Meet Glen Brewster

Glen Brewster is Professor of English at Westfield State University, teaching British literature, literary theory, introductions to film, and other courses. He has been Chapter Advisor for twenty years, and on the Sigma Tau Delta Board for ten years, beginning as Eastern Regent. His academic career is a surprise to many who knew him earlier (including himself), since he did not intend to go to college and only did so after several years when his oldest sister registered him for the same course she was taking at a local college (another long story). In retrospect, things turned out pretty well.

1. My favorite movie is Hugo.
   
2. I never leave the house without plenty of reading material.
3. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be any kind of seafood!
4. Growing up, I was sure I would be a truck driver.
5. I know every word to the song “Every Picture Tells a Story,” by Rod Stewart.
6. The best gift I’ve ever received was a poem from my son when he was in elementary school.
7. My nickname in high school was The Pink Panther (long story).
8. If you find me in the kitchen, I’m typically whipping up smoothies or jambalaya.
9. I’m both a reader and a writer.
10. The best paper title I ever created was “‘The World Turned Upside Down’: William Blake and the French Revolution Debate.”
11. The literary place I’d most like to visit is Mont Blanc.
12. My dream job is the one I have now, including being President of Sigma Tau Delta.
13. An author I truly admire is Mary Wollstonecraft.
14. My go-to children’s book is Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.
15. The destination at the top of my travel bucket list is Lake Como in Italy.
16. My favorite part of being an English Major is reading books and discussing them. I was also a Philosophy double major in college, for the same reason.
17. The last book I read was Edison: A Biography, by Matthew Josephson.
18. My favorite book is The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, by William Blake.
19. My favorite place to buy books is Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, MA—15 miles north of home.
20. In 10 years, I’m betting that the big trend in literature will be media related to the Frankenstein myth—a safe guess for every ten-year period.
21. My first job was working in the family lumberyard.
22. The last book I bought was Cadillac Desert, by Marc Reisner, but I have not yet read it.
23. The celebrity I’d most like to spend a day with is Spike Lee.
24. If I could move anywhere in the world, I’d live in the Lake District in northern England, which I have visited several times!
25. I’m a Harry Potter fan, but I’ve never taken the sorting hat test.