Stuart Levine and Nancy O. Lurie

Stuart George Levine (1932–2016) was an American academic, author, and professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas, where he founded and edited the journal American Studies for 30 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he specialized in American literature, particularly Edgar Allan Poe, publishing criticism like Edgar Poe: Seer and Craftsman (1972), edited Poe's Eureka (2004), a short story collection The Monday-Wednesday-Friday Girl (1994), and a mystery novel Killing in Okaraygua (2012). com.