Darren DeFrain

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Darren DeFrain (born June 15, 1967) is an American author and teacher of creative writing who writes novels, short fiction, and essays.

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Life and education

Darren DeFrain was born June 15, 1967, in Fairbanks, Alaska. He received a B.A. in English, B.S. in Psychology, and a minor in Italian from the University of Utah in 1989, an M.A. from Kansas State University in 1992, MFA from Texas State University in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University in 2000. He lives in Wichita.

Career

Darren DeFrain is the author of two books of fiction. His novel The Salt Palace (2005) [1] was nominated for several best-of-the-year lists including The Kansas City Star . This heavily footnoted, postmodern work, sometimes described as a cult novel, examines the histories of the LDS church, the state of Utah, and the Utah Jazz basketball franchise against the story of Brian Peterson and a one-armed hitchhiker as they attempt a dangerous series of road games on their way from Michigan to Utah. DeFrain’s collection of short fiction, Inside & Out: Stories, debuted in 2009 and was praised [2] by MacArthur Fellow Stuart Dybek, and Rea award winner Antonya Nelson.

DeFrain has been on faculty at Wichita State University [3] since 2005 and is currently associate professor. [4]

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References

  1. The Salt Palace Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (2005)
  2. "www.mainstreetrag.com". Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  3. Wichita State University official website
  4. Darren DeFrain at the Wichita State University official website.