He has an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts and an MA in Linguistics from Indiana University. He has also taught in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the Congo. He is an avid maritime photographer and student of New York harbor commercial traffic and history, which he documents on his blog tugster.wordpress.com recently featured in the New York Times. In 2010, Will participated in this same NEH Landmarks Workshop, Along the Shore, and is honored to be invited back as a speaker. Roberta Weisbrod