Bruce Ducker
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Bruce Ducker (born 1938) is a prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and poet.
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| Born | 1938 (age 86–87) New York City, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Dartmouth College Columbia University |
Born in Brooklyn, NY.[1] Ducker was educated at Dartmouth[2] and Columbia.[3] He has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as The New Republic,[4] The Yale Review,[5] Poetry,[6] Commonweal,[7] The Southern Review [8] and The Hudson Review.[9] Recent stories have appeared in The Missouri Review,[10] The Sewanee Review,[11] Shenandoah,[12] the American Literary Review [13] and Ascent.[14] His most recent books are his eighth novel, Dizzying Heights from Fulcrum, which was nominated for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor; and The Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions, with illustrations by Western artist Duke Beardsley from Stackpole Books, which was runner-up for the Colorado Book Award.
His novel Lead Us Not Into Penn Station has won the Colorado Book Award,[15] and was runner-up for the American Library Association Best Book Award.[16] Ducker's latest literary contribution, Stemming the Flow,[17] a poignant poetry collection, delves into the profound complexities of the human experience. Divided into five parts and themes, each section explores a different stage in life, offering readers a nostalgic and witty reflection on existence itself.His work has won praise including that of novelists James Salter[18] and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.[19]
Bibliography
- Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions (Stackpole Books, 2008)
- Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (Fulcrum Books, 2008)
- Mooney in Flight (MacAdam/Cage, 2003)
- Bloodlines (Permanent Press, 2000)
- Lead Us Not Into Penn Station (Permanent Press, 1995)
- Marital Assets (Permanent Press, 1993)
- Bankroll (E. P. Dutton, 1989)
- Failure at the Mission Trust (Freundlich Books, 1986)
- Rule by Proxy (Crown, 1975)
See also
- Gordon Lish (Bruce Ducker is a former protégé of Lish)
References
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