Faculty During the summer of 1958 in the rustic confines of the Friday Mountain Boys Camp, David Gaines, then age seven, learned something life-changing. I got to know I could be away from home and be all right.
Writing is nothing new to Gaines.
He has worked as a freelance writer for such publications as Austin's Third Coast Magazine , Texas Monthly , and The Boston Globe , turning out stylish stories about people, film and sports. He also has written movie reviews for The Austin Weekly , a local paper. This lifetime, he's an associate professor and chair of Southwestern's Department of English . It's fun to introduce students to works they wouldn't have seen otherwise and to get them to discuss movies critically and passionately. Gaines also teaches a course in travel literature, as well as a concentrated writing seminar.