David Crouse
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David Crouse is a short story writer and teacher. Crouse's work explores issues of identity and alienation, and his stories are populated with characters living on the fringes of American society. The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
was awarded to him in 2005 for his first collection of short stories, Copy Cats. Published in 2008, his most recent collection of stories, The Man Back There
, was awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize.
He has been published extensively in the literary journal circuit, with stories appearing in The Greensboro Review
, Chelsea
, Quarterly West, and The Beloit Fiction Journal. With a collection of three novellas entitled Continuity nearing completion, he has begun work on his first novel.
Having helped to establish a creative writing program at Chester College of New England
, a renowned liberal arts college located in Chester, New Hampshire
, Crouse returned to the University of Alaska Fairbanks
, which awarded him his MFA
in Creative Writing
in 1996. He continues to teach creative writing at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Differentiating himself from other university-affiliated writers, his career has also been marked by an interest in the changing forms that contemporary storytelling takes. He has involved himself in several projects not traditionally considered literary. He has written in the comic book genre, with his work appearing in The Darkhorse Book of the Dead, (Darkhorse Comics). He remains committed to ideals of cross-artistic pollination both in his own writing and the works of his students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
creative writing program. He is an aficionado of art practiced on the periphery of society, including punk rock
, "outsider" music and found art
.
David lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with his wife, the poet Melina Draper, and their son Dylan.
The Man Back There
(2008)
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor....
was awarded to him in 2005 for his first collection of short stories, Copy Cats. Published in 2008, his most recent collection of stories, The Man Back There
The Man Back There
The Man Back There, David Crouse's second collection of short fiction, was awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction in 2007. Selected by judge Mary Gaitskill, the collection is a nuanced portrayal of nine very different—but also very similar—men living on the margins of society.Andre Dubus...
, was awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize.
He has been published extensively in the literary journal circuit, with stories appearing in The Greensboro Review
The Greensboro Review
The Greensboro Review is a literary magazine, based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina. It publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction on a quarterly basis. Work from the journal is featured in such anthologies as New Stories from the South, the...
, Chelsea
Chelsea (magazine)
Chelsea was a small American, twice-a-year literary magazine based in New York City. The influential journal, edited for many years by Sonia Raiziss, published poetry, prose, book reviews and translations with an emphasis on translations, art, and cross-cultural exchange.-History:In 1958, The...
, Quarterly West, and The Beloit Fiction Journal. With a collection of three novellas entitled Continuity nearing completion, he has begun work on his first novel.
Having helped to establish a creative writing program at Chester College of New England
Chester College of New England
Chester College of New England is a bachelor's degree-granting college that provides a foundation in the liberal arts and the fine arts, complemented by majors in the professional arts...
, a renowned liberal arts college located in Chester, New Hampshire
Chester, New Hampshire
Chester is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2010 census. It is home to Chester College .-History:Incorporated in 1722, Chester once included Candia, set off in 1763...
, Crouse returned to the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
, which awarded him his MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
in 1996. He continues to teach creative writing at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Differentiating himself from other university-affiliated writers, his career has also been marked by an interest in the changing forms that contemporary storytelling takes. He has involved himself in several projects not traditionally considered literary. He has written in the comic book genre, with his work appearing in The Darkhorse Book of the Dead, (Darkhorse Comics). He remains committed to ideals of cross-artistic pollination both in his own writing and the works of his students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
creative writing program. He is an aficionado of art practiced on the periphery of society, including punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, "outsider" music and found art
Found art
The term found art—more commonly found object or readymade—describes art created from undisguised, but often modified, objects that are not normally considered art, often because they already have a non-art function...
.
David lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with his wife, the poet Melina Draper, and their son Dylan.
Books by David Crouse
Copy Cats (2005)The Man Back There
The Man Back There
The Man Back There, David Crouse's second collection of short fiction, was awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction in 2007. Selected by judge Mary Gaitskill, the collection is a nuanced portrayal of nine very different—but also very similar—men living on the margins of society.Andre Dubus...
(2008)