James Como

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates James Como (born 1946), professor emeritus of rhetoric and public communication, joined the faculty at York College of the City University of New York (CUNY), in Jamaica, Queens in 1968, where he founded the Speech Communication discipline (writing its curriculum and coordinating it for forty years), and was also chairman and Professor in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts.[1]

He has published in National Review, The New Criterion and in The Wilson Quarterly, among other venues, on subjects ranging from C. S. Lewis, to rhetorical theory, literature and Peruvian culture. In addition to his books on C. S. Lewis, he has published another seven books that are collections of essays, short stories, poems, a folk novel for children, and a summary of communication concepts and techniques emphasizing conversation (all on Amazon.com).[2]

A founding member of the New York C. S. Lewis Society (1969), Como has served as an advisor and board member of a number of organizations and journals, both before and since his retirement.

Books about C. S. Lewis

  • James Como, C. S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table and Other Reminiscences. New edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Template:ISBN
  • James Como, Branches to Heaven: The Geniuses of C. S. Lewis, Spence, 1998. Template:ISBN
  • James Como, Remembering C. S. Lewis (3rd ed. of C. S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table), Ignatius, 2006. Template:ISBN
  • James Como, Why I Believe in Narnia: 33 Reviews & Essays on the Life & Works of C.S. Lewis, Winged Lion Press, 2008. Template:ISBN
  • James Como, C. S. Lewis: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2019. Template:ISBN
  • James Como, Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis and His Favorite Book, Winged Lion Press, 2022. Template:ISBN

References

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  1. "Curriculum Vitae," James Como website, accessed 29 July 2023.
  2. "Writing," James Como website, accessed 29 July 2023.

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