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Ruth Crocker

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Ruth W Crocker
BornRuth Harriet Whipple[1]
(1946-12-10) December 10, 1946 (age 77)
Mystic, Connecticut, United States
OccupationWriter, author
NationalityAmerican
GenreNon-fiction
Notable worksThose Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War
ChildrenNoah Bean
Website
ruthcrocker.com

Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty.[2][3]

Biography

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Crocker was born in 1946 in Mystic, Connecticut. After attending Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, she met and married West Point officer David R. Crocker, Jr.[4] When her husband died during the Vietnam War, Crocker went back to school and received a B.S. from the University of Connecticut; an MA in education from Tufts University; and a PhD in nutrition and human development from the University of Connecticut.[5] She received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College in 2011.[6] Her nonfiction essay "Sam's Way" in The Gettysburg Review was listed as a notable essay of 2012 in Best American Essays 2013.[7]

Crocker was a member of the National Board and National Newsletter Editor of the Gold Star Wives of America.[8] She resides in Mystic, Connecticut, and has one son, Noah Bean.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Estella Whipple Obituary (2008) the Day". Legacy.com.
  2. ^ "THOSE WHO REMAIN by Ruth W. Crocker." Kirkus Reviews. May 13, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Pushcart Nominations." Veterans Writing Project. December 21, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Souza, Michael. "Remembrance and Reunion After War." Mystic River Press. November 5, 2014. Accessed March 10, 2015.
  5. ^ "Veterans Summit: Speakers." Lyndon Vermont State College. Accessed March 10, 2015
  6. ^ Dorsey, Kristina. "Ruth Crocker pens a post-Vietnam War memoir." The Day. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015
  7. ^ Strayed, Cheryl, Ed. The Best American Essays 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pg. 304.
  8. ^ "GSW Chapter Region Liaison Director – Gold Star Wives of America." Gold Star Wives of America. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  9. ^ Dorsey, Kristina. "Ruth Crocker pens a post-Vietnam War memoir." The Day. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015
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