Education
McNamara attended Northwestern University in Illinois where he received his Doctor of Philosophy He taught American literature and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor.
McNamara attended Northwestern University in Illinois where he received his Doctor of Philosophy He taught American literature and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor.
He founded and edited the University of Windsor Review from 1965 to 1987. In 2008, the Eugene McNamara Creative Writing Scholarship was established. lieutenant is awarded annually to a 3rd or 4th year student in the Creative Writing Programme.
He has published in the genres of poetry, short stories and novels.
Four of his short stories were selected for inclusion in the annual Best Canadian Stories. One of these stories appeared in Best American Short Stories in 1975.
Among his published works are:
Salt: short stories (1975)
Screens (1977)
Spectral Evidence (1986), a set of short stories
The Moving Light (1986)
"Laura" as Novel Film and Myth (1992)
Fox Trot (1994), a set of short stories
Keeping in Touch: New and Selected Poems (1998)
Falling in place (2000)
Grace notes (2004)
Irving"s Coat: Windsor"s Literary Renaissance (2006).