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Fielding Dawson (August 2, 1930 – January 5, 2002, aged 71) was a
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-era author of short stories and novels, and a student at
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. He was also a painter and collagist whose works were seen in several books of poetry and many literary magazines. Born in
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, Dawson was known for his stream-of-consciousness style. Much of his work was lax in punctuation to emphasize the immediacy of thought. Additionally, dialogue would often be used to break this up. His lack of deference toward tradition in writing, other than that of the necessity to evoke humanity, often painfully raw, is what puts him in the category of many of his better-known contemporaries, such as
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or
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. Dawson was still writing up until his unexpected death in January 2002. He had become a teacher, first in prisons like
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, at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the
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in Boulder, where he taught regularly, and continuing on to work with at-risk students at
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in
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. He was recently called "The Best St. Louis Writer You've Never Read" by David Clewell, a professor of history at Webster University.


Partial bibliography

*''Elizabeth Constantine'', Biltmore Press (1955) *''An Emotional Memoir of Franz Kline'',
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(1967) *''Krazy Kat/The Unveiling and Other Stories from 1951-1968'',
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(1969) *''The Black Mountain Book'', E.P. Dutton (1970) *''Open Road: A Novel'',
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(1970) *''The Mandalay Dream'',
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(1971) *''The Dream/Thunder Road'', Stories and Dreams 1955-1965,
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(1972) *''The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Transformation'',
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(1973) *''A Great Day for a Ballgame'',
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(1973) *"Penny Lane"
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(1977) *"Two Penny Lane"
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(1977) *"Three Penny Lane"
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(1981) *"Krazy Kat And 76 More"
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(1982) *"Tiger Lilies-an American childhood"
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(1984) *"The Black Mountain Book: Expanded and revised edition" North Carolina Wesleyan College Press (1991) *"Introduction" ''Charles'' ''Olson'' ''in'' ''Connecticut'', Charles Boer, North Carolina Wesleyan College Press (1991) *"The Orange in the Orange"
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(1995) *"Three Penny Lane"
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*"The Trick: New Stories"
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(1990) *"Virginia Dare, Stories 1976-1981"
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*"Will She Understand?"
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*"The Land of Milk & Honey
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(2001) *"The Dirty Blue Car
XOXOXpress
(2004)


Sources


Fielding Dawson's bio and books at xoxoxpress.comDawson: The Best St. Louis Writer You've Never Read
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson, Fielding 20th-century American novelists 1930 births 2002 deaths Black Mountain College alumni American male novelists American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Black Mountain poets