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==Life== |
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He received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Utah]] |
He received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Utah]] |
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Spencer teaches literature and creative writing, and is currently the Stocker Professor in Creative Writing at [[Ohio University]].<ref>[http://www.english.ohiou.edu/directory/faculty_page/spencer/ Faculty page at Ohio University]</ref> He has been praised by [[Michael Chabon]] for "[possessing] a remarkable ear for the cadence of everyday speech," and by the ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' for his "writing [which] crackles with freshness and lucidity, featuring characters who slide into one another in random encounters and relationships." |
Spencer teaches literature and creative writing, and is currently the Stocker Professor in Creative Writing at [[Ohio University]].<ref>[http://www.english.ohiou.edu/directory/faculty_page/spencer/ Faculty page at Ohio University]</ref> He has been praised by [[Michael Chabon]] for "[possessing] a remarkable ear for the cadence of everyday speech," and by the ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' for his "writing [which] crackles with freshness and lucidity, featuring characters who slide into one another in random encounters and relationships." |
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Spencer has a reputation as a gifted teacher and mentor of young writers. Invited by legendary Alfred Knopf editor and author [[Gordon Lish]] to read in New York city, writer J.R. Rodriguez says that Lish told him that Spencer's then-students at Brigham Young University were writing better (and publishing more) than the graduates of the most prestigious writing programs in the country. "And he's in fucking Utah," Lish, former ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' fiction editor said, "that tells you how impressive a feat it is." [[Barry Hannah]] (often himself called a "writer's writer") told Rodriguez that Spencer was a "writer's writer's writer." Spencer's students have gone on to publish, teach, earn Ph.Ds, and work in many varied fields. Among them David Veloz (who wrote ''Natural Born Killers'' and wrote and directed ''Permanent Midnight'' starring Ben Stiller), authors Brian Evenson, Derek Gullino, Luara Rhoton McNeal, J.R. Rodriguez, and Lara Candland Asplund. |
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Revision as of 23:36, 19 May 2011
Darrell Spencer (born 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his short stories, which are widely published in literary journals and have been the recipients of several awards.[1]
Life
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah Spencer teaches literature and creative writing, and is currently the Stocker Professor in Creative Writing at Ohio University.[2] He has been praised by Michael Chabon for "[possessing] a remarkable ear for the cadence of everyday speech," and by the New York Times Book Review for his "writing [which] crackles with freshness and lucidity, featuring characters who slide into one another in random encounters and relationships."
Awards
Bibliography
- A Woman Packing a Pistol (1987), a collection of short stories. ISBN 978-0-937872-36-9
- Our Secret's Out (1993), a collection of short stories. ISBN 978-0-8262-0927-6
- Caution: Men in Trees (2002), a collection of short stories. ISBN 978-0-393-32145-6
- Bring Your Legs with You (2004), interconnected short stories. ISBN 978-0-8229-4242-9
- One Mile Past Dangerous Curve (2005), a novel. ISBN 978-0-472-11472-6