Bruce Fleming is Professor of English at the U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis. He is a graduate of Haverford College and holds subsequent degrees from the University of Chicago and Vanderbilt University. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin studied in Paris and Siena and has taught at the University of Freiburg Germany and at the National University of Rwanda. He is the recipient of an O. Henry short story award and the Antioch Review Award for Distinctive Prose a career award. His most recent books include Annapolis Autumn: Life Death and Literature at the U. S. Naval Academy (2005) and Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash (2006). His previous books with University Press of America are: Disappointment or The Light of Common Day (2005); Sexual Ethics (2004); Art and Argument (2003); and Science and the Self (2004). He has published a novel Twilley (1997) and a volume of dance criticism entitled Sex Art and Audience (2000) as well as other scholarly books personal essays and stories in literary quarterlies and articles for venues such as The Washington Post and The Village Voice. Language: English