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BIO
Stephen Enzweiler is an American journalist and southern writer, and is Contributing Editor for Y'all Magazine. He is a recognized expert in the fields of the English language, literary criticism, southern writing, and Civil War history. He is the brother of nationally acclaimed poet and author Joseph Enzweiler.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he began writing at an early age. By high school he was penning articles for his school newspaper and publishing a steady stream of freelance stories in the local papers. He attended Xavier University and received his B.S. degree in Journalism in 1979.
He worked for a couple years in public relations and as a newspaper reporter, but put it aside in 1981 to pursue a career as a military aviator. He traveled the world and eventually became a participant in two major wars and a number of foreign campaigns. He values the decision to leave home as one of the best he ever made, as it exposed him as a writer to the kinds of raw experience and knowledge that no other kind of life could give.
He returned to journalism full-time in 1994, becoming editor of Cincinnati Style Magazine and teaching college-level creative writing, composition, and literature.
As an author, Enzweiler is particularly known for his historical non-fiction, especially his literary articles on the lives and careers of Mississippi writers, and his richly descriptive southern travel stories. He has more recently become known for his imaginative short story fiction.
His fiction demonstrates a lifelong preoccupation with irony, the wayward tendency of human
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nature, and the possibility of redemption despite the worst that man can become. Working along timeless themes, he typically employs deeply flawed characters embroiled in dark, turbulent social contexts, often with unexpected plot twists and surprise endings, all set against the turbulent backdrop of the American South.
In 2004, he became Contributing Editor to Y’all Magazine where he also works as the magazine’s Book Review Editor. He is presently at work on several projects, including a history of Oxford, Miss. and a new fiction novel set in the Mississippi Delta. He lives in Kentucky and Mississippi.
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