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==Career== |
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He is the editor of volumes on Harper Lee, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald and three collections of Alabama fiction, Climbing Mt. Cheaha, A State of Laughter, and Belles’ Letters (with Jennifer Horne). |
He is the editor of volumes on Harper Lee, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald and three collections of Alabama fiction, Climbing Mt. Cheaha, A State of Laughter, and Belles’ Letters (with Jennifer Horne). |
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Noble has served on the boards of the [[Alabama Humanities Alliance]], the [[Alabama Writers’ Forum]], and the [[Alabama School for the Fine Arts]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vickrey |first1=Lenore |title=Alabama People: Don Noble |url=https://alabamaliving.coop/articles/alabama-people-don-noble/ |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=Alabama Living Magazine |publisher=Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives |date=29 July 2019}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Revision as of 14:49, 1 January 2024
Don Noble | |
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 Jennifer Horne in 2022 | |
| Born | Arkansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | writer, poet |
| Education | Hendrix College University of Alabama |
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| Spouse | Jennifer Horne |
Don Noble is an Alabama writer and literary critic. He is host of the long-running Alabama Public Television author interview program Bookmark, the book reviewer for Alabama Public Radio, and a professor emeritus of English at the University of Alabama.[1]
Early Life and Education
Noble holds a B.A. and an M.A. from SUNY-Albany. After receiving a Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill, Noble joined the English Department at the University of Alabama in 1969 and is now Professor Emeritus of English. Noble has been a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in the former Yugoslavia (1983–1984) and Romania (1991–1992) and has been on the faculty and the director of the Alabama in Oxford Program and director of the Alabama in Ireland Program.
Career
He is the editor of volumes on Harper Lee, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald and three collections of Alabama fiction, Climbing Mt. Cheaha, A State of Laughter, and Belles’ Letters (with Jennifer Horne).
Noble has served on the boards of the Alabama Humanities Alliance, the Alabama Writers’ Forum, and the Alabama School for the Fine Arts.[2]
Awards
He has been inducted into the international scholars society Phi Beta Delta. In 2000, Noble received the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Literary Scholar, and in 2013 he received the Wayne Greenhaw Service Award in Recognition of Exemplary Service from the Alabama Humanities Foundation. In 2017 he received both The Governor’s Arts Award from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the Literary Educator Award from the Arts and Humanities Council of West Alabama in the Druid Arts Awards. With Brent Davis, he received a regional Emmy in 1996 for Excellence in Screenwriting for the documentary I’m in the Truth Business: William Bradford Huie.
Personal Life
Horne is married to poet and writer Jennifer Horne, a former Poet Laureate of Alabama[3]. They live in Cottondale, Alabama.[4]
Published works
- Noble (Ed.), Don (2004). Climbing Mt. Cheaha: Emerging Alabama Writers. Livingston: Livingston Press. ISBN 9781931982399.
- Noble (Ed.), Don with Jennifer Horne (2017). Belles' Letters 2: Contemporary Stories by Alabama Women. Livingston: Livingston Press. ISBN 9781604891836.
- Noble (Ed.), Don (2008). A State of Laughter: Comic Fiction from Alabama. Livingston: Livingston Press. ISBN 9781604890044.
- Noble (Ed.), Don (2009). Zelda and Scott/Scott and Zelda: New Essays on the Fitzgeralds’ Life, Work and Times. Albany: Whitston Publishing Co. ISBN 9780878755165.
- Noble, Don (2009). Critical Insights: To Kill a Mockingbird. Amenia: Salem Press. ISBN 9781587656187.
- Noble (Ed.), Don (2009). Alabama Noir. Brooklyn: Akashic Books. ISBN 9781617758089.
- Noble, Don (2010). Critical Insights: John Steinbeck. Amenia: Salem Press. ISBN 9781587657030.
- Noble, Don (2010). Critical Insights: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Amenia: Salem Press. ISBN 9781587656934.
References
- ^ "Don Noble: Host, Book Reviews". www.apr.org. Alabama Public Radio. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ Vickrey, Lenore (July 29, 2019). "Alabama People: Don Noble". Alabama Living Magazine. Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ Stefanescu, Alina. "A conversation with Alabama State Poet Laureate, Jennifer Horne". AlabamaWritersCooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Author Listing: Jennifer Horne". www.alabamawritersforum.org/. Alabama Writers Forum. Retrieved December 26, 2023.