Stephen Minot (May 27, 1927 – December 1, 2010) was an American

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and

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author. Born in

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, Minot graduated from

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in 1951. He taught creative writing at several colleges, including

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, and the

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. His novels have been reviewed by many prominent publications, including the

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. In addition to his fiction, he is the author of two textbooks, including '' Three Genres, the Writing of Poetry, Fiction, and Drama'', which is often on creative writing curricula. In 1966, Minot ran for the

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as a

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candidate in

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. He garnered 5,731 votes, or 3.4% of the vote.Official House election results
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Bibliography

Novels

*'' Chill of Dusk'' (1964) *'' Ghost Images'' (1979) *'' Surviving the Flood'' (1981)

Short story collections

*'' Crossings, Stories by Stephen Minot'' (1975) *'' Bending Time'' (1997)

Nonfiction

*'' Three Genres, the Writing of Poetry, Fiction, and Drama'' (1st edition 1965; 8th edition 2007) *'' Three Stances of Modern Fiction'' (anthology edited with Robley Wilson, Jr., 1972) *'' Reading Fiction'' (1984) *'' Literary Nonfiction: The Fourth Genre'' (2002)

References

External links

Review of ''Surviving the Flood''
in ''The Boston Phoenix'' 1927 births 20th-century American novelists American male novelists Harvard College alumni Bowdoin College faculty University of California, Riverside faculty 2010 deaths 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Maine {{US-novelist-1920s-stub