Books by James Alan McPherson
James Alan McPherson Biography & Notes
James Alan McPherson (b. 1943) is a United States novelist and short story writer and a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973. He is also a winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, for his short story collection, Elbow Room. His work has appeared in twenty-seven journals and magazines, seven short-story anthologies, and The Best American Essays. In 1995, McPherson was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been educated at Morris Brown College, Harvard Law School, The University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, and the Yale Law School. He has taught English at the University of California-Santa Cruz, Harvard, and also lectured in Japan at Meiji University and Chiba University. He is now a professor of English at University of Iowa.
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Crabcakes by James Alan McPherson ( 1999)
With the same grace and lyrical precision that distinguishes his vibrant short stories, McPherson surveys confrontation with the past and his struggle to make sense of it and to bind it, peacefully, to the present.
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Fathering Daughters Reflections by Men by ( 1999)
An "intelligent, insightful, multi-voiced mosaic depicting a man's experience as father to a daughter" ("Boston" magazine), "Fathering Daughters" features diverse essays representing some of the "best recent writing about manhood" ("Kirkus Reviews").
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Hue and Cry by James Alan McPherson ( 1979) |
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Ploughshares Fall 1985 by ( 1985) |
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Ploughshares Fall 1990 Confronting Racial Difference by ( 1990) |
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Railroad Trains and Train People in American Culture by Miller Williams, James Alan McPherson ( 1976) |
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A Region Not Home Reflections from Exile by James Alan McPherson ( 2009)
This collection of essays by a distinguished short-story writer includes his views on Disneyland, his relationship with his daughter, and his life in Iowa City, where he has taught writing at the Iowa Writer's Workshop.
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The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by John Casey, Andre Dubus, Breece D'J Pancake, James Alan McPherson, Breece D'J Pancake ( 2002)
Twelve stories written during a promising, abruptly ended career illuminate the lives of doomed and despairing brawlers, murderers, drunkards, and demented husbands and wives in West Virginia's mountain hollows.
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Untitled Novel by James Alan McPherson ( 2009) |
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