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| spouse = [[Jennifer Horne (poet)|Jennifer Horne]]
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Revision as of 15:22, 3 January 2024

Don Noble
Don Noble in 2022
Don Noble in 2022
Born(1941-12-11)December 11, 1941
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Occupationjournalist, essayist, literary critic
EducationUniversity at Albany, SUNY
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
SpouseJennifer 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]

Career

In addition to his teaching career, Noble is the author of numerous works of literary criticism, including books about Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, John Steinbeck, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He has also edited anthologies of fiction, including one with his wife Jennifer Horne, a past Poet Laureate of Alabama.[2]

Noble has served on the boards of the Alabama Humanities Alliance, the Alabama Writers’ Forum, and the Alabama School for the Fine Arts.[3]

Awards

His awards include a regional Emmy for Achievement in Screenwriting with Brent Davis for a documentary on Alabama writer William Bradford Huie. Noble was the recipient of the 2000 Eugene Current-Garcia Award and the 2013 Wayne Greenhaw Service Award from the Alabama Humanities Alliance.[4]

Personal life

Horne is married to poet and writer Jennifer Horne, a former Poet Laureate of Alabama.[5] They live in Cottondale, Alabama.[6]

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

  1. ^ "Don Noble: Host, Book Reviews". www.apr.org. Alabama Public Radio. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet Don Noble, 2019 Conference Faculty". alabamawriterscooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Vickrey, Lenore (July 29, 2019). "Alabama People: Don Noble". Alabama Living Magazine. Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Meet Don Noble, 2019 Conference Faculty". alabamawriterscooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. ^ Stefanescu, Alina. "A conversation with Alabama State Poet Laureate, Jennifer Horne". AlabamaWritersCooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "Author Listing: Jennifer Horne". www.alabamawritersforum.org/. Alabama Writers Forum. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
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