Dennis Covington
Forfatter af Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
Om forfatteren
Dennis Covington's Lizard won the Delacorte Press Prize for a First Young Adult Novel, in 1993. Lizard is the name of a 13-year-old boy sent to the Leesville Louisiana State School for Retarded Boys because of his unusual appearance. He escapes when a shoe salesman claims to be his father. vis mere Covington's second young adult novel is Lasso the Moon, "a right of passage" story about a young girl. Covington later wrote Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia, and has written many articles on Central America for the New York Times and Vogue. His short stories have appeared in the Mississippi Review, Southern Exposure, The Greensboro Review, and other periodicals. Covington graduated from the University of Virginia and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is associate professor of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he teaches fiction writing. He and his wife, novelist Vicki Covington, have two daughters. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Dennis Covington
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia (1995) 807 eksemplarer
Associated Works
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Bidragyder — 214 eksemplarer
The Oxford Book of the American South: Testimony, Memory, and Fiction (1997) — Bidragyder — 128 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1948-10-30
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Uddannelse
- University of Virginia (BA|English|1970)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Erhverv
- novelist
professor
journalist
playwright
court reporter (U.S. Army) - Relationer
- Covington, Vicki (wife)
Chandler, Raymond (teacher) - Organisationer
- United States Army
New York Times
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Texas Tech University - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship, Alabama State Council on the Arts
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Discussions
Salvation on Sand Mountain, Dennis Covington i World Reading Circle (februar 2013)
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