Bruce Ducker

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Bruce Ducker
Born1938 (age 86–87)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • poet
Alma mater Dartmouth College
Columbia University

Bruce Ducker (born 1938) is a prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and poet.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bruce Ducker Papers". Denver Public Library.
  2. ↑ "Bruce Ducker Papers". Denver Public Library.
  3. ↑ "Bruce Ducker Papers". Denver Public Library.
  4. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (April 21, 2010). "To an Old Man Dying". The New Republic.
  5. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (1993). "Melding for Rachel". The Yale Review. 81 (2).
  6. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (May 1991 – August 1992). "Picnic". Poetry Magazine.
  7. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (August 1992). "Contributors". Poetry. 160 (5): 305–307. JSTOR   20603300.
  8. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (2007). "Micah's Story". Southern Review. 43 (3).
  9. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (2007). "Findurman's News". Hudson Review. LIX (4). JSTOR   20464623.
  10. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (2008). "The New Room". The Missouri Review.
  11. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (January 2008). "Poetry and the Quarrel with Ourselves". The Sewanee Review.
  12. ↑ Ducker, Bruce. "The Iceman". Shenandoah. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  13. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (5 December 2018). "Koi". American Literary Review.
  14. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (2013). "Private Lives". Ascent.
  15. ↑ Ducker, Bruce. "Colorado Book Award". Colorado Humanities.
  16. ↑ "Newsroom Transparency Panel Discussion". Denver Open Media.
  17. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (May 1, 2024). Stemming the Flow. Kingston University Press. ISBN   9781909362789.
  18. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (2003). Dust jacket, Mooney in Flight. MacAdam/Cage. ISBN   1931561524.
  19. ↑ Ducker, Bruce (March 25, 2008). Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel. Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN   9781555916855.
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