Huck Gutman | |
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 Gutman in 2019 | |
| Born | Stanley Gutman December 24, 1943 |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont Duke University |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, political advisor and writer |
| Spouse | Bertha Gutman |
Stanley "Huck" Gutman (born December 24, 1943) is an American academic and political advisor. He is a professor of English at the University of Vermont and a former chief of staff to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. He is the co-author of Sanders's political memoir, Outsider in the White House.
Stanley Gutman was born on December 24, 1943.[1] He graduated from the University of Vermont. While he was in college, he got the nickname "Huck" from Huckleberry Finn for walking barefoot around the campus.[1] He received a PhD from Duke University.[2]
Gutman is a professor of English at the University of Vermont. He is an expert on "20th-century American, 19th-century U.S. Poetry, Modern Poetry."[2] He is the co-editor of a book about Michel Foucault as well as a collection of essays about the global critical reception of American literature.[3] He has also written articles for the Monthly Review, two of which he co-authored with Harry Magdoff.[4] He has written about Yehuda Amichai, an Israeli poet.[5]
Gutman was chief of staff to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the United States Senate until 2012.[1][6] He co-authored Outsider in the House, Sanders's political memoir,[1] which was republished as Outsider in the White House in 2015.
Gutman lives with his wife, Bertha and their children in Burlington, Vermont.[1]
