Tracy Daugherty is an American

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. He is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at

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. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the

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. Daugherty has written biographies of several important American writers of the mid-20th century. These include ''Hiding Man'', his biography of his former teacher, the short-story author and novelist

Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the ''Houston Post'', was managi ...

(1931–1989); ''Just One Catch,'' about the novelist

Joseph Heller Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is the 1961 novel ''Catch-22'', a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for ...

(1923–1999), author of ''

Catch-22 ''Catch-22'' is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-c ...

''; and ''The Last Love Song'', about the non-fiction essayist and novelist

Joan Didion Joan Didion (; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer. Along with Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson and Gay Talese, she is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won a ...

(b. 1932). Daugherty is a contributor to ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

The Georgia Review ''The Georgia Review'' is a literary journal based in Athens, Georgia. Founded at University of Georgia in 1947, the journal features poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, and visual art. The journal has won National Magazine Awards for Fiction ...

''. His other published work includes the volumes ''What Falls Away'' (1996), which won the Oregon Book Award, and ''The Boy Orator''. His first novel, ''Desire Provoked'' (1987) was acclaimed as "impressive" and "exquisitely accurate" by novelist

Ron Loewinsohn Ronald William Loewinsohn (December 15, 1937 – October 14, 2014) was an American poet and novelist who was associated with the poetry of the San Francisco Renaissance since his inclusion in Donald Allen's 1960 poetry anthology, ''The New Amer ...

in ''The New York Times''.On the Lam from Boredom, ''The New York Times'', Fe. 1, 1987

Bibliography

Fiction

Novels

* ''Desire Provoked'' (1986) * ''What Falls Away'' (1996) * ''The Boy Orator'' (1999) * ''Axeman's Jazz'' (2003)

Story Collections

* ''The Woman in the Oil Field'' (1996) * ''It Takes a Worried Man'' (2002) * ''Late in the Standoff'' (2005) * ''One Day the Wind Changed'' (2010) * ''The Empire of the Dead'' (2014) * ''American Originals'' (2016)

Nonfiction

Biographies

* ''Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme'' (2009) * ''Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller'' (2011) * ''The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion'' (2015) * ''Leaving the Gay Place: Billy Lee Brammer and the Great Society'' (2018)

Essays

* ''Five Shades of Shadow'' (2003) * ''Let Us Build Us a City'' (2017)

External links

Interview with DaughertyOfficial Author Website

References

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