Thomas LeClair (born 1944) is a writer, literary critic, and was the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati until 2009.
He taught for two years at Norwich College before joining the faculty at the University of Cincinnati in 1970.
[1] In 1979, LeClair secured the first interview with Don Delillo, in Athens.
[2] LeClair taught at the University of Athens in 1981-82, and since then regularly spent his summers and sabbaticals in Greece.
[1] His works of criticism include In the Loop: Don DeLillo and the Systems Novel, The Art of Excess: Mastery in Contemporary American Fiction, and What to Read (and Not): Essays and Reviews.