Who is William C. Foster from the nonfiction book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor?

William C. Foster is a professor of English at the University of Michigan-Flint. He is married, has children, and is the author of “How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines”. Foster’s book has two editions, the first being published in 2003, the second, in 2014. Foster’s goal in writing is to engage readers to think more deeply about the things they read in order to have a more rewarding reading experience. Foster does this by way of speaking to the importance of symbols and symbolism, settings, characters, and situations and events described in literature.