taught at Saint Peter’s University for fifty-one years, specializing in American literature, particularly the works of William Faulkner. He was appointed the Will and Ariel Durant Professor of Humanities in 1991.
by Loren Schmidtberger
The Beginner’s Cow: Memories of a Volga German from Kansas