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'''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|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.
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'''Bruce Ducker''' (born 1938) is an [[United States|American]] novelist, short story writer, and poet.


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>
Ducker 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 journal|last=Ducker|first=Bruce|title=To an Old Man Dying|journal=The New Republic|date=April 21, 2010|url=http://www.newrepublic.com//article/old-man-dying}}</ref> '', [[Yale Review|''The Yale Review'']],<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Yale Review|year=1993|volume=81:2}}</ref> ''[[Poetry]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Poetry Magazine|date=May 1991 – August 1992}}</ref>{{disambiguation needed|date=July 2014}} ''[[Commonwealth]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Commonwealth|date=February 12, 1992}}</ref>{{disambiguation needed|date=July 2014}} ''[[The Southern Review]]''<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Southern Review|year=2007|volume=43:3}}</ref> and ''[[The Hudson Review]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Hudson Review|year=2007|volume=LIX|issue= 4}}</ref> Recent stories have appeared in ''[[The Missouri Review]]'', ''[[The Sewanee Review]]'', ''[[Shenandoah (magazine)|Shenandoah]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The Iceman|url=http://shenandoahliterary.org/631/2013/09/30/the-iceman/|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>{{disambiguation needed|date=July 2014}} and ''[[Ascent]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Private Lives|url=cite web{{!}}url=http://readthebestwriting.com/?p=1855}}</ref>{{disambiguation needed|date=July 2014}} He is also known as a writer of fly-fishing stories, and his work is carried by ''Gray's Sporting Journal'' and ''The Big Sky Journal''. He received the [[Colorado Book Awards|Colorado Book Award]] in 1995 for ''Lead Us Not Into Penn Station'' (also short-listed for the American Library Best Book Award) and was nominated for [[Pulitzer Prize|The Pulitzer Prize]] for his 1994 novel ''Marital Assets''. He was early recognized by the Knopf editor [[Gordon Lish]] and featured in Lish's influential literary magazine, [[The Quarterly]].

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.

Critics have lauded Ducker's books. Though his books fall into several genres, his work often addresses the setting of the individual against the structures of wealth and business. Critics have compared his work to the writing of [[Louis Auchincloss]] and [[John Marquand]].

Ducker was born in New York, and was educated at [[Dartmouth College]] (A.B., 1960) and [[Columbia University]] (M.A., 1963; LL.B., 1964). He was admitted to the Colorado state bar in 1964. In 1979, he founded the Denver law firm Ducker, Montgomery, Lewis & Bess P. C. He has practiced corporate law most of his life, and has written law-review articles on business law. He has had a career in business as well as law, serving as general counsel and president of major companies, and serving as a director of several corporations. He has long been listed in ''Who's Who'' (America, World, American Law, and Arts), ''SuperLawyers'' and ''The Best Lawyers in America''. Ducker, who {{As of|2007|alt=lives}} in Colorado, is a jazz pianist and a licensed instrument pilot.


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
*''Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions" (Stackpole Books, 2008)
*''Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions'' (Stackpole Books, 2008)
*''Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (Fulcrum Books, 2008)
*''Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel'' (Fulcrum Books, 2008)
*''Mooney in Flight'' (MacAdam/Cage, 2003)
*''Mooney in Flight'' (MacAdam/Cage, 2003)
*''Bloodlines'' (Permanent Press, 2000)
*''Bloodlines'' (Permanent Press, 2000)
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*''Rule by Proxy'' (Crown, 1975)
*''Rule by Proxy'' (Crown, 1975)


==See also==
== See also ==
{{Portal|Poetry|Novels}}
{{Portal|Poetry|Novels}}
*[[Gordon Lish]] (Bruce Ducker is a former protégé of Lish)
*[[Gordon Lish]] (Bruce Ducker is a former protégé of Lish)

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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929072448/http://www.duckerlaw.com/attorneys/ducker.html Ducker, Montgomery, Aronstein & Bess, P.C. website]
* [http://www.bruceducker.com Bruce Ducker’s website]
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* [http://www.duckerlaw.com/attorneys/ducker.html Ducker, Montgomery, Aronstein & Bess, P.C. website]


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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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