Andrei Codrescu is a poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for National Public Radio. He was Mac Curdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University from 1984 until his retirement in 2009.Codrescu is the author of forty books of poetry, fiction, and essays, and the founder of Exquisite Corpse. He received the Peabody Award for his film "Road Scholar" and the Ovid Prize for poetry.