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Robert Oliphant Columnist EdNews.org

Robert Oliphant’s best known book is “A Piano for Mrs. Cimino” (Prentice Hall), which was made into an award-winning EMI film (Monte Carlo, US Directors) starring Bette Davis.  His best known work for musical theater (music, lyrics, and libretto) is “Oscar Wilde’s Earnest: A Chamber Opera for Eight Voices and Chorus.”  He has a PhD from Stanford, where he studied medieval lexicography under Herbert Dean Meritt, and  taught there as a visiting professor of English and Linguistics.  He currently serves as executive director of The Alliance for High Speed Recreational Reading, and formerly served as executive director of Californians for Community College Equity.  A resident of Thousand Oaks, CA, and an overseas Air Force veteran, he is an emeritus professor of English at Cal State Northridge.