Dennis Covington (1948–2024)
Autore di Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
Sull'Autore
Dennis Covington's Lizard won the Delacorte Press Prize for a First Young Adult Novel, in 1993. Lizard is the name of a 13-year-old boy sent to the Leesville Louisiana State School for Retarded Boys because of his unusual appearance. He escapes when a shoe salesman claims to be his father. mostra altro Covington's second young adult novel is Lasso the Moon, "a right of passage" story about a young girl. Covington later wrote Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia, and has written many articles on Central America for the New York Times and Vogue. His short stories have appeared in the Mississippi Review, Southern Exposure, The Greensboro Review, and other periodicals. Covington graduated from the University of Virginia and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is associate professor of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he teaches fiction writing. He and his wife, novelist Vicki Covington, have two daughters. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Justine Veatch with Dennis Covington
Opere di Dennis Covington
Opere correlate
The Oxford Book of the American South: Testimony, Memory, and Fiction (1997) — Collaboratore — 131 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1948-10-30
- Data di morte
- 2024-04-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Virginia (BA|English|1970)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
professor
journalist
playwright
court reporter (U.S. Army) - Relazioni
- Covington, Vicki (wife)
Chandler, Raymond (teacher) - Organizzazioni
- United States Army
New York Times
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Texas Tech University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship, Alabama State Council on the Arts
Utenti
Discussioni
Salvation on Sand Mountain, Dennis Covington in World Reading Circle (Febbraio 2013)
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 980
- Popolarità
- #26,287
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 23
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1