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|name=Bruce Ducker
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1938}}
|birth_place=[[New York City]], U.S.
|occupation={{flatlist|
*Novelist
*short story writer
*poet
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|alma_mater=[[Dartmouth College]]<br>[[Columbia University]]
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'''Bruce Ducker''' (born 1938) is a prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and poet.
'''Bruce Ducker''' (born 1938) is a prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and poet.


Born in Brooklyn, NY.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ducker Papers |url=https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/3948 |website=Denver Public Library}}</ref> Ducker was educated at Dartmouth<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ducker Papers |url=https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/3948 |website=Denver Public Library}}</ref> and Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ducker Papers |url=https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/3948 |website=Denver Public Library}}</ref> He has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as ''[[The New Republic]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=To an Old Man Dying|magazine=The New Republic|date=April 21, 2010|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/74537/old-man-dying }}</ref> [[Yale Review|''The Yale Review'']],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Melding for Rachel|journal=The Yale Review|year=1993|volume=81:2|url=https://yalereview.org/issues/april-1993 }}</ref> ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Picnic|journal=Poetry Magazine|date=May 1991 – August 1992|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/issue/71270/august-1992#toc }}</ref> ''Commonweal'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ducker |first=Bruce |title=Contributors |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20603300 |website=Poetry|volume=160:5|date=August 1992}}</ref> ''[[The Southern Review]]'' <ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Micah's Story|journal=Southern Review|year=2007|volume=43:3|url=https://thesouthernreview.org/issues/detail/Summer-2007/151/ }}</ref> and ''[[The Hudson Review]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Findurman's News|journal=Hudson Review|year=2007|volume=LIX|issue= 4|jstor=20464623|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20464623 }}</ref> Recent stories have appeared in ''[[The Missouri Review]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=The New Room|year=2008|url=https://www.missourireview.com/article/the-new-room/ |website=The Missouri Review}}</ref>'' ''[[The Sewanee Review]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Poetry and the Quarrel with Ourselves|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sewanee-Review-Summer-Hopkins-University/dp/B002OC4Z1C |website=The Sewanee Review}}</ref> [[Shenandoah (magazine)|''Shenandoah'']],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=The Iceman|journal=Shenandoah|url=http://shenandoahliterary.org/631/2013/09/30/the-iceman/|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>'' the ''[[American Literary Review]]'' <ref>{{cite web |last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Koi|url=https://americanliteraryreview.com/2018/12/05/bruce-ducker/ |website=American Literary Review}}</ref> and ''[[Ascent (journal)|Ascent]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Private Lives|year=2013|journal=Ascent|url=http://readthebestwriting.com/?p=1855}}</ref> 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.
Born in Brooklyn, NY.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ducker Papers |url=https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/3948 |website=Denver Public Library}}</ref> Ducker was educated at Dartmouth<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ducker Papers |url=https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/3948 |website=Denver Public Library}}</ref> and Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ducker Papers |url=https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/3948 |website=Denver Public Library}}</ref> He has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as ''[[The New Republic]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=To an Old Man Dying|magazine=The New Republic|date=April 21, 2010|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/74537/old-man-dying }}</ref> [[Yale Review|''The Yale Review'']],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Melding for Rachel|journal=The Yale Review|year=1993|volume=81|issue=2 |url=https://yalereview.org/issues/april-1993 }}</ref> ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Picnic|journal=Poetry Magazine|date=May 1991 – August 1992|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/issue/71270/august-1992#toc }}</ref> ''Commonweal'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ducker |first=Bruce |title=Contributors |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20603300 |journal=Poetry|volume=160|date=August 1992|issue=5 |pages=305–307 |jstor=20603300 }}</ref> ''[[The Southern Review]]'' <ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Micah's Story|journal=Southern Review|year=2007|volume=43|issue=3 |url=https://thesouthernreview.org/issues/detail/Summer-2007/151/ }}</ref> and ''[[The Hudson Review]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Findurman's News|journal=Hudson Review|year=2007|volume=LIX|issue= 4|jstor=20464623|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20464623 }}</ref> Recent stories have appeared in ''[[The Missouri Review]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=The New Room|year=2008|url=https://www.missourireview.com/article/the-new-room/ |website=The Missouri Review}}</ref>'' ''[[The Sewanee Review]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Poetry and the Quarrel with Ourselves|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sewanee-Review-Summer-Hopkins-University/dp/B002OC4Z1C |website=The Sewanee Review|date=January 2008 }}</ref> [[Shenandoah (magazine)|''Shenandoah'']],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=The Iceman|journal=Shenandoah|url=http://shenandoahliterary.org/631/2013/09/30/the-iceman/|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>'' the ''[[American Literary Review]]'' <ref>{{cite web |last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Koi|url=https://americanliteraryreview.com/2018/12/05/bruce-ducker/ |website=American Literary Review|date=5 December 2018 }}</ref> and ''[[Ascent (journal)|Ascent]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=Private Lives|year=2013|journal=Ascent|url=http://readthebestwriting.com/?p=1855}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ducker |first1=Bruce |title=Colorado Book Award |url=https://coloradohumanities.org/programs/colorado-book-awards/ |website=Colorado Humanities}}</ref>, and was runner-up for the American Library Association Best Book Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newsroom Transparency Panel Discussion|url=https://www.denveropenmedia.org/shows/newsroom-transparency-panel-discussion |website=Denver Open Media}}</ref> His work has won praise including that of novelists James Salter<ref>{{cite book |title=Dust jacket, Mooney in Flight |date=2003 |publisher=MacAdam/Cage |isbn=1931561524}}</ref> and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barry |first=Dave |title=Bruce Ducker is a hell of a writer. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dizzying_Heights/3jqPqDgQAz8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dizzying+heights&printsec=frontcover |website=Google Books, Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (cover)}}</ref>
His novel ''Lead Us Not Into Penn Station'' has won the Colorado Book Award,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ducker |first1=Bruce |title=Colorado Book Award |url=https://coloradohumanities.org/programs/colorado-book-awards/ |website=Colorado Humanities}}</ref> and was runner-up for the American Library Association Best Book Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newsroom Transparency Panel Discussion|url=https://www.denveropenmedia.org/shows/newsroom-transparency-panel-discussion |website=Denver Open Media}}</ref> Ducker's latest literary contribution, ''Stemming the Flow'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ducker |first=Bruce |title=Stemming the Flow |date=May 1, 2024 |publisher=Kingston University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9781909362789}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite book |last=Ducker |first=Bruce |title=Dust jacket, Mooney in Flight |date=2003 |publisher=MacAdam/Cage |isbn=1931561524}}</ref> and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ducker |first=Bruce |title=Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel |date=March 25, 2008 |website= |publisher=Fulcrum Publishing |year=2008 |isbn=9781555916855}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==

Latest revision as of 07:04, 16 June 2024

Bruce Ducker
Born1938 (age 85–86)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • poet
Alma materDartmouth College
Columbia University

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

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

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  • 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

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  • Gordon Lish (Bruce Ducker is a former protégé of Lish)

References

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  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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