Background

Apple was born to a Jewish family in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received his Bachelor of Arts (1963) and Doctor of Philosophy (1970) from The University of Michigan.

Education

Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1970; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1963-1964.

Career

Apple taught creative writing at Rice University in Houston, Texas for 29 years, where he held the Fox Chair in English. After retiring from Rice University, Apple moved to Philadelphia, where he presently teaches at The University of Pennsylvania. Along with his published novels and short story collections, he has written the screenplays for The Air Up There starring Kevin Bacon and Roommates (based on his 1994 biography Roommates: My Grandfather"s Story).

Achievements

• Max Isaac Apple has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction)

    ( This is the first collection to appear in twenty years ...)

  • The Propheteers: A Novel

    (Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction)

  • Free Agents

    (Free Agents, by Apple, Max)

  • Southwest Fiction Anthology

    (Book by Apple, Max)

  • The Oranging of America and Other Stories

    (His first book. Dust jacket art by Seymour Chwast.)

  • The Oranging of America and Other Stories

    (rare)

  • Zip: A Novel of the Left and Right
  • The Propheteers
  • Free Agents, 1st, First Edition
  • Zip: A novel of the left and the right
  • The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction) by Max Apple (2007-10-03)

Membership

Member of Pen (New York City).

Connections

Married Debra Berman (divorced 1983). Children: Jessica, Sam. Married Talya Fishman, 1988.

Father:

Samuel Robert Apple

Mother:

Betty Sarah Apple

Spouse:

Debra Berman

Spouse:

Talya Fishman

child:

Jessica Apple

child:

Sam Apple