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Robert Halsall Abel (born May 27, 1941 Painesville, Ohio) is an American short story writer, and novelist.[1]
Life
Robert Halsall Abel was born on May 27, 1941 in Painesville, Ohio. His father was Robert H. and he was a textile worker and his mother was Lora Constance (Logan) and she was a bus driver.
He graduated from College of Wooster cum laude in 1964 with a B.A., Kansas State University with a M.A. in 1967, and the University of Massachusetts, with an MFA in 1974.[2][3]
He is married to Joyce Keeler, and has three children:Sarah, Charles, and Robert.
In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[4]
His work appeared in Colorado Review, Dim Sum, Glimmer Train, Manoa, The Massachusetts Review, Mind's Eye, and Writers' Forum.
He is a member of the Authors Guild.
He lives in North Hadley, Massachusetts.[5]
Awards
- 1991 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
- 1978 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
Works
- Riding a Tiger: a novel. Hong Kong: Asia 2000. 1998. ISBN 9789627160502. (reprint: Soho Press October 2002)
- Ghost Traps. University of Georgia Press. 1991. ISBN 9780820312521.
- Full-tilt Boogie: stories. Lynx House Press. 1989. ISBN 9780899240640.
- The Progress of a Fire. Simon and Schuster. 1985. ISBN 9780671509316.
- Freedom dues: or, A gentleman's progress in the New World. Dial Press. 1978. ISBN 9780803725751. (reprint 1980)
- Skin and Bones. University of Colorado Press. 1978.
Criticism
- "The Feng Shui Detective Goes South by Nury Vittachi". The Asian Review of books. 08/05/2002.
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References
- ^ http://ntweb1.cpl.org/ocb/index.php?q=node/11&id=384
- ^ http://www.arabesques-editions.com/journal/contributors/robert_abel.html
- ^ Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7876-3995-2.
- ^ “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 New York Post
- ^ http://www.pw.org/content/robert_h_abel_3