Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Cowser grew up in rural west Tennessee. He graduated summa cum laude from Loyola-New Orleans in 1992 with majors in English and Print Journalism, then earned a Master's in English at Marquette University in 1994 and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Nebraska in 1998. He is now Professor of English at St. Lawrence University, where he teaches courses in nonfiction writing and American literature and was named the 2012 Owen D. Young Outstanding Faculty Member. He is also Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty Member with Ashland University's Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts program and serves as associate editor of RIVER TEETH: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative, published at Ashland. He is also currently New York State Coordinator for the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
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