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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 |journal=Poetry|volume=160:5|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=43:3|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.
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 book |last=Barry |first=Dave |title=Bruce Ducker is a hell of a writer. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jqPqDgQAz8C&q=dizzying+heights |website=Google Books, Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (cover)|date=8 December 2009 |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com |isbn=9781458744029 }}</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> 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 book |last=Barry |first=Dave |title=Bruce Ducker is a hell of a writer. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jqPqDgQAz8C&q=dizzying+heights |website=Google Books, Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (cover)|date=8 December 2009 |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com |isbn=9781458744029 }}</ref>

Revision as of 02:30, 23 August 2023

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] His work has won praise including that of novelists James Salter[17] and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.[18]

Bibliography

  • 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

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

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. ^ Dust jacket, Mooney in Flight. MacAdam/Cage. 2003. ISBN 1931561524.
  18. ^ Barry, Dave (8 December 2009). Bruce Ducker is a hell of a writer. ReadHowYouWant.com. ISBN 9781458744029. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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