PHILADELPHIA – Howard Fineman, Newsweek columnist, senior editor and deputy Washington bureau chief, will teach a pair of multi-session mini-courses at the University of Pennsylvania this fall. 

Fineman will survey the history of American politics in fictional and non-fictional literature, discuss and analyze coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign and survey coverage of the 2010 midterm elections.

Three sessions for a limited number of Penn students will be held at the Kelly Writers House Sept. 27, Oct. 18 and Nov. 8. 

Fineman writes "Living Politics," a column that began on MSNBC.com and Newsweek.com and now also appears in the print magazine.  He is also an analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, appearing regularly on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and "Today."

He authored the national best-selling book “The Thirteen American Arguments.”