- Donald Ray Pollock
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Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer. Born in 1954 and raised in Knockemstiff, Ohio, Pollock has lived his entire adult life in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he worked at the Mead Paper Mill as a laborer and truck driver until age 50, when he enrolled in the creative writing program at The Ohio State University. While there, Doubleday published his debut short story collection, Knockemstiff, and the New York Times regularly posted his election dispatches from southern Ohio throughout the 2008 campaign. Pollock is the recipient of the 2009 PEN/Robert Bingham Award. He also won the 2009 Devil's Kitchen Award in Prose sponsored by the English Department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His work has appeared in various literary journals, including Epoch, Sou'wester, Granta, Third Coast, River Styx, The Journal, Boulevard, and PEN America. His second book, The Devil All The Time, was published in 2011.
Bibliography
- Knockemstiff, 2008 (short fiction)
- The Devil All The Time, 2011 (novel)
References
- Sicha, Choire (6 April 2008). "Donald Ray Pollock's underdog story". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/06/entertainment/ca-pollock6. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- Robinson, Dorothy (24 March 2008). "One heck of a midlife crisis". Metro. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2008/03/25/02/4452-66/index.xml. Retrieved 2009-05-20.[dead link]
- Poskozim, Richard (20 May 2009). "OSU student wins coveted Robert Bingham Fellowship". The Lantern. http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2009/05/20/Arts/Osu-Student.Wins.Coveted.Robert.Bingham.Fellowship-3742795.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
External links
Categories:- American short story writers
- Writers from Ohio
- Living people
- Ohio State University alumni
- American short story writer stubs
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