George Singleton
Appearance
George Singleton | |
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Born | George W. Singleton III 13 May 1958 Anaheim, California, United States |
Occupation | Writer, writing teacher, professor |
Genre | Fiction, Southern Fiction |
Literary movement | Grit Lit, Rough South |
George Singleton is a
South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities in Greenville, South Carolina.[1] In 2009, Singleton was a Guggenheim Fellow,[2] and in 2011 he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by The Fellowship of Southern Writers.[3] In 2013, Singleton accepted the John C. Cobb Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Wofford College where he currently teaches.[4] Singleton was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers in April 2015, and was awarded the John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence in 2016.[5]
Works
Fiction
Short story collections
- These People Are Us: Stories (2001)[citation needed]
- The Half-Mammals of Dixie (2002)[citation needed]
- Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood (2004)[citation needed]
- Drowning in Gruel (2006)[citation needed]
- Stray Decorum (2012) [6]
- Between Wrecks (2014) [7]
- Calloustown (2015) [8]
- Staff Picks (2019) [9]
- You Want More (2020) [10]
- The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs (2023)
Novels
- Novel (2005)[citation needed]
- Work Shirts For Madmen (2007)[citation needed]
Nonfiction
- Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers (2008)[11]
References
- ^ "George Singleton, Writer". Retrieved 21 February 2007.
- ^ "George Singleton - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". George Singleton. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Awards". Hillsdale Award for Fiction. Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Short-story writer George Singleton will teach Wofford classes". Archived from the original on 31 July 2016.
- ^ "George Singleton inducted into Fellowship of Southern Writers". Archived from the original on 31 July 2016.
- ISBN 978-1938103544.
- ISBN 978-1938103797.
- ^ "Calloustown by George Singleton".
- ^ "Staff Picks".
- ^ "You Want More: Selected Stories of George Singleton | Fiction".
- ISBN 978-1582975658.