12 Facts About Andrew Hubner

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Andrew Keith Hubner, known as Andrew Huebner and Drew Hubner, was an American author and college lecturer.

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Andrew Hubner has been compared to Cormac McCarthy, David Foster Wallace, and Thomas Wolfe.

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Hubner, the son of Jacqueline and George Christopher "Chris" Hubner III, was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in Cary, North Carolina.

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Andrew Hubner had two siblings, older brother Dave S Hubner and younger brother Steve Hubner.

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Andrew Hubner graduated from Cary High School in 1981 and attended Appalachian State University.

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Andrew Hubner moved to New York City in 1984 where he completed his BA and MA degrees at Hunter College and studied in the MFA program at The New School.

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Andrew Hubner became a contributor to Sensitive Skin and The Brooklyn Rail.

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Andrew Hubner taught writing and literature at over twenty colleges, including City University of New York, UCLA, and The New School.

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Andrew Hubner was a lecturer in English literature at Hostos Community College at the time of his death.

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In interviews and through his semi-biographical novels and short stories, Andrew Hubner was open about his blue-collar family's history of violence and the military, along with his own struggles with drugs, addiction, homelessness, and institutionalization.

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Andrew Hubner was commissioner of Little League in Riverdale, Bronx.

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In 2022, Andrew Hubner died at his home in the Bronx at the age of 59.