Bruce Ducker
Bruce Ducker was born in Brooklyn, NY. Ducker was educated at Dartmouth and Columbia. He has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as The New Republic, The Yale Review, Poetry, Commonweal, The Southern Review and The Hudson Review.
Bruce Ducker
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- Bruce Ducker
- Born
- 1938
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Novelist
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Dartmouth College · Columbia University · Columbia Law School
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Recent stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, The Sewanee Review, Shenandoah, the American Literary Review and Ascent. His most recent books are his eighth novel, Dizzying Heights from Fulcrum, which was nominated for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor; and The Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions, with illustrations by Western artist Duke Beardsley from Stackpole Books, which was runner-up for the Colorado Book Award. His novel Lead Us Not Into Penn Station has won the Colorado Book Award, and was runner-up for the American Library Association Best Book Award. His work has won praise including that of novelists James Salter and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.
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• Name — Bruce Ducker • Born — 1938 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — * Novelist • short story writer • poet • Alma Mater — Dartmouth College Columbia University
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• Ducker, Montgomery, Aronstein & Bess, P.C. website
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- 1.Bruce Ducker Papers. Denver Public Library.
- 2.Bruce Ducker Papers. Denver Public Library.
- 3.Bruce Ducker Papers. Denver Public Library.
- 4.Ducker, Bruce. To an Old Man Dying. The New Republic. April 21, 2010.
- 5.Ducker, Bruce. Melding for Rachel. The Yale Review. 81. 2. 1993.
- 6.Ducker, Bruce. Picnic. Poetry Magazine. May 1991 – August 1992.
- 7.Ducker, Bruce. Contributors. Poetry. 160. 5. 305–307. August 1992. 20603300.
- 8.Ducker, Bruce. Micah's Story. Southern Review. 43. 3. 2007.
- 9.Ducker, Bruce. Findurman's News. Hudson Review. LIX. 4. 2007. 20464623.
- 10.Ducker, Bruce. The New Room. The Missouri Review. 2008.
- 11.Ducker, Bruce. Poetry and the Quarrel with Ourselves. The Sewanee Review. January 2008.
- 12.Ducker, Bruce. The Iceman. Shenandoah.
- 13.Ducker, Bruce. Koi. American Literary Review. 5 December 2018.
- 14.Ducker, Bruce. Private Lives. Ascent. 2013.
- 15.Ducker, Bruce. Colorado Book Award. Colorado Humanities.
- 16.Newsroom Transparency Panel Discussion. Denver Open Media.
- 17.Ducker, Bruce. Dust jacket, Mooney in Flight. MacAdam/Cage. 2003. 1931561524.
- 18.Ducker, Bruce. Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel. Fulcrum Publishing. March 25, 2008. 9781555916855.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions (Stackpole Books, 2008)
- Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (Fulcrum Books, 2008)
- Mooney in Flight (MacAdam/Cage, 2003)
- Bloodlines (Permanent Press, 2000)
- Lead Us Not Into Penn Station (Permanent Press, 1995)
- Marital Assets (Permanent Press, 1993)
- Bankroll (E. P. Dutton, 1989)
- Failure at the Mission Trust (Freundlich Books, 1986)
- Rule by Proxy (Crown, 1975)
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