Ann Cummins is an American fiction writer. She was born in
Durango, Colorado
Durango is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States Census. Durango is the home of Fort Lewis ...
, and grew up in
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
. She is a graduate of writing programs at
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consiste ...
and the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. ...
. She is the author of a short story collection, ''Red Ant House'' (2003), and a novel, ''Yellowcake'' (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
Cummins lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she teaches creative writing at
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
...
,
and in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
, with her husband, the musician S. E. Willis.
''Yellowcake'' is about two families, Irish-catholic and Navajo, that are struggling with the laws of uranium mining.
In 2002 Cummins was a recipient of a
Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship
The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation. Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional ...
.
References
Further reading
"Illuminating the Landscape of Loneliness"from ''
The Santa Fe New Mexican
''The Santa Fe New Mexican'' or simply ''The New Mexican'' is a daily newspaper published in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dubbed "the West's oldest newspaper," its first issue was printed on November 28, 1849.
Background
The downtown offices for ''T ...
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"'Yellowcake' rises from family ties"from ''
Contra Costa Times
The ''East Bay Times'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California, United States, owned by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of Media News Group, that serves Contra Costa and Alameda counties, in the Eas ...
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* ''Walking the twilight: women writers of the Southwest'', p. 44
* ''The Prentice Hall anthology of women's literature'', p. 1065
* ''World authors, 2000–2005'', p. 141
External links
Cummins's biographyat Northern Arizona University
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21st-century American novelists
American women short story writers
American women novelists
Novelists from Colorado
Northern Arizona University faculty
University of Arizona alumni
Johns Hopkins University alumni
People from Durango, Colorado
People from New Mexico
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American women writers
21st-century American short story writers
American women academics