Don Noble
Don Noble | |
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Born | Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | December 11, 1941
Occupation | writer, poet |
Education | Hendrix College University of Alabama |
Genre | literary criticism |
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]
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.[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 Foundation.[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
- ^ "Don Noble: Host, Book Reviews". www.apr.org. Alabama Public Radio. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Meet Don Noble, 2019 Conference Faculty". alabamawriterscooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. 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.
- ^ "Meet Don Noble, 2019 Conference Faculty". alabamawriterscooperative.org. Alabama Writers' Cooperative. 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.